Last seen: Aug 11, 2025
@majordennisbloodnok At 13:00, Cosy is priced at 11.2 p. per kWh so my saving is not great, but the average ‘Joe or Josephine’ could paying in excess ...
@derek-m Could it be that this lies behind OE’s idea of giving away this excess energy for an hour; thus highlighting the stupidity of our energy prog...
A further thought or two: we need the ability to store a few GigaWatt hours to smooth out supply to match demand (though surely it would be much bette...
@derek-m ‘An outbreak of common sense’ Now that really would be good! Meanwhile Joe (and Josephine) Public must be totally confused by the pricing str...
@johnmo Very fair and generous I think, fine chappie that Gregg Jackson! 😉 Toodles.
Of course, the green solar generation available from the grid will be at a possible peak of domestic solar generation so I am not sure that I’ll need ...
@iantelescope The ASHP installers fitted the Homely controller for me. Why the enthusiasm? Well, I required a system that I could set and forget, I wa...
@iantelescope I have homely - and think very highly of it too! Toodles.
@iantelescope This is the whole point Ian, the WC makes the necessary adjustments - and does them far more kindly than any thermostat ever could. It w...
@iantelescope Just regard that thermostat on the wall as a limiting device that prevents your house from excess heating; set 2 degrees above your comf...
@iantelescope Ian, whichever way the cookie crumbles, it is still the OAT (the weather) that dictates the need for heat (or the lack of it) so I think...
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