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Last seen: Apr 24, 2026
@chandykris I fixed on cosy last September at about 14.5 and it came down to 10.7 a few weeks ago. It’s only a £25 penalty to exit but it finishes in ...
@toodles The whole scheme is a shocking waste of money. At least the standard scheme delivers some energy performance improvements to those on low inc...
@giganto That sounds like a very worthwhile exercise, justifying their existence. From my experience with installers and complaints, I’ve seen them ...
@editor We had our MCS quality audit this morning. 10 mins in total to cover heat pump and solar. He only superficially checked the “as built” status....
@batpred The proof of the pudding will be pricing in 12 months time. It will be fab if it has worked and I’d eat my hat if I owned one.I was hoping...
@jamespa I hadn’t read any opinions on this matter. But, it’s common sense that by increasing taxation, those charges are going to come back to the...
It’s difficult to understand what Milliband is saying at the best of times. But I heard him trying to suggest that by increasing taxation on renewable...
@ashp-bobba Thats interesting thanks. So they were more concerned about building regs/safety issues rather than MCS regs, I can see some logic behi...
@toodles My heat pump installer has stopped installing heat pumps, so it will be interesting to see what happens. But the physical install was flawles...
@editor I’ll let you know. I asked the question about remediation and they told me that any non compliance was followed up directly with the installer...
@editor Yes, you are probably correct. But, it is good that they have a process, however limited, to keep installers on their toes. Should help to pre...
@editor It was not designated as a “for cause” audit, they described it as part of their routine statistical sampling process. Both systems have been ...
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
@editor, I hear that too. I can confirm that out of ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 47 minutes ago
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End-of-Life Heat Pumps: How Do You Dispose of an ASHP in the UK?
As many of you know, our Global Energy Systems heat pum...
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@derbygraham fully agree with James, and it’d be good t...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
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Unfortunately its a function of the physics. Max heat ...
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RE: Microbore heat pump installs
In principle you are almost certainly right, but in pra...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@old_scientist We are a low mileage home, so bulk of ou...
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There are just too many unknowns for me to comment on p...
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RE: What is the main ‘dictator’ of Agile’s unit price?
@toodles I keep an eye on wholesale prices and energy m...
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RE: Brand and installer questions for ASHP
Strange, perhaps it doesnt use modbus which the third p...
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RE: Upgrading my system, how far do I go?
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RE: Changes to Tesla Powerwall Charging Regime?
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan not good enough ?
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RE: Minimum and Zero Disrupt Heat Pump Installations
True (first sentence) Thats the reason to consider th...
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus
Quite right. I was using a rough guesstimate of doublin...
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RE: My Grant R290 9kW Heat Pump Installation
Again, really don't know how accurate this is! &nb...
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RE: MCS Quality Audit – Has Anyone Had One? Did It Lead to Remediation?
@toodles The whole scheme is a shocking waste of money....
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
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RE: DIY or Don’t Touch? Solarman Smart Meter Install
Yes, and these guys would probably be my preferred inst...
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RE: Hot water tank lose heat rapidly on random days
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RE: Ecoflow UK Support & Info Thread
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
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RE: Guidance with installing a new heating system
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