Last seen: Aug 8, 2025
@irmartini Yes, I realise that the actual amount gained is not very significant as you can’t even buy a ‘99 ice cream’ for about 97 pence but one need...
@old_scientist Originally, Octopus Cosy tariff had two cheap slots totalling 6 hours; they were not evenly spaced as there was a larger gap between th...
@mike-h Out of curiosity, I just looked at the Agile rates for today and note that during all three cheap times, Agile and Cosy are a pretty good matc...
@old_scientist Oh Yes! I know the feeling, trying to reconcile those very tasty Agile plunges! Reconciling something so dynamic with a constant lowish...
@ivanopinion I heard of a batch of Daikin heat pumps that left the factory short measured on R32, but, that was a case of underfilling rather than lea...
@ivanopinion I have wondered about this business of global warming potential of the various gases used. I think there is only a potential of releasing...
I have found the details of Cosy tariff as from July 1st 2024:
@mikeavison A secondary pump (like wot I have) might be fitted if there is a Heat Exchanger or a Low Loss Header in the plumbing interposed between th...
@johnmo This is what I eluded to upthread, the average Joe / Josephene is a long way from being convinced that this ‘new fangled technology’ (that has...
@johnmo Oh what a shame 😧 Toodles.
@johnmo Are you in a ‘Communications Black Spot’ or is it that your energy supplier is dragging their heels? If you aren’t with Octopus Energy, I can ...
@potatoman This does seem a little strange to me as as I have stated, I have a secondary pump and Homely controls this fully. When previously I used a...
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RE: Octopus Cosy & Octopus EV + bidirectional smart tariff, together. What, eh?
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RE: ASHP heat output monitoring
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
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RE: 300 Liter Tank - Do I have to heat it all?
Cross references for @martingale Background discussi...
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@ecobaker May I ask a question of you please. I too hav...
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It's unclear to me how the Smart Control project work b...
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RE: Have Consumers Been Lied to About the Efficiency of Heat Pumps Made in China?
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
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By Judith , 7 days ago
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RE: My misgivings about installing ASHP and solar panels via the ECO4 scheme...
All noted and accepted and as I say I am sorry that you...
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I think it is very much me that is sitting outside the ...
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