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The other aspect of maximising solar production is tying in with best export rates and time of use tariffs. I moved to Octopus Intelligent Go so foc...
6kw panels East facing. 6deg pitch Mar2025 528kwh Mar2024 393kwh Mar2023 314kwh Mar2022 456kwh 2kw panels South facing. 45deg pitch Mar2...
@ashp-bobba what area do you cover?
I'm not sure... afaik most contracts will not include parts? Perhaps one simple advantage is to tick the box for warranty purposes.
Likewise I have no special knowledge. My thoughts would be if cooled only when temps are higher then evaporation would likely take care of much of ...
@majordennisbloodnok fair point but if only used when air temps are (say) 20 deg+ I suspect it would not be a significant issue? I think the main r...
Has anyone tried Homeserve?
We continue to use the heat pump for hot water during summer and also leave it on for heating albeit with setback so it hardly comes on. But keeps pum...
I'm at the riskier end of things.. with 2 heat pumps at different properties. Both installed 2020. Recognising the risk to warranty but also somewha...
There are 2 important fixes in first instance. Then you can try further small tweaks. 1. Get off Fixed temps and onto weather compensation. I'm sure...
@jamespa sounds like it should be a job for Octopus to test in their controlled conditions so they can test different scenarios!
@andris cheers! I got lucky in a way that the heat pump installation during covid was at a competitive price and benefitted from more generous RHI gra...
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
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@profzarkov Good to know in case it ever happens to me...
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?
I mean, is this surprising? The local installers in my ...
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@old_scientist sorry, I should have made it clear that ...
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11kw Defrosting Issue.
@thundermink can you provide photos to illustrate your ...
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RE: Boiling Mad: Exposing Radiatorgate
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@andris a great year - very happy with our system
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
After our rather lengthy meander off piste, I thought I...
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@pash44pump - to collect the IAT/OAT data, can I sugges...
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RE: Ecodan software update. Real or scam?
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@drei When I was in local government we were of cours...
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
I’ve also got a dual fuel Rangemaster. We originally ha...
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RE: Octopus tariffs - a quick comparison
@tim441 I’d agree wholeheartedly with that, with 2 x Po...
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