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@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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