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@judith When we had our loft insulation improved, we approached the local authority who informed us that there were grants available as long as we use...
@chansug An increase in that loft insulation would be a good investment too. You may be able to get a grant from your local authority to cover the cos...
@cressie I have noticed a trend in the last year or so; the attitude seems to be towards having a battery - even in preference to solar PV if the budg...
@alfapat Sounds to me as though we require an Ombudsman solely to deal with heating installations.😒 Toodles.
@clockworks And it would appear that they can control some other (non-Cosy) heat pumps too. They appear to be able to work with Daikin; this may be be...
Perhaps for clarity, I should mention that I used the term ‘Energy UK’ in my email to OE; I used it as a generic term for the generation and distribut...
@clockworks Regarding the Cosy tariff and heat pumps, here are a couple of extracts from recent communications I have had from O.E. “Thank you f...
@clockworks It rather sounds as though the heat pump manufacturers (or rather their software programmers) are not taking on board the need to lessen s...
@clockworks Sounds like you may have your answer there then! Regards, Toodles.
Possibly a dodgy immersion heater thermostat? An immersion heater element would normally run (the 3 kW power level is right) until it reaches the set ...
@cathoderay May I suggest a slowly-slowly approach? Start by shutting just one or two of the LSV’s in stages; these should be the ones in rooms that a...
@alfapat In that RHH Q&A presentation, there was mention of compatibility with Homely and / or Havenwise controllers and monitors; the advice seem...
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