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@transparent The AC output from the PW3 is 11.5kVA and input is upto 20kW of DC. I’ve heard of people getting approval for the full output, so I fe...
@transparent 1P only. Wish I was on 3P, we have a long tarmac drive, didn’t want to dig it up. My G99 application was for 11kWh, they only gave m...
@dr_dongle With panels so historically cheap don’t dismiss it. We are not as northerly as you but are at high elevation and have poor solar conditi...
@profzarkov why can’t you use an s-bend on boat drains/toilets, or are they there and it’s just because they don’t have a high enough stink pipe/ tank...
@profzarkov bet you don’t miss the constant aroma of the chemical toilet, although I otherwise love the idea of living on the water. We did a holid...
@dr_dongle we put in a single PW3 and cycle the battery 3 times in 24 hrs. It’s a good, 10 year unlimited cycles warranty, so I figured if I flog i...
@jamespa Thanks for the help. Yes, I’m going to push for significant upsizing of all cold room rads, about 8 of them. Probably at least 50% greater ou...
@jamespa It was -7C here last night, the heat pump continued to behave exactly the same on/off, all it did was operate at an even higher output tha...
@jamespa Thank you, I appreciate the advice. I have a couple of cards that should give me some leverage and some hope that I can persuade them to...
@jamespa this afternoon I was told whom was being sub contracted to repeat my heat loss survey next week. When I checked him up he runs a plumbing ...
They’ve had a while to settle down and both read nearly exactly the same, within 0.5C. Therefore you were right, they are providing anomalous result...
@toodles thanks Toodles. That looks like the most probable explanation then. I’ve just taped mine on, I’ll give it an hour to let it all settle down, ...
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RE: End-of-Life Heat Pumps: How Do You Dispose of an ASHP in the UK?
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RE: Summer usage. Why is my Vaillant Aerotherm using so much energy on "heating"?
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RE: Microbore heat pump installs
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RE: Electricity price predictions
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RE: What is the main ‘dictator’ of Agile’s unit price?
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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: My Grant R290 9kW Heat Pump Installation
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