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Just had a go at this - scored 83. Not bad for just a homeowner with an ASHP and an interest in system design and how to extract the most efficiency. ...
Over the last 6 days we've done 8 re-heats up to 42degC on our 300l cylinder.Total energy consumed: 13.853kWh [1.732kWh per re-heat]Total heat energy ...
@old_scientist Sounds like that could work for you. Whilst staying on Agile, it may be worth shifting your usage pattern to what you would inten...
@irmartini this graphic may be helpful - plucked from the Octopus site at /octopus-smart-tariffs/
Ah great, keep us posted on how it's going - will be interesting to compare 🙂
I agree, this does seem to be an overall improvement: not only is there an extra 'dip' but all the dips are 'deeper' and the peak is less high compare...
Indeed, the Agile rates for this month until today have not been especially exciting. I'm on the waiting list with the DNO for getting an export MPA...
Heat Geek have a good article on this. I normally heat the DHW to only 42degC, but we have a high turnover. It gets plenty of extra temperature in the...
To help bolster the rather small number of NIBE owners on here, my ASHP is a F2040-12. I have this hooked up with the OpenEnergyMonitoring kit - lin...
@toodles I can also happily report that the Agile tariff is has been working very well for us since we switched over in early February - easily halvin...
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