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Octopus Energy: 5 Stars for Tariff Variety, 4 Stars for Price, 5+ Stars Customer Service & Support, 5 Stars for Billing, 5 Stars for Online Portal...
@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...
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RE: Vaillant ecoTEC Plus - Flow Temp and Set Up
JamesPa Thank you. Just need to check my understand...
By trebor12345 , 51 minutes ago
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RE: Free app: run the immersion / heat pump from Growatt battery & solar surplus – no Home Assistant
Please bear in mind, everyone, that in order to use thi...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 3 hours ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis Thanks for posting this and Im so pleased you ...
By JamesPa , 5 hours ago
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RE: I need help with Ecodan ASHP
@f1p It turns out there have been a solar panel install...
By Andris , 17 hours ago
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RE: 15kw pump for 225m2 1990's house - over kill?
@seaviews your installer would be right to say that the...
By GrahamF , 17 hours ago
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RE: Tradespeople on Their Phones: What’s Acceptable When They’re Working in Your Home?
Actually, that's a very important point. I've only ev...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 1 day ago
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RE: The Changing Jet Stream Could Challenge UK Air Source Heat Pumps
@susannasaunders can I just add to @rob-of-york s comm...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Aerotherm and weather compensation
These are likely inked. The basic explanation is tha...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Electrical works for air to air heat pump
agree with above. I have not had extra costs added wh...
By Batpred , 1 day ago
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Good to hear that you found a solution. Absolutely a...
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RE: Are there any comparisons of DHW heat stores around?
@sarahemmm I have done things the opposite way round I ...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: How will removing the standing charge on gas bills benefit heat pumps?
The BUS grant funding for 2026/27 will run out at the c...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@e-a-west as the good Major said, welcome to the forums...
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