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Current supplier is Octopus, and we have been on Tracker for a few years which has been consistently cheaper for electricity and gas except for a few ...
Forum Handle: @scalextrixManufacturer: Vaillant Model: Arotherm Plus 7kWType: ASHPArrangement: MonoArea of Country: EssexHome Type: House Size: Square...
I've seen pictures of those fitted under a bath where the bath is boxed in. Just make sure to get one that activates the fan at a low flow temperatur...
Unfortunately I'm not that well connected 😂 I definitely agree with you that any closed source hardware, firmware and software always prese...
@jamespa things were shit in the "good old days", but we were happy anyway 😂
@jamespa talking of being old, the house where I grew up had a multi zone heating system. Downstairs had radiators, upstairs didn't 😂 I rem...
I hear you on the locality issue @transparent, and I agree if that's FM or AM type radio, or even LoRaWAN, but for cellular technology it seems unlike...
@transparent what I don't understand about these "rogue communication devices" is just what they will connect to, to present their risk profile. I ge...
Sure I get it but I was going off topic, kinda, but not really. The key point from my perspective is not placing critical national infrastructure in...
Quite, yes it's a disaster waiting to happen and just extends the nationally sensitive equipment map. Smart meters should never have had remote shut...
I have been working on network resilience for a while. I use my own router/NAT/firewall device, a separate switch with POE+ that drives a WiFi acces...
@toodles its easier to clean up afterwards too 😁 Truly one of the best items we bought for a long time.
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
Plenty of butts 'round 'ere but
By Transparent , 26 minutes ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Have either quote provided room by room heat loss calcu...
By Old_Scientist , 14 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@old_scientist if you are going DIY then you may wan...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
After a short while that was followed by the 'power war...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Samsung heat pump - data cable issue
That's well done. Cable is the correct type (LIYCY = 2x...
By bobflux , 2 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
I agree, we will find out at the next budget whether th...
By Old_Scientist , 3 days ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
@editor I went through HG website, so should be ok for ...
By sttpd1917 , 3 days ago
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Who did the Freedom Heat Pump cloud server and what did...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Reading between the lines of what octopus are doing wit...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Air to air bus grant installer anywhere
The through wall two hole ones have their place (listed...
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I hope it goes ok, Hon can be hard to set up IF the sof...
By Graham Hendra , 3 days ago
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@clockworks Hi, So there is a big difference between st...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 3 days ago
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@editor wellvery comprehensive answer. I will get all i...
By Keithb , 3 days ago
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RE: Advice on my Heat Pump Journey: Old Stone Built Detached Cottage
all good advice I will follow this up
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Heat of vaporization of water is 2.25 MJ/kg (0.625 kWh/...
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