Last seen: Sep 30, 2025
@kocta Being the curious engineer that I am, I decided to do a little experiment with my metered oil boiler and heat pump and got some further questio...
@transparent yes your assumption is correct it is an Octopus tariff and the PowerUp scheme which started 14th August is an Octopus scheme trial with t...
@transparent Hope your good? Hoping the following will be of interest to you and other readersTo conclude this solar tube topic I decided for our part...
@kocta Hi please to meet you! That is interesting to know. I assume your COP is acheived with a modern DHW tank? At the moment to heat the tank (5...
@declan90 welcome to the forum. I had a heat pump fitted about two months ago in a 1970's house which has a 1995 extension. All the rad's in the old...
@transparent modern solar hotwater equipment as you have highlighted is more effective and may produce 60C hotwater in December / January. My assump...
@transparent I went on the roof tonight to clear all the glass up. I think due to the manifold's age (25+ years), it has developed a leak filling the ...
@iancalderbank good to meet you! Sadly my solar system died today, one of the tubes exploded on the roof causing a loss of water pressure so decommiss...
@transparent thanks for the info will take a look. Only just finding my way around the site at the moment 🙂
@transparent yes I could install such a system myself however I am not a certified electrician that can sign my own work off so may run into problems ...
Hi Mars and Everyone, My name is TechnoGeek a.k.a Gary and I am new to the site and have been looking for a forum with like minded people to share t...
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RE: Daikin 9kW to 8kW Swap Offer from Octopus
@jamespa The problem in taking the gas figure is that e...
By Terry1812 , 22 minutes ago
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@bontwoody, I have to say, the response time here is re...
By Mars , 1 hour ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
It rather depends on what we call 'local area' and 'tot...
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan F8 error
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I can now, I done an automation in Home Assist...
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RE: Bosch CS5800i 5kW - Experience So Far
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RE: Inventor (Midea) Heat Pump short cycling advice
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
@papahuhu at the end of the day if you are happy with h...
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RE: Can you recommend a Mitsubishi service engineer in the Rochdale area?
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RE: Octopus tariffs - a quick comparison
Does indeed need checking, @tim441. Neither Homely ...
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RE: How not to install a heat pump
Delighted to hear that the buffer has been replumbed as...
By JamesPa , 22 hours ago
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Actually, there's a rather greater degree of cattle-her...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 1 day ago
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RE: The Hidden Secret to a Successful Heat Pump: Pipe Size Matters
@davidnolan22 So far as I can tell from the 'other p...
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RE: 5 Star Service from Havenwise
I keep getting havenwise ads on my Facebook feed, so cl...
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Automation options to maximuse efficiency & ToU tariffs
I started a conversation with ChatGPT. What automation...
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RE: 4 Year Ongoing Heat Pump Battle With Poor Heat Pump Installation
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RE: Samsung Heat pump with Yonos Pico circulating pump running all the time
I don't know how many pumps you have but I guess it's o...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
That's just human nature unfortunately, not special to ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
