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@guthrie my friend, I feel we need to conclude this conversation as I fear we are diverting from the original topic of this thread :-)I am happy to co...
@guthrie I have a balancing act with my system because it is a bivalent set up. Oil boilers like a duty cycle of 3 cycles per hour unlike gas wh...
@toodles Yes I have noticed a more even heat distribution since installing my heat pump (12Kw Samsung Gen6). I have a particular problematic room (als...
@derek-m I wish it was! 🤣 Sadly due to the HP and controller being located within the outside boiler room, running the data cable for the built in the...
@redzer_irl From my own research over the last few weeks I would be inclined to agree with Glyn Hudson. I think for me, I incorrectly interpreted th...
@cookie197 For your information you can get slimline versions of HP tanks. I am looking at one at present as it needs to fit in the space currently oc...
@cookie197 Welcome to the forum! Reading about your decision dilemma I have been through a similar experience over the last 12 months. To echo the p...
@derek-m yes I do have an immersion heater however it is positioned at the top of the tank and would not be heating the same volume of water sadly. In...
@abernyte I did think of the oil boiler efficiency however it is a well maintained 5 year old Grant Vortex Blue flame and very efficient, so ruled 35...
@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...
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