Last seen: Sep 7, 2025
@jeff I’ll admit that I was grateful for the £5000 BUS grant - I have forked out a great deal more than that of course and was fortunate in having sav...
@derek-m I think you may mean “Krecktid’? Toodles.
@editor I agree wholeheartedly Mars, and may I confess to shouting at BBC Radio Four *programmes* for their shockingly poor use of English as she shou...
@majordennisbloodnok Quite so Bloodnock!
@editor Turing was there first and I suspect he used programme (as I do too!). Toodles.
As you may know @mars, we are trying the newish Octopus Energy Cosy tariff (that I refer to as ‘MK11’). This revised version allows a total of 8 hours...
@derek-m The man with a watch is confident he knows the time -the man with two watches … is never quite sure.😉
I had thought that my installers would mount straight onto the existing paving slabs but no, they lifted slabs, cut to fit the area they needed and mo...
@bontwoody Yes, energy cost uncertainly is the killer in forming any plans for the future. I suppose I have a phobia about being able to ride through ...
@bontwoody To produce sufficient energy to power our heat pump plus the rest of the domestic needs in the depth of winter might amount to some 65 kWh ...
@bontwoody I’ve opted for Ripple shares; in both a solar farm, (Derril Water) and more recently, I have ‘topped up’ to match my expected energy consum...
Latest Posts
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11kw Defrosting Issue.
@morgan Fully agree with you. It shouldn't be the homeo...
By HCas , 58 minutes ago
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RE: Solar Thermal DHW and ASHP
@judith That makes sense to me! If I was in @alex_n '...
By HCas , 1 hour ago
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RE: Vaillant aroTherm Plus 10kW thoughts?
Good unit. And the 10 kW is the same as the 12 kW I ...
By HCas , 2 hours ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
@judith thanks for your suggestions. Starting from col...
By GrahamF , 4 hours ago
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RE: Inventor (Midea) Heat Pump short cycling advice
I switched to "fan coil mode" to be able to set water t...
By immunity , 6 hours ago
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RE: DESNZ doing a survey which asks the right questions!
Without a survey their only source of data is probably ...
By JamesPa , 11 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think
I think you’ll find it depends on the room heat loss. A...
By Judith , 20 hours ago
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RE: Can you help with our research: solar panels, EV chargers, home batteries, heat pumps?
Just done your survey!
By Judith , 21 hours ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
@cleardene-ashp just thinking about your issues here. Y...
By Judith , 23 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@cathoderay OK let's wait and see, it sounds an interes...
By Tasos , 1 day ago
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RE: What is the Heat Geek Guarantee?
@judith, I’m with you on Heat Geek, but there really do...
By Mars , 1 day ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Community energy installations are a great idea, but th...
By Scalextrix , 2 days ago
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
Ooh, heat pumps in neon blue wrap 🤣 🤣 &...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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@profzarkov Good to know in case it ever happens to me...
By bontwoody , 3 days ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?
I mean, is this surprising? The local installers in my ...
By Alex , 3 days ago
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@old_scientist sorry, I should have made it clear that ...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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RE: Boiling Mad: Exposing Radiatorgate
Hi @Rob, I’d be more than happy to contribute. I have ...
By DREI , 3 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@andris a great year - very happy with our system
By Profzarkov , 3 days ago
