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If you get windows replaced, then I think it's well worth getting low U value units in whatever the frames are. It's not simply 3G is better than 2G;...
As I understand it, if a slowly rising common mode DC is passed through the AC only type of RCDs then it will saturate the core in it, and then it can...
We have two car chargers with different plugs🙄 - a 32A one and a 10A one. The larger one is fed with 6mm2 cable from its own tiny CU (looks j...
I’ve seen our mains voltage very high on occasion, but I’ve never known anything happen due to it. We get 253V on a sunny day here - I looked in the ...
There’s no definitive magic deltaT for a heatpump, just pragmatic ‘generally optimum’. If you put more power into the water pump, the deltaT will redu...
That 2.5% cost increase every degC corresponds to my home-made graph pretty accurately. I was confused by the graph above at first, but then I unders...
Technically I could perhaps be called a heat pump designer, having designed and built the one gshp system that has heated our home for 3 years. It’s ...
Why do panels get damaged if not connected? When they are normally in the sun, they get 800W/m^2 evenly distributed, and they warm up everywhere. S...
In the solar panels. On a nice sunny day, a square metre of panels would get 1kW from the sun. Of this we might expect 200W of electical power if...
We had our gas meter removed too by Octopus, for free. It took the guy 20 minutes to do - he turned off the incoming gas lever in our cabinet, remove...
I notice on a pic on page 2 what looks like heatpump gubbins (buffer, tank, pump, pipes) in a cold ventilated loft? How much insulation is there in ...
As the boiler is just on/off at a given running temp, can you drop the temp down to the lowest acceptable, leaving it on most of the day (18hours+)? ...
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RE: What is possible with FIT, SEG, Hate Pumps and Batteries?
We have an 1860s grade II listed victorian pile with so...
By EtchedPixels , 3 hours ago
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RE: Renewables uptake near you
Close to me very very few indeed. It's a conservation a...
By EtchedPixels , 3 hours ago
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RE: Vehicle-to-Home with a Heat Pump: Is the Technology Ready and Which EV Should I Buy?
I looked into that wallbox a bit more off the back of t...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 9 hours ago
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RE: Samsung Heat Pump – Can't Activate TW2 Pipe Sensor (for Delta T Control)
@jamespa Buffer, yes 😀 Volumiser, you mean t...
By bubuontheweb , 9 hours ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@jandp awesome system I hope it works out well.
By Judith , 10 hours ago
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RE: GivEnergy inverter tripping due to over-voltage?
It's worth also remembering (as @transparent partly cov...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 1 day ago
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@transparent I would imagine that DW’s inverters are no...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
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RE: Summer heat is becoming the new winter cold in the UK. What are you doing about it?
@judith Standard UK style plastic frame double glazing ...
By EtchedPixels , 1 day ago
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RE: Surface mount or bury primaries for heat pump installation?
@bobflux That's the stuff. The installer recommended tw...
By tomasmcguinness , 2 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@chandykris Indeed, the elevated temperature does atten...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
Anyone able to share the name of a competent independen...
By Papahuhu , 2 days ago
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I applaud you for this initiative; however, I can see a...
By L8Again , 3 days ago
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RE: Nook batteries from Octopus
Both of octopus' new batteries are Fox ESS units re-bad...
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The drawing is fine and perfectly understandable except...
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