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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News

Just to compare, this was our summary for 2025: - Elec is our sole energy source. Domestic EV smart tariff (Octopus Intelligent). ...

6 hours ago
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Renewables News
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RE: How to use my Hanchu battery storage for home without it feeding back into the grid?

@countryman-helmsley Is the Hanchu ESS app definitely the only app option available to you for system control? To achieve what you are aiming for o...

7 days ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: How to use my Hanchu battery storage for home without it feeding back into the grid?

Hi. My Hanchu battery system is controlled by the (Luxpower) inverter's app. I don't use the Hanchu app for any control, only for viewing additional...

1 week ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Electricity price predictions

The sceptic in me wonders whether people who use split tariffs - eg Cozy Octopus, Intelligent Octopus Go and others - will see little if any reduction...

2 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Ecodan software update. Real or scam?

Hi - last week a Mitsubishi service tech installed a software update to our 11.2kW R32 unit. Apparently it alters the behaviour of the linear expansi...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Credit Card Payment – Section 75 – for heat pump installations

our solar schene IBG had a £100 excess, as I recall. I considered using that for our solar claim but Section 75 thankfully paid in full.

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Credit Card Payment - Section 75

My experience to date has been that many installers in residential renewables won't accept credit cards. Luckily our first solar installer did, as t...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Assessing Heatmiser Neostat Accuracy: How and Why to Calibrate Them

Same for us. Our Ecodan now runs on WC with all emitters fully open. Neostats are now used for monitoring only.

2 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Electricity use for heat pumps - comparing homes and consumption

@glpinxit Thanks for this - really useful. We have the Ecodan cylinder with LLH with two emitter zones. I'm currently monitoring flow temperatures a...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Electricity use for heat pumps - comparing homes and consumption

@glpinxit Thanks for all this info. It's much appreciated. With hindsight I wish I had specified a dedicated HP consumption meter. Using my pre-AS...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Electricity use for heat pumps - comparing homes and consumption

many thanks for sharing this. That's an excellent improvement that you've achieved with your adjustments. Is your Ecodan controller an FTC6? How ha...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat pumps and home insurance. Are you insured?

Mars, I do recall asking about this at renewal. I've just gone back and checked the policy wording again and there is one related exclusion, for loss...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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