Last seen: Sep 19, 2025
We have a Tesla Powerwall 3, recently installed, so I maybe biased. With a Gateway, it will provide full home backup. A separate earth rod must be i...
Having bit the bullet and paid £250 for a service, our service engineer came today so I thought I'd report on the experience. We'd paid for the ASHP...
@heat-pump-newbie as I suspected. I measure/monitor my COP daily, so I think I'd notice pretty quickly unless it was a very slow prolonged leak where ...
I still monitor prices too, although mostly for interest, and agree with your analysis. From my limited experience, I wonder if Agile is better duri...
@dgclimatecontrol I asked them if they check (and top up) the refrigerant levels during the service and they said no. I said this is specified on the ...
We are currently generating and consuming roughly 7000kWh per year, net exporting for the 6 months April to Sept, and net importing October through to...
Same here @toodles, my single PW3 can charge at upto 5kW, and as it approaches 100% I see the rate fall off, sometimes only charging at a few hundred ...
For reference, our installer has just contacted us after first year offering service of Heat Pump and cylinder for £250. They mentioned checking and c...
@toodles Of course. I've also used Tim and Kat's Green Walk (YouTuber's) excellent spreadsheet* for different Octopus tariffs that predicts monthly ...
Yes, I noticed that change too. The software really does 'encourage' you to stay in the recommended 20% to 80% SoC range, which I guess will help main...
People have been speculating for years that the current SEG rates cannot last. No doubt they will drop at some point, but for now I'm happy to make ha...
In answering your original question, we are fortunate to now be in a position where we expect to be net zero, both in terms of our generation meeting ...
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RE: Preparing for 2nd winter in new build house.
Ah. That sounds better. So that just leaves the heat-...
By Transparent , 7 seconds ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
PS another useful observation from the last chart I pos...
By cathodeRay , 2 hours ago
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RE: Boxt Heat Pump Installation Experience
Welcome to the forums. Was there any formal in-person...
By Mars , 2 hours ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@transparent Morning. Just put a lengthy post on the AS...
By sbm74 , 2 hours ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
@old_scientist 3. Some pipe work is ...
By GrahamF , 2 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
@jamespa if I remember the insulation has a notch cut i...
By AdamK , 11 hours ago
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RE: MCS certificate SCOP vs real-world performance
That may be contributing to lower than expected SCOP. ...
By JamesPa , 12 hours ago
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RE: Mitsu PAR-WT60R Wireless Controller - options
How it does it's job is something of a mystery although...
By Abernyte , 19 hours ago
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
Yes I was thinking of outdoor, IP65 batteries with buil...
By Temperature_Gradient , 23 hours ago
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@jamespa Thanks. Yeah any adjustments Ive made at pr...
By cliffhanger , 1 day ago
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RE: How to choose Towel Rails for an ASHP
@rob-nezard yes absolutely. Here is the link and a pho...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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@mixergy Thanks for the update, I would appreciate some...
By bontwoody , 3 days ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
Unfortunately I'm not that well connected 😂 ...
By Scalextrix , 3 days ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
It is interesting to see what our new Grant Aerona 290 ...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
I noticed that too and thought the same thing, but then...
By cathodeRay , 4 days ago
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RE: Ya can’t win! It is S*d’s Law!
@old_scientist If IOF is still running next late spring...
By Toodles , 4 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Those of you on Agile will do well tomorrow; there are ...
By Toodles , 4 days ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
We've been running our Ecodan system, installed in June...
By Sheriff Fatman , 4 days ago
