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@downfield Just a thought… With a heating failure, you have a cold home and probably no hot water either! With a family (and of course, the risk of in...
@dgclimatecontrol Indeed they do! We had exactly that experience (as I related some months ago) eventually after interrogating Daikin as to what was c...
@mike-patrick Well, if Europe is stalling partly due to energy costs, what does that say about the UK with our exorbitant electricity prices?! Regards...
@jamespetts If you have the space for a high capacity DHW tank then, this may be utilised as a sort of battery with TOU tariffs. If as you say, a high...
@tim441 As you say Tim, very difficult to quantify any savings or ROI even, for a battery; I have often wondered about the savings I make from my sola...
@abernyte Our heating has come on twice in the last week; around 05:00 for approx. an hour on both occasions. Regards, Toodles.
James, I would not question your findings and realise that your circumstances are very different to my own as I am home pretty much 24/7 and my wife a...
@tim441 Puts even more reason behind any proposal to have battery back-up in one’s system doesn’t it? Anyone else seen the ‘press release’ on their Te...
@editor Have ‘signed up’ for an interview Mars, looks interesting…. Toodles.
@tim441 I’d agree wholeheartedly with that, with 2 x Powerwalls, we have a capacity of 27 kWh and have never needed to stray outside the ‘Cosy Hours’ ...
@lucia One look at that protection and the rodents will make a clean getaway 😉.
@julianc Our solar PV has produced more this August than either 2023 or 2024 - long may the increases continue! Regards, Toodles.
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