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@toodles Very nice. Ours was the opposite, about 10% down on mean for August. Finally won my battle with the insulation remediation firm that imp...
@old_scientist Yes, an EV changes everything drastically, unless you are just going to do a few hundred miles a year. I intentionally didn’t get one, ...
@old_scientist Have you ran the numbers as to which cosy tariff for the winter ie variable or fixed? Last year they offered 2 fixed, one slightly m...
@toodles Did you just have that alert on your phone? It genuinely scared the crap out of me, I thought there was an incoming ICBM! Not a disposable bb...
@toodles I understand those few degrees colder have a disproportional impact on running costs and cause damage to the produce too. You’ve certainly ch...
@majordennisbloodnok Newer, half decent kitchen equipment runs much leaner than it used to. We replaced a series of terrible Samsung American style fr...
@majordennisbloodnok It can’t be the powerwalls, mine are running and my total 24 hr house load is about 7 kWh. This is for a fully electric 300m2 ...
@toodles A daily court feast for luncheon would be enough to explain it. I’m jealous, sat here looking at a curly cheese sandwich, a very civilised w...
Looking at the PW trace, there’s a larger than typical cyclic base load. My money would be on a refrigeration compressor, either a massive one or a pr...
@old_scientist You will probably find that most of it has settled out in the rads or the volumiser. Anywhere where there isn’t laminar flow. I had ...
That’s not biofilm. Looks like a very fine particulate rust, but fine enough that I doubt it will do too much harm. If the cleaner doesn’t shift it yo...
@toodles must be a PW2 thing, I understand the 2 versions use different battery chemistry. Im semi intentionally abusing my battery, it gets 3 full cy...
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At this point, whenever someone mentions our heat pump,...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@e-a-west as the good Major said, welcome to the forums...
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RE: New Build 3 Phase or 1Phase
We are on three phase power because it's an enormous li...
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RE: How much of your renewable and home setup would still work if the internet went down?
Yes I actually have a copy of a tool that whenever a ce...
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RE: How will removing the standing charge on gas bills benefit heat pumps?
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
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RE: Double or Triple Glazed Windows?
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@transparent we’re still running a secure version of PH...
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RE: How quickly would you want/expect heat recovery to take from setback?
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RE: Passiv Smart Thermostat - Help & Forum Support
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RE: The Changing Jet Stream Could Challenge UK Air Source Heat Pumps
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