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@majordennisbloodnok Oh Hello Mr. Bloodnock, this is your local garden centre here, may I interest you in a job lot of raring-to-go Leylandii trees? I...
@majordennisbloodnok When I read that, I assumed it related to double or triple glazing and the heat being trapped between the layers of glass. Regard...
@majordennisbloodnok Any gardening goods supplier worth their reputation will supply paint (or spray) on white window wash intended for greenhouse use...
@mk4 And of course, the panels are less productive due to the ambient temperature of the panels. Regards, Toodles.
In our road of approx. 100 houses, I know of only one other dwelling with 5 solar panels installed last summer by Octopus. 2 roads away I know of one ...
@transparent I would imagine that DW’s inverters are not of the grid-forming type or the DNO would have welcomed that additional inertia I would have ...
@chandykris Indeed, the elevated temperature does attenuate output from the panels quite significantly - in fact, you might say: Hot weather, they don...
@mk4 Here we are with June 2026 Solar production then; worst year yet - not by much but then, one must always look on the bright side I suppose! &nb...
@etchedpixels Ours is a little more involved as one room upstairs is outside the original ‘envelope’ as it is a flat roof extension. The ground floor ...
@watcher Encouraging except that a bungalow is probably an easier and less disruptive installation than a ground and first floor job. Regards, Toodles...
@majordennisbloodnok has welcomed you, may I second that? We went straight from mains gas to heat pump some three years or so back. Had solar panels a...
@papahuhu We might well have found that a much smaller tank would have served our needs; previous to having a heat pump installed we had a gas boiler ...
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
Given they are flat and called "panels", they are artif...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 16 minutes ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Have either quote provided room by room heat loss calcu...
By Old_Scientist , 13 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@old_scientist if you are going DIY then you may wan...
By Papahuhu , 2 days ago
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
After a short while that was followed by the 'power war...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Samsung heat pump - data cable issue
That's well done. Cable is the correct type (LIYCY = 2x...
By bobflux , 2 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
I agree, we will find out at the next budget whether th...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
@editor I went through HG website, so should be ok for ...
By sttpd1917 , 3 days ago
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Who did the Freedom Heat Pump cloud server and what did...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Reading between the lines of what octopus are doing wit...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Air to air bus grant installer anywhere
The through wall two hole ones have their place (listed...
By EtchedPixels , 3 days ago
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I hope it goes ok, Hon can be hard to set up IF the sof...
By Graham Hendra , 3 days ago
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@clockworks Hi, So there is a big difference between st...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 3 days ago
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@editor wellvery comprehensive answer. I will get all i...
By Keithb , 3 days ago
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RE: Advice on my Heat Pump Journey: Old Stone Built Detached Cottage
all good advice I will follow this up
By PaulC , 3 days ago
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Heat of vaporization of water is 2.25 MJ/kg (0.625 kWh/...
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