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Last seen: Aug 19, 2026
When our battery is charging at 10 kW and the DHW is also taking 3 kW, the heat pump is taking 2 kW whilst the house ‘background load’ may be up to a ...
@julianc It will also be interesting to see if Agile rates return to somewhere near last Spring’s prices again, (but I’ll not hold my breath!). I m...
@terry1812 Had we gone with OE, we would have done so. Their ‘scope of installations’ did not extend to the peculiarities of our needs at that time th...
@terry1812 Octopus carried out a very thorough survey with an electrician and a plumber both here for three hours; they measured just about everything...
@maxthedog/p> Regards, Toodles.
Here is another possible link: Regards, Toodles.
They are adaptor rings to enable you to fit various tops, when I bought BG’s Hive PTRV’s years ago, they came with several different adaptor rings to ...
@transparent Oh! The Einstein effect!😉 Toodles
If I purchased one, might I expect to have more sunshine each day and less destructive wind?😉 Regards, Toodles.
I suspect your IHD is not the same thing as the Octopus Mini is it? The mini is produced by OE themselves and would be well worth your while applying ...
You will also find many presentations on YouTube (which is a lot less busy or cluttered than FaceBook might be!) for most makes of heat pump, these mi...
@powysperson You should certainly turn that thermostat up above the desired comfort level - perhaps 2 degrees above your preferred temperature. The he...
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