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@hcas I’m not mikeh of course but I did write an article on the subject: Of course, the installers should be carrying out this work upon completin...
@njt My Daikin 8 kW based system was assessed around 50 degrees C. calculations, but in fact runs very happily at ~ 35 degrees C a lot of the time; wh...
@johnmo Surely there is some means of ‘programming’ your preferences for a heating schedule - or is this all built into the non-existent thermostat? T...
@allyfish I have explained that to my friend and also explained that due to MCS influences, they will survey based on a FT of 50 degrees C. I have sug...
@johnmo First find your ‘good tradespeople’😉 Toodles.
@transparent I hope that Mars thinks such a topic would have legs, for even if I cannot contribute anything useful myself, I would like to read what o...
@editor I can’t believe that any government would try to level the playing field by INcreasing the price of gas by adding a levy - I mean … that would...
@transparent said: Subsidies for social-housing providers to install multi-property storage-battery hubs is way cheaper than trying to upgrade the 11k...
@transparent As I understand it, there is the matter of that pesky ‘Duck Curve’ which outlines the period of greatest demand; this needs a strategy to...
@editor Not to beat about the PV panel, YES, I think they will continue to lay levies on electricity and the overall price will modulate seasonally. T...
@derek-m Could you be a little more precise please, is that a.m or p.m.?😉 Toodles.
We have an estimated heat loss of 6.5 kW (according to the Octopus survey) and very good insulation under the ground floor, in the walls and in the lo...
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