Last seen: Sep 14, 2025
@judith The Eddi does the switching for me so at least the worstthat will happen if I forget to open / close the valve on the towel rail is that we ha...
@transparent Did he call in Agatha Christie? 😉
Hello Judith, I came to the conclusion that as long as I remain ‘Compost Mentis’ I would continue to remember to close the inlet valve to the towel ra...
The approach I adopted for our ground mounted (well resting on an aluminium frame) PV panels was to prepare the area, lay weed repellant matting and t...
@transparent I found out about the 5% VAT rate that could be applied to the purchase of a second Tesla Powerwall by wrinklies like myself before my in...
@chickenbig The following quote is from my Solar PV and Tesla Battery installer’s promotion round robin: “The big news is that from February 1st, g...
@judith as from February 1st, 2024, there will be no VAT charged on solar energy storage batteries (as I posted in another topic last week). I have fo...
@kev-m I look forward to not hearing much ado about heat pumps soon then! 😉 Regards, Toodles.
@transparent Ooh! Perhaps things may be looking up for my chance of being a successful candidate then; against me is that I’m British and white, but i...
@bontwoody The one thing I would change is that being a member of or certified by the MCS is absolutely no guarantee whatsoever of a installer’s compe...
@derek-m Thank you Derek, since resolved (and changed tariff to Cosy), of course, since swapping to Cosy, Agile has been plunging again! Such is lie! ...
@transparent It is very refreshing to hear that common sense is employed in this way sometimes, I have no idea of the capacity of our local electrical...
Latest Posts
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RE: Heat Pump Damage on install - useable or dealbreaker?
They have already been dishonest by not telling you abo...
By GrahamF , 3 hours ago
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Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
Hi all, I thought it might be of interest to others i...
By benson , 3 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy sounds like good tariff for you. Octop...
By JulianC , 5 hours ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
In the last week, the external temperature in south Man...
By GrahamF , 7 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 7 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 8 hours ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
I hear you on the locality issue @transparent, and I ag...
By Scalextrix , 10 hours ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 11 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@pash44pump Referring to the problem of rooms with diff...
By Tasos , 12 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
By JamesPa , 13 hours ago
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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I wi...
By bontwoody , 1 day ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely t...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@dgclimatecontrol I attach the responses from 2 potenti...
By pash44pump , 2 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
I realise im overdue an update on my situation. first...
By Cleardene-ashp , 3 days ago
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
@toodles thanks. I was told by the engineer that this h...
By JulianC , 3 days ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
A week later, I'm finally picking up this comment... ...
By Transparent , 3 days ago
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RE: COP is not the only measure of efficiency
We keep all our TRVs fully open using the whole house a...
By Old_Scientist , 4 days ago
