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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...
@mikef interesting! As mentioned .. from info in LG user group it does reduce cycling and output. But I don't use it myself as my heat pump seems a...
On LG ashp they have a "silent mode" that operates at reduced power (intended to reduce noise at night) and some users use successfully to reduce cycl...
@toodles we probably need to swap notes again at year end....and every couple of months I see Octopus are stopping Fixed Export as an annual contra...
@toodles well ... 10.472 is the simple ave of the 4 months ave prices divided by 4... but i think its more accurate to take the actual kwh and prices....
@toodles I have been monitoring on a monthly basis since switching to Agile in March. I have solar & batteries.... so endeavour to import when che...
@marvinator80 these are 2 different things. By way of example... I have GivEnergy kit. Inverter is Gen1 Hybrid 5kw Batteries are 3 x 8.2kwh = 24.6...
@marvinator80 what rate will your inverter charge/discharge? If its low.. you may not get max from cheap slots?
@editor you probably have a long list of potential topics. But thought i'd kick of a thread to suggest additions. My top suggestion "what I wish I h...
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