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Yes, it really is a volumiser (2 pipe tank), and it is located on the primary 28mm return to the ASHP as shown here: so is on the return for both ...
Agreed, even a 5kW battery would allow one to charge at 11p and avoid importing at 34p during the peak period, plus it gives added comfort and conveni...
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...
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.
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...
@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...
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...
@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 ...
@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...
@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...
@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 ...
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...
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