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I am a retired university technician who had the grand title of ‘Facilities and Technical Services Manager’ and based in the SE of England. Happily married, due to visual handicap unable to drive but hoping that maybe, one day, autonomous cars will be legal and available in the UK! I am a nerd with first class honours in the art of Scrooge economics in energy consumption and conservation and hence buy and sell with Octopus Energy. 1930’s 4 bedroomed semi detached house, 97 sq. metres floor area, EPC Rating B (83) Gone an expensive shade of Green with 8.1 kWp of Canadian Solar PV, Enphase IQ 7A micro-inverters, 2 x Tesla Powerwall 2’s as a battery, MyEnergi Eddi and Harvi’s, Sunamp Thermino ePV210 water heater, Daikin EDL08 8kW ASHP with LLH and secondary pump controlled by Homely Smart Controller. 10 radiators plus dual fuel towel rail. Have made investments in Ripple Energy’s Derril Water Solar Park and working on investing in their Project 4 (Wind Turbines) Cavity wall insulated, double glazing throughout, Q-Bot underfloor insulation on ground floor, 30 cm+ loft insulation Have gone all LED for lighting, induction hob, air fryer and 2 x microwave combination ovens for cooking, sans gas, all electric home in SE England.
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RE: British Gas versus Octopus: Two possible heat pump routes - how to evaluate them?
@jancold My day 1 of install over. It started at 7 wi...
By Lucia , 9 hours ago
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RE: Undersized Vaillant ASHP and abandoned by installer
Ps to the above. The requirements on the heat pum...
By JamesPa , 9 hours ago
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The greenhouse tomatoes have ,as usual, done well but t...
By Jancold , 9 hours ago
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RE: Locational electricity pricing
@transparent Phew! ok have skim read despite hectic d...
By Lucia , 9 hours ago
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RE: How to Solve Mould and Mildew Issues in Renovated Properties
The answer if you’re doing a major renovation is a MVHR...
By Judith , 9 hours ago
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RE: In the middle of an ASHP installation - a few questions
@toodles thanks. What I have is an old and dirty lookin...
By benson , 11 hours ago
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RE: Will heat pump heat hot water without increasing the temp in my home?
Do you have a reference for that directive @toodles ? ...
By Transparent , 11 hours ago
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RE: Calculating inverter size to match battery size
I expect your Seplos kit came with some guidance as reg...
By Toodles , 13 hours ago
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RE: Determining correct flow rate for a heat pump
It’s clear from what you say, above and what we have ex...
By SUNandAIR , 17 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@mphb - thanks, a useful link. Using google translate, ...
By cathodeRay , 21 hours ago
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'If you are not part of the problem there's good money ...
By AllyFish , 22 hours ago
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RE: Suitability of 45C flow temp with existing pipework
I've ordered a cheap borescope online and I'm going to ...
By Alex_N , 2 days ago
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RE: Ecodan - flow rates, sensors, settings
Hi @rhh2348 , coming late to this thread as our Ecodan ...
By SUNandAIR , 2 days ago
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RE: Agile: average import cost vs other tariffs?
@tim441 Last year I ‘netted’ about £400 that way so I h...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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RE: Gas Combi to ASHP - Making sense of survey results and proposal.
@irmartini I think that @editor might sympathise with t...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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RE: Heat pumps don't work: debunking myths & misconceptions
I applied for my G99 last November. Largely as a resul...
By IanMK13 , 3 days ago
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Setback for Vaillant Arotherm Plus
Currently our Vaillant Arotherm Plus is set in fully We...
By JWilliams89 , 3 days ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
Unfortunately @burtis James is right. MCS is the Gove...
By Transparent , 4 days ago
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RE: How can I programme a setback for my Samsung Gen6 8kW heat pump?
@simonh Im not sure how useful they are but Ive attache...
By bontwoody , 5 days ago
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Calculating inverter size to match battery size
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Agile: average import cost vs other tariffs?
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Suitability of 45C flow temp with existing pipework
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Setback for Vaillant Arotherm Plus
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