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RE: Double or Triple Glazed Windows?

We changed the glass in our circa 1990 uPVC windows 11 years ago. The double glazing units that were in were the standard of the time: 4mm glass/16mm...

3 years ago
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Insulation
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RE: Indra V2H Trial

@mattengineer It follows the load quite well. If the Indra box is "on", then the smart meter tends to read between -50W and +50W, except in the ch...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Indra V2H Trial

@jp1 I joined twitter just for this, and sent: @OctopusEnergy "Joined Octopus late Aug with a function smart meter from Ovo, hoping to use ...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Air in the heating system

These guys have "deaerators" that can remove microbubbles that are left flowing around a system, might improve matters. They also sell exotic "vacuum...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Shelving options for LF280K batteries

here's an interesting utube concerning EVE 280 battery compression: It's a short vid, well worth watching - I learned: The ideal cell compr...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Shelving options for LF280K batteries

I'm watching this with interest! The Seplos boxes with 16 cells installed they weigh around 100kg, so should really be built in-situ, which really pu...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Does your heat pump calculate and provide you with a COP figure?

We have had one radiator plumbed in an odd way in parallel to the heatsource, some 10 years ago. We had a "regular" boiler at the time, with a pump f...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Does your heat pump calculate and provide you with a COP figure?

Totally agree, COP should be the headline information when looking at how the heatpump is performing. It is hard to measure accurately though - for h...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Indra V2H Trial

We did get on the V2H ‘trial’. I use quotes, as I think the trial was for new entrants; we had the indra box already. The process was: Change prov...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Heat storage batteries

A 2000 litre thermal store would cost around £2k, and store a similar amount of heat - you’d get 100kWh from 90C down to 40C. The warmstone operates a...

3 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

I noticed the guy from off-grid garage liked this balancer + disconnector = BMS. That is, in addition to active balancing, it detects over or under v...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Heat pumps & dry air leading to sinus problems and headaches?

@gurugurugravity Unless you have an extremely unusual reason for a damp house, a dehumifier may be an issue. Unusual reasons include a new house d...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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