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Last seen: Aug 5, 2026
At least the DNO is being proactive! Our local pylon and cables went on fire the other day, causing a loss of power to part of the village for 4 hours...
We have had our Heat Pump for 3 years and 3 Winters of varying severity. Now that I have resolved the energy cost issue (batteries and solar) and am n...
So it seems subscription day has finally arrived for Givenergy. My mobile app updated today making me more determined to get Home Assistant working re...
@jostar Sorry to hear you are having trouble, however I have not found any issues today (10/4/2026) regarding the GivEnergy app (set a timed cha...
@dean-royston @downfield both of you have valid points and I, as a GivEnergy customer, do not want to see the company go under. If making a small mont...
@drei great so you succeed in blocking Givenergy's plans with a legal case etc, what then? The company goes bust and we are all left with hardware t...
This is disappointing to find out as I had Givenergy HV batteries installed December 2025. The situation sounds similar to my old company. Businesse...
Now that the world economy is getting a sharp lesson in who really holds world influence, ie Iran (potentially backed by Russia and China), due to the...
@papahuhu It looks like a battery calibration operation to me. When my system (GivEnergy) does a battery calibration the reserve value of 4% in m...
@Mars at the time of writing heating oil is £1.28 / ltr in our area. One positive item to come out of all this is my Wife, who was very sceptical of a...
@batpred I did not say the cloud duplicates work, I said the cloud has a level of duplication, there is a subtle difference. If you have a comme...
For my tuppenny worth towards this debate. I have used both methods and quite honestly found little difference in the energy consumed. I therefore now...
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RE: Adding additional Solar Panels to a DC coupled battery system
Let's deal with mounting systems first. You don't hav...
By Transparent , 1 hour ago
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
@kilgorexv definitely a larger inverter will help and m...
By AndrewJ , 19 hours ago
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
@rob-of-york — thanks for posting this, all very useful...
By cathodeRay , 23 hours ago
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RE: Surface mount or bury primaries for heat pump installation?
The installation is almost done! I've written up two ...
By tomasmcguinness , 1 day ago
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RE: Glass lined Cylinder for private water supply
This has turned into a fascinating little rabbit hole. ...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Switch suitable to change between two inverter CT's
Last winter my battery ,32KWh, could run the house com...
By Jancold , 2 days ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Agree with Major. And even if I was very happy with ...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
There is another estimator that you could use, a formul...
By Rob of York , 2 days ago
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RE: To re-pipe or not to re-pipe? Moving from oil boiler to air source heat pump.
@penval, really useful update. After all the discussion...
By Mars , 4 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@papahuhu I prefer to look at it simplistically. We d...
By Old_Scientist , 5 days ago
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RE: Questions about A2A for heating as well as cooling
@rob-of-york I would concur with the underfloor insulat...
By Toodles , 5 days ago
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RE: New Vaillant Arotherm controls link to existing thermostats ; wired vs wireless
Nothing attached! I have rads but UFH makes the case ...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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RE: Cooling with air to water heat pumps
Passive cooling should always be the first call. Keep ...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
@rob-of-york Thank you, I’m thinking along these same l...
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