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Last seen: Aug 20, 2026
That's stupidly cheap off peak, and will halve your motoring costs. Hard to imagine given what's happening and the current costs of electricity (I kno...
One can only hope. We were in that position back when Putin invaded Ukraine, but I fear that as long as bills just continue rising, many a person ma...
Why? Factor in 85% efficiency for that oil boiler and you're looking at more like 14p/kWh. Therefore, a heat pump with a COP of 4 (easily achievab...
Unfortunately this tale of woe perfectly illustrates why removing the link to gas prices in the UK system won't result in cheaper electricity prices a...
Same here - I record the price of oil on the 1st of each month in my spreadsheet and work out what my break even price for electricity would be given ...
All very reasonable. During 2 winter's of usage, I only recall 1 defrost cycle occurring during the DHW cycle, probably a result of always trying to r...
@jamespa Sorry, I've checked and am unable to find a system schematic showing a volumiser in any of my Samsung documentation (I thought it did). The...
Whilst I generally agree with the above, it can be manufacturer specific. For example, my Samsung heat pump will take heat from whichever cycle is a...
@morgan A friend of ours told us they placed an order with Boiler Juice just before the conflict and Boiler Juice cancelled the order a couple days la...
Indeed. My point was that if you design for a flow temp of 50C at -3C based on a 10kW heat loss, and in reality the heat loss is more like 7kW then yo...
@petch just wondering how your averaged heat loss survey data compares to actual usage data. Is your existing boiler gas, and if so do you have access...
@petch Yes, if the flow and return pipes immediately split into 22mm runs for upstairs and downstairs, then each branch should theoretically be able t...
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