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@cathoderay My Enphase microinverters and control gear plus Tesla Gateway are part of the IOT family, as are my Amazon Echo units, our washing machine...
@knukes Ah! Cosy Octopus looks like a good choice - I’ll be looking into that - I think it may be just what I am looking for! Regards, Toodles
@sapper117 Oh yes to much of the above, ‘Steady Eddy’ I think is the best policy, we have good insulation (1930’s semi with an EPC of ‘B’, we have un...
@ronin92 We are having 8 of the 10 radiators / emitters replaced; our gas boiler when set to 60 degrees C can’t cope in this very cold weather, but, t...
@ronin92 I have only participated in 2 as my application took some time to process; a 1 hour and latterly, a 2 hour in duration. I use little energy d...
@derek-m At last, I have my Tesla Powerwall installed and am starting to feed it my PV panel’s output [8.1 kWp.] when the sun graces us with its’ p...
I suppose a wind turbine makes more sense than solar PV when powering an ASHP; one is more likely to need the warmth when it is windy than when it is ...
I contacted my MP on this matter because it was soon after the Glasgow COP, and at the time, much noise was being made about encouraging homeowners to...
I wrote to my MP about the very restrictive nature of the siting of garden mounted PV panels complaining that unless one has a garden of at least 12 m...
In my own case, JoJu Solar filed a G99 form application for me with my DNO for 8.61kWp. (Though due to shortage of first choice of panel, I ended up w...
I note that my supplier, Octopus Energy, is running trials in a couple of areas local to wind generation equipment (not near me unfortunately) and I f...
Having only had our PV panels working since 13th. August and not registered for export until 6th. September, I am still relatively new to the game too...
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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 , 10 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 , 10 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy sounds like good tariff for you. Octop...
By JulianC , 11 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 , 13 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 13 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 14 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 , 16 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 , 17 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 , 18 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 , 19 hours ago
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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I wi...
By bontwoody , 2 days 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 , 3 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 4 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 , 4 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 , 4 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 , 4 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