Last seen: Aug 26, 2025
@quakerquaker As I have mentioned before, I have a first class degree in Scroogenomics and, as such very much resented the standing charge for a gas m...
@chandykris Horses and beggars…. 😉 Toodles.
@agentgeorge Likewise in the loft space; we have 300mm + of insulation between beams and the rafters have foil faced insulating boards that were insta...
@chandykris I shall keep my eye on the OE app to see how this pans out but, as far as I am aware that SC is sacrosanct and cannot be by-passed by any ...
@agentgeorge We had the gas meter removed two years ago and Octopus Energy connected an earth bond cable in a similar fashion. We were left with an ex...
@old_scientist 😊 Toodles
@jeff And now for something I have never noticed before! I have had a few days recently where no grid energy has been used by us at all; on those days...
@jeff Many, Many thanks Jeff, that is far easier to read! I hope they can manage to cause Data Centre plans to evolve around ‘power plenty’ areas - it...
@editor If it is of any interest, we had the BUS grant, we replaced the gas boiler with an ASHP but no-one even questioned the gas fire we had for sup...
@jeff I am very sorry, but with my very limited sight, that report is definitely TL and therefore, I DR, would anyone care to waste their valuable tim...
@old_scientist Whereas, with battery storage, I find the ‘security blanket’ of Cosy cheapest rate (3 + 3 + 2 hours per day), easy on the management si...
Latest Posts
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
@scalextrix which make of heat pump. We have LG... w...
By Tim441 , 1 hour ago
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The problem is bigger than rented properties, it applie...
By JamesPa , 2 hours ago
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RE: Mitsu Wireless Controller and MelCloud
@robs Hi Rob, I really appreciate your information, a...
By DavidAlgarve , 3 hours ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
What limit are you speaking of. So far I was aware dno...
By JamesPa , 5 hours ago
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RE: Why so many sigenergi installer recommendations?
@adamk Tesla is a great option, it’s also one we instal...
By SAEnergy , 6 hours ago
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RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners
Hradline in Telegraph: Brace for plague of rats after s...
By Tim441 , 11 hours ago
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
As a potential heat pump customer, it would be good to ...
By Temperature_Gradient , 14 hours ago
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RE: Octopus replacing the fixed 15p/kWh export rate with a market tracking one
@trbob I have just extracted the details for Agile Expo...
By Toodles , 20 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners – Bodge Buster & From Zero To Heat Pump Hero
The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps is less than a month a...
By Mars , 22 hours ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
@editor Hi Mars, We have just installed a Grant Aerona...
By GrahamF , 2 days ago
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RE: Sanity check please. Battery storage and inverter sizing.
There are MCS guidelines about how close to the edge/ri...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Balancing financial efficiency and comfort using the Octopus Cosy tariff
I estimated our usage on the following basis. The mos...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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@editor Something changed in this last 12 months, they ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 3 days ago
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RE: Ecodan & MelCloud scheduling
I put the above question to Mitsu UK at the sme time as...
By DavidAlgarve , 3 days ago
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Thanks for the heat geek info. I've fitted my own heat ...
By bontwoody , 4 days ago
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
Just to give a sense of scale, I've used the CCW water ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 4 days ago
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
We have a Tesla Powerwall 3, recently installed, so I m...
By Old_Scientist , 5 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi PAR-WT60R-E Wireless Controller installation
@morgan They have been paired once but it was thought b...
By DavidAlgarve , 6 days ago
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RE: Isolating the system for a planned power cut
A great many ground-mounted local substation transforme...
By Transparent , 6 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
Having bit the bullet and paid £250 for a service, our ...
By Old_Scientist , 7 days ago
