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I agree it's rather complicated. In my experience with automating stuff, generally you only want to start automating things after you've been doing th...
Thanks so much, that's really helpful!
Wow, that's pretty lucrative for summer PV generation. They've set the import and export rates quite cleverly to avoid charge/discharge cycling as the...
For me, the limiting factor was roof space, and it didn't make sense to use any of it for solar thermal. I could simply use the PV to power a 3-4 COP ...
Don't suppose you've read Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language"? It sounds like you have, but if not you'd probably like it!
@majordennisbloodnok Really great summary, nice one. For my part, and at the risk of sounding preachy, I don't ask myself "what's going to make the ...
I agree, which is why I said that it would have been at parity with gas even if only 1 of those things were true. For the avoidance of doubt, I don't ...
I swapped my gas boiler for an ASHP and it is far, far cheaper than it would have been on gas. A combination of 3 things: 1) old gas boiler being very...
@sunandair A priori, a lower setback ought to improve the COP because the flow temperatures can be reduced to correspond to the lower heat demand. Low...
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but what do you mean by "damaged our COP" here? You say it's gone up from 3.17 to 3.4?
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