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For your DIY install, what did you do about the whole building regs / certification side of things?
The Toyota plugin hybrids are very similar to their regular hybrids, same design of drive train but with slightly more powerful motors, and the hybrid...
For minimal disruption and systems which are more affordable, and so likely to be more sellable, I wonder if there needs to be more pragmatism and all...
Did they confirm it was being installed as an actual 4 connection buffer tank or as a 2 connection volumiser tank? I had an Octopus survey, the surv...
Yes the heat pump cylinders use coils with high surface areas, but that isn't the problem, the difficulty comes from the MCS standard sizing formula r...
I think the current requirements and installer approach to hot water cylinders creates a lot of unnecessary and avoidable disruption, and cost for hom...
Yes I was thinking of outdoor, IP65 batteries with built-in heating, these: Dyness G2 - 10kWh, IP65 outdoor rated with temperature control. £1500 ...
Many of those tariffs are simple time of use tariffs, where the off-peak rates apply to all of your household consumption during those times. It is ju...
Many of the R290 models have only launched in the last year or two, some manufacturers are still in the process of launching their ranges, so these ar...
Possibly not the answer you might want, but if it were me I wouldn't be in any rush at all and I would wait to see how the BUS scheme and the MCS rule...
There's room for disagreement even here, particularly on the topic of natural gas. The UK is going to need natural gas for at least the next 10-20 y...
I don't see misinformation about heat pumps as the problem, the problem is the affordability and the disruption from installation, they're undoubtably...
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