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Last seen: Aug 24, 2026
@judith Oh Judith! I feel for you, during Covid Lockdown, we had SSEN working in the road on a cold winter’s day and they needed to turn off the suppl...
@hcas It is with Daikin and amounts to £345 inc. VAT. (Not Cheap!) Toodles.
I have assumed that we should see 15 years of ‘active life’ from our Daikin - and with any luck, it should be working for another 5 years after that. ...
@wobby1 Yes, not that I have any intention of selling the house but with the ASHP plus solar and battery plus extensive insulation, I feel sure it wil...
@jamespa Those figures are indeed somewhat better! I wonder if the same design heat pump would be efficient at even lower temperature such as 30 - 35 ...
@ivanopinion I too was disappointed to see the comparatively low SCOP of 2.72; I would have expected the Octopus team to have come up with at least 3....
@mikeavison Perhaps I might add a few observations? I should declare they are my opinions only - they may be shared with others but please have a supp...
@ivanopinion Another consideration being that Cosy offers 2 x 3 hour intervals that are not evenly spread over the 24 hours thus leaving a larger lump...
Yes, you can be on Cosy and still export; there are two tariffs, Agile Export and Fixed export. The fixed export currently (pun, sorry) offers 15 penc...
@mch Quite So! Toodles.
@mikeavison Oh Dear! I hope your name wasn’t too brown and sticky! 😃Our hot water is handled separately by a Sunamp Thermino eP210; this is be...
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?
@dave, I think @jamespa has probably identified the mos...
By Mars , 6 hours ago
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@kilgorexv, I actually think doing your own calculation...
By Mars , 6 hours ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
By JamesPa , 20 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 1 day ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Swings and Roundabouts, you win some…. ...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
There is scope for product development here. I for one...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 5 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 5 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
...which, I've found out, is pretty much impossible to ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 6 days ago
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