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My limited understanding is that small scale domestic wind is simply not practical. The size of the turbine (blades) and mounting height above roof/tr...
We were extremely lucky with our system, and I've never really needed to do any balancing. With all LSVs fully open, all radiators get warm, even thos...
@jamespa This does make me wonder though, how much more energy does the typical household use to heat a house constantly at 21C (heat pump) versus the...
Flow is what transfers heat, so when you say take heat from upstairs to downstairs, what you mean is to increase the flow downstairs by limiting the f...
Absolutely, this is typical usage for Octopus Cosy users, where the daytime cheap rate slot is 1-4pm. I know from my own experience and usage data, th...
I agree. The more I read, the more I feel there are multiple disparate organisations, with no clearly coordinated plan of action compounded by the fac...
Agreed, however it is not so easy when replacing an oil boiler. When replacing my oil boiler I did not think to time on/off usage over a fixed period ...
Sounds a lot, but in context google tells me: National Grid is undertaking a massive, multi-billion pound upgrade to the UK electricity network to...
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...
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
To my eyes, sat behind all of this is a basic policy ma...
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
That calculation is reasonable, output is proportional ...
By JamesPa , 15 hours ago
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RE: Recommendations in Ely (Cambs) area for Full setup checks on Nibe HP setup for House.
Have you looked at the Nibe website? They list their ap...
By Lizzie , 16 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
A not unreasonable position and it wouldn’t be mandator...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@batpred When the raw material input has increased in c...
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We kept ours and Heat Geek would have been in touch if ...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
@ian-s I would encourage you to have a conversation ...
By Rob of York , 3 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
Thanks @jamespa The last hard to fix draughts in the...
By springswood , 3 days ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm – Using Heating
@l8again Mine is typically using 11w including the i...
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
If you have a flowmeter and two temperature probes, the...
By bobflux , 3 days ago
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RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
@jamespa Absolutely. Even if the same mistake was mad...
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