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RE: Electricity price predictions

That is a symptom of effectively banning onshore wind in England under the prior government, meaning overcapacity in Scotland where there isn't enough...

2 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Unfortunate that OFGEM increased prices again from October 2025, except gas which seems to have gone down a tad, but one small glimmer for those about...

2 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House

@tim441 it's a Vaillant, I think the controls are probably not the best, but also not the worst.

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House

@tim441 thanks, and yes we are going WC for the central heating. Unfortunately our boiler control only allows us to set a single fixed temperature f...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House

@temperature_gradient I had two installers willing to work with our existing hot water tank, which isn't designed for a Heat Pump, though it is alread...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Is your heat pump insured?

Yup just spoke to Privilege to inform them of my impending "heat pump boiler" (their words) install and (after a lot of back and forth) they told me t...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Long term efficiency degradation

@jamespa yes as I thought thanks. We have a reasonable design I think, certainly not the best but pretty good considering diminishing returns. ...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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Long term efficiency degradation
3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Who has a V2G EV installation

Id also add to this thread that V2G (Vehicle to Grid) is not necessarily the same as V2H (Vehicle to Home). Allowing an energy provider to offtake yo...

3 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?

No idea, but bear in mind if you have a BUS grant I think it expires after 3 months, but I think you may be able to re-apply, check with your installe...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: BUS Grant, removal of all other heat sources

Bearing in mind I have no expertise or prior knowledge, a cold reading of the following OFGEM installer guide: Section 3.20. talks about ...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Compressor attempts start but fails - Nibe Fighter 2005 8kW

"To tell you the truth, I don't know if HAL is homicidal, suicidal, neurotic, psychotic, or just plain broken." I think we know which category yours...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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