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Are you using Weather Compensation?? Likely to save 15 - 30% vs fixed flows Are you on a time of use tariff? Over a year savings can be substantial....
Absolutely! Could not agree more - Great writeup. Hopefully Octopus and others will continue to push for early changes. If only Milliband would ...
I honestly would not wish to use this as a basis for making a decision on any new purchase in the future other than to indicate a list of installation...
@editor personally would like to see an in depth poll that has ratings (say 1 -10) for each.... across a range of questions. Perhaps 10 or so questio...
@editor OK! Inevitably most homeowners will only have experience of one installation so I'm not sure how much balance there was? Or is it more "most...
Will there be more analysis/comparisons of results?
@downfield octoprice also offers comparisons using own data and also allows you to play with "Load Shifting Visualizer" because most people woukd prob...
@cathoderay many, many thanks for the input and advice. I think it's enough to push and inspire me to have a go! Will not be quick I suspect but wil...
@cathoderay thanks for all the useful comments & thoughts. Yes, current data from LG is minimal. They have an expensive WiFi dongle that connect...
Good reminder on EPC energy forecast. Our EPC was done for ashp purposes to get the RHI grant so was done with reasonably detailed measurements. ...
@cathoderay sadly LG heat pumps of my vintage have very poor info extracts. I think they're a bit better now and capable of integration with 3rd party...
the cost quoted above is for imports only. So net cost is approx £900 export at risk of cut to tariff but not much I can do about that! Another wa...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Looks like not much change in electricity prices in the...
By ChandyKris , 1 hour ago
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RE: Questions about A2A for heating as well as cooling
@rob-of-york I would concur with the underfloor insulat...
By Toodles , 2 hours ago
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RE: New Vaillant Arotherm controls link to existing thermostats ; wired vs wireless
Nothing attached! I have rads but UFH makes the case ...
By JamesPa , 2 hours ago
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RE: Cooling with air to water heat pumps
Passive cooling should always be the first call. Keep ...
By JamesPa , 3 hours ago
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
I think this calculation goes the other way. 3.54kW ga...
By JamesPa , 3 hours ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
@rob-of-york Thank you, I’m thinking along these same l...
By Toodles , 19 hours ago
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@Mars Good questions! The downstairs unit did the maj...
By Rob of York , 19 hours ago
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?
@dave, I think @jamespa has probably identified the mos...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 3 days ago
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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