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Having used ToU tariffs for a couple years now, I fear I'm in the minority of people who would respond favourably to financial incentives. My wife and...
@uknick No Open Energy Monitoring here I'm afraid. I do have a MID electricity meter fitted that records ASHP electrical usage (a bit like those used ...
I'm torn on this. The issue I see is that when one performs a retrofit (heat pump installation onto existing heating system), the installer often has ...
Out of interest, I've just had a look back at my radiators spreadsheet, and at a flow temp of 35C (which is as high as we are ever going to run), my l...
My heat pump is maybe 3 times oversized on paper being a 12kW unit and my heat loss to date has been around 4kW, although we do not heat the house to ...
Following on from @jamespa excellent answer(s), it really all starts with the heat loss figure. If you know the heat loss for the property (and even b...
@papahuhu Yes, a net metering tariff where import and export are the same price seems a bit of a paradox where import prices are rising at the same ti...
@Toodles Agreed. Perhaps I'm too much of a perfectionist, always trying to squeeze that last couple percent performance out of the system. However, th...
Yes, I'm guessing it was kind of easy (less costly) for them to delay until 1st March as I imagine most people are not exporting any significant amoun...
Me too. Another reason to consider IOF in summer, now effectively paying double SEG rates for export? I've not seen anything (yet) about IOF rates cha...
@upnorthandpersonal thank you for sharing details of your home - I thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog posts about your off grid home. Very impressiv...
Indeed, but HMRC subsequently rejected their claim and ruled that all income from Ripple was taxable as they failed the first test listed above: 1. ...
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
Cloudy one done, might get the sunny one tomorrow or de...
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 1 day ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
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At the risk of going on: A slight side issue for a foru...
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan FTC6 settings
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query
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RE: Advice on Vaillant Sensocomfort
Oops, I meant Sensocomfort (the UI to the controls)
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Training vs. Real-World Installation
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RE: Flushing system, cleaning and inhibitor
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