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@transparent Piccy as requested, a pic of a few cells showing active balancer attached with fuses. The fuses are actually 3.75A 75V self resetting...
This vid (off grid garage) talks about cell compression versus life. In a nutshell: you cannot stop cells expanding a mm or so when full- 300kg (3kN...
I did made a heat meter - I used the tsic716 sensor (tho the one you point at is a lot cheaper, and similar accuracy, which is great). I connected tw...
@Iancalderbank Your heatpump is likely to have a flow-return temperature of around 5degrees. So under most dhw circumstances, the tank will have be...
It's often the case that people crank up the thermostat as it gets colder outside. I think the most significant reason for this is that the external ...
That brown plastic box is our fibre to the home inlet box. It just seemed a bit neater to stick it in the old gas box. The gas used to go off to th...
We had our gas meter taken out by Octopus a few months ago. It’s a plastic pipe rising up, capped off with a metal cap. The bit ringed in red is the...
We heat our 10yr old solar tank with a gshp. It used to just heat the top coil with up to 55C flow, getting the water tank to ‘maybe’ 43C. In the No...
I think as gas and oil boilers get phased out, low install cost heat storage solutions will seem too attractive on Octopus go - so I agree, Octopus wo...
@jvs197 I suggest that you experiment with your present gas system, so that you can determine how well an ashp could work. It’s what I did before i...
We swapped to a HP 2 years ago, after running a regular gas boiler for many years. We have smart meters, so could correlate daily gas kWh with the out...
s The rule of thumb I’ve seen has been total yearly kWh/2000 gives the peak power in kW. It works for us- but would give 36000/2000=18kW. Are you ...
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Unfortunately for your argument the best performing Dai...
By RobS , 2 hours ago
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I’d also listen to James, he gives good advice. i did...
By davidnolan22 , 4 hours ago
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?
You are almost right and have appreciated the key point...
By JamesPa , 4 hours ago
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RE: Grant ASHP not reaching target temperatures
@mikefl Thank you. I’m not sure how to do these checks ...
By Hillswick , 4 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Sizing & Installation Costs
100m2 5kw £11000-£7500=£3500 pick 3 radiators
By Adrian , 6 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@adrian I think that the company might argue that if th...
By Toodles , 6 hours ago
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RE: Transforming a Derbyshire Property into an Energy-Efficient Haven
@carpenterstation That's helpful, thank you. The de...
By Morgan , 8 hours ago
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RE: What is the best strategy for operating a very oversized heat pump?
@jamespa Homely does address many of these issues, but ...
By Arundalep , 11 hours ago
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?
There is absolutely nothing wrong with buffer tanks in ...
By JamesPa , 16 hours ago
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RE: Replacing knackered oil boiler with ASHP - Perthshire
@abernyte thanks tbh I was more thinking about bolsteri...
By DowallyDrifter , 16 hours ago
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RE: Battery storage to run Heat Pump.
@jeff The government are quite happy for the network ...
By Lucia , 1 day ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@old_scientist The OE guidelines mention that their con...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
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RE: Adjusting 6kW Daikin's Weather Compensation Curve
@jamespa I'm grateful for your advice.
By Ubert767 , 1 day ago
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RE: Is it KISS or constant – weather compensation vs. set flow temperature?
Thanks. I've seen the video several times at the beginn...
By cliffhanger , 1 day ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@carrownisky where are you based? Would you like me con...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Baxi Air Source Heat Pump tips and tricks please
@transparent Good morning, the installer sorted our m...
By Cathyem1 , 2 days ago
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@roodo welcome to the forums and I’m really sorry to he...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Thinking of ripping our my IVT Greenline HT Plus C model and replacing with a gas boiler.
Don’t rip out a IVT! Amazing heat pump! Unless your com...
By greenlight , 2 days ago
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RE: Sunamp Thermino Heat Battery
Wow, I knew they were pricey, but didn’t expect it to b...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Victorian Semi Retrofit / Extension ASHP and UFH Advice
@matthew_w good luck with the quotation and proposal pr...
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