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RE: Maximising Savings: Navigating My First Year with Octopus Energy and Heat Pump Running Costs

I am so relieved to find this thread and discover that I am not the only person obsessed with this - Like Steve, I have no issue with looking at the d...

1 year ago
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RE: Octopus Energy new Cosy tariff.

Yes, we have a 50L volumiser installed, and our radiators can emit the minimum heat output at flow temps of 33-34C, so this is as low as we can go.

1 year ago
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RE: Octopus Energy new Cosy tariff.

Interesting @mike-h. When I first looked at Cosy, it didn't appeal and we went with Agile. I'm not sure if they have changed the time slots and the di...

1 year ago
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RE: Octopus Energy new Cosy tariff.

@steve81uk We are all radiators, no UFH so do not benefit of the thermal mass associated with the latter. Further, our new internal wall insulation (I...

1 year ago
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RE: Octopus Energy new Cosy tariff.

I have an oversized Samsung 12kW heat pump, 3.64kW solar, but no batteries, and this new Cosy tariff has caught my interest. For anyone with batteries...

1 year ago
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RE: Samsung gen 6 - how to manually turn on/off immersion (booster)

@ecobaker absolutely correct - I'd only manually kick in the immersion when prices turn negative, so (a) I can store energy by heating DHW as high as ...

1 year ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Samsung gen 6 - how to manually turn on/off immersion (booster)

@ecobaker Thanks. Hopefully we may have some cheap pricing slots on Agile this weekend, so I will be able to have a play and observe how these setting...

1 year ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call

@transparent thanks for the info and links - I will certainly have a read through. I am definitely not adverse to the idea of DIY battery storage. T...

1 year ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call

@transparent - ASHP install was completed last week. As with many others, I am now a member of the over-sized ASHP group. I had estimated we needed ...

1 year ago
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RE: Do you think that installing an air source heat pump has increased the value of your property?

We had ours installed as part of an ECO4 scheme at no cost to us, so combined with the other works (internal wall and pitched roof insulation, and sol...

1 year ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call

Forum Handle: Old_ScientistManufacturer: SamsungModel: 12kW Gen 6 AE120RXYDEGType: ASHPArrangement: MonoArea of Country: South WalesHome Type: HouseSi...

1 year ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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Samsung gen 6 - how to manually turn on/off immersion (booster)
1 year ago
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