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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) [But upgraded somewhat since that assessment] 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. Cavity wall insulated, triple 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. Did I mention, I’m 78 you know!😉
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RE: Advice on internal circulation pump noise
Welcome and I am sorry you are having this problem. &...
By JamesPa , 4 hours ago
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread
@harrisonc mine has level 3 MID monitoring and you can ...
By swwils , 6 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Heats the House… But It’s Not Cosy. Emitter Changes or System Tweak?
@alastair, in short, no, increasing emitter capacity wo...
By Mars , 7 hours ago
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?
Hi @cathoderay - this is a good discussion! I feel like...
By RobS , 8 hours ago
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RE: Free Ecoheat Heat Pump Install
@deltona happy to help as much as I can if you decide t...
By bontwoody , 8 hours ago
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RE: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
I'll be honest, I love that idea! I'll start working on...
By Mars , 9 hours ago
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RE: Configuring third party dongle for Ecodan local control
@majordennisbloodnok I think the HPDHD diagnosis may be...
By Sheriff Fatman , 10 hours ago
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RE: External pipework insulation
I don't think we can tell from a photo whether your exi...
By Transparent , 10 hours ago
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RE: Controlling Daikin Altherma via P1P2 and Home Assistant
@majordennisbloodnok That’s correct. I can’t find anywh...
By weoleyric , 16 hours ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?
@papahuhu I hope you get a swift resolution. Regards, T...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: Poll for Time of Use, tariffs, technology
That’s fine by me too Major, I feel it is a sad reflect...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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Bingo. Sometimes a judiciously placed size 10 bovver bo...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 2 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11.2kW heat pump with low COP
@ciocoiu-alexandru I can't provide the same level of di...
By Sheriff Fatman , 2 days ago
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The three technical issues I'm considering are: BMS...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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RE: LiFePO4 lithium battery fires and explosions
@transparent Your post may fit better in th...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: British Gas vs Octopus Energy vs Heat Geek vs EDF vs Aira vs OVO vs EON.Next vs Boxt
@jamespawhite, if you could be bothered, you could also...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Commencing on an ASHP Installation Process
I've got a bit of time to draft something today, so the...
By Sheriff Fatman , 2 days ago
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RE: Help with heat pump sizing
@amin I dont think materially relative to t...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
