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Yes, of course the total income from export could be greater than £1,000, so we need to understand if import costs for arbitrage are allowable expense...
Agreed, and the current direction of travel appears to be to move some of the levies on electricity into general taxation, which whilst it will help r...
We are in the same boat - I expect that our export payments will exceed £1,000 on the IOF tariff, but I am confident we are covered by the S782A tax e...
The relevant guidance in HMRC's tax manual is here: I assume that most home owners will be exempt under the following exemption. I quote below in...
Our 12kW Samsung heat pump install would have a system volume without volumiser of ~140L and our installers still included a 50L volumiser bringing to...
Absolutely agree with everything you've said, but there is also a massive risk of increasing condensation and mould issues if the internal wall insula...
If only electricity prices could experience a market crash or a lost decade.
And perhaps even more importantly having the flexibility to adapt to any future changes in electricity pricing and export rates etc gives you the abil...
I checked the details of the "heating cover" package and the repairs to the "heating and hot water system" doesn't actually include the heat pump. Tha...
There is a detailed analysis of a defrost cycle for a Samsung heat pump here that may be of interest.
@papahuhu Yes, good information is often hard to find, but Samsung have made some information publicly available. Sarah Hanson (a Samsung owner) wrote...
It doesn't use that sensor directly to detect frosting - it uses an internal sensor that measures the refrigerant temperature leaving the EEV at or be...
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