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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy

Why not make it a planning requirement that all new build homes have a minimum amount of solar and battery installed, scaled to the size of the proper...

2 weeks ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy

@jeff Thank you for proving the above table. Whilst I absolutely get the need for subsidies to drive the green net-zero ambitions forward (Renewable...

2 weeks ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Savings - using Weather Compensation & Time of Use Tariffs

I agree, using Weather Compensation will have a large effect on the efficiency of the heat pump and hopefully ensure the system is running flow temps ...

2 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Is your gut better than Math

@technogeek Thanks for providing the link - Graham's argument makes perfect sense, and it was nice to understand the logic of why Quiet Mode exists.

2 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Is your gut better than Math

You could be correct (I'd love to see a link if you can find the article). My Samsung unit does weird things (does not behave as expected) if I use qu...

2 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Compute heat loss from energy used

@sussex-greenish Welcome to the forum. I think your logic is correct, but I'm happy to defer to the expertise of others if not! From your experime...

2 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Is your gut better than Math

@aaron Welcome to the forum. With a heat loss of 5.1kW for the main part of the house, I'm not surprised you are seeing cycling as the weather is cu...

2 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Agile: average import cost vs other tariffs?

I switched from Agile to Cosy on 12th Dec, when the stupidly high prices started. We currently have a heat pump and no battery storage (do have solar ...

2 weeks ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Octopus intelligent Go, IOG. maximising slots

That will depend on your usage and storage capacity. IOG has a super cheap rate overnight, so if you can charge your battery overnight and then use it...

2 weeks ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: GivEnergy 2025 forthcoming batteries and inverters

That all sounds very much like the Tesla Powerwall 3, but with slightly higher figures so the GivEnergy always comes out top in a game of Top Trumps (...

3 weeks ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Samsung Gen6 with no external thermostat

I have a Samsung Gen6 and mine was installed with a 3rd party room thermostat, so that is what I use. I find it very convenient. However, I know you...

3 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Solar inverters - where does the energy go when clipping?

@robl thank you, makes perfect sense, and my wife is relieved to know the inverter isn't sat in the loft smouldering due to excess heat because of an ...

3 weeks ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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