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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...
Yes, the 'global warming potential' GWP of R32 is quoted as 675 over 100 years, which means 1kg of R32 has the same global warming impact as 675kg of ...
Just to add my observations, exploring a heat pump for a 4 bed house: 1. I was surprised how rigid and inflexible suppliers are about hot water cyli...
As a potential heat pump customer, it would be good to have some alternative standards which consider the real-world cost and disruption resulting fro...
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