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phowardstutterheim
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RE: Smart meter installation – seamless or a potential nightmare?

Thanks for your very informative missive! I'm curious as to the monitoring device that you mention - but I presume it is not available to consumers? W...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring, Electrics & Providers
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RE: Smart meter installation – seamless or a potential nightmare?

A footnote: we have installed electricity meters to measure the electricity use of the Ground Source Heat Pump and our borehole pump so that we can ge...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring, Electrics & Providers
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RE: Smart meter installation – seamless or a potential nightmare?

Ok - I've got a quite an experience, now being investigated by the Energy Ombudsman. I switched to Octopus to benefit from their Outgoing Octopus tari...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring, Electrics & Providers
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Hi Tim - Re: your issue with determining efficiency - we have a 17kW Vaillant ground source heat pump that we installed five years ago and have been q...

3 years ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

NEWS - Vaillant replied in writing to my complaint after I sent it to their headquarters in Germany, to the attention of their Chief Executive Officer...

3 years ago
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Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

@transparent I'm sending all this info onto him and, hopefully, he will respond himself! I'm really impressed by the work you've done, and by the D...

3 years ago
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Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

@transparent Many thanks for this info - we will certainly be doing some work on our system and this will be part of that, thanks to these discussions...

3 years ago
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Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

thanks, will order one up and call the electrician asap!

3 years ago
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Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

We are not wealthy and we receive the FIT subsidies that you mention, as do all households that installed Solar PV under the scheme. Of course, those ...

3 years ago
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Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

@transparent We will definitely look into the battery system that you are describing, and will follow any related discussions to get this installed by...

3 years ago
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Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

@derek-m That's what we were told initially, but it is untrue - you will not lose the FIT payments if you switch to Octopus Outgoing for Exports. We w...

3 years ago
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Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

I have something new to report. The Ground Source Heat Pump Association told me, when I asked them about corrosion prevention guidelines/methods, that...

3 years ago
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Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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