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RE: Wind turbines, planning applications and implementation

I've just checked their website @knukes so I'm providing the link for SWTCo Ltd based the the Midlands. Tom Hodkinson, the CEO, is installing one of...

2 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Wind turbines, planning applications and implementation

May I intervene?I think we're not comparing similar products. I see the wind-turbine market in three quite different categories: I think @toodle...

2 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Wind turbines, planning applications and implementation

I had a horizontal-axis turbine operating for 3-years and I agree with @jancold that some bearings don't seem to last. I was told by the UK-based su...

2 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

Hi @blott and welcome. About 15 years ago there were a number of small domestic wind turbines being sold in UK which could be mounted to buildings.T...

2 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables

On the first Easter morning, Peter and John ran to the tomb, but it was already empty. So that's two guys who forgot to put their clocks forward &#...

2 years ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

There's a wider issue we ought to consider @david999 - how do we impart this knowledge into the wider population of GB (incl the professionals who are...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Battery system to make my heat pump cheaper to run

From observations I've made at substations, the main issue with ASHPs is the switch-on surge. A typical domestic (single-phase) heat pump can take...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Smart meter installation – seamless or a potential nightmare?

OK. So the problem stems from your Energy Supplier not giving you the raw consumption figures.You are only presented with the kWh figures after they m...

2 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Smart meter installation – seamless or a potential nightmare?

It should be possible to verify your gas bill by using a 'rolling' spreadsheet.You'd have to insert formulae that apply adjustments after noon the...

2 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Battery system to make my heat pump cheaper to run

Ah... that would be defined as V2H (Vehicle to Home) or V2G (Vehicle to Grid) @toodles In either case you'd require G98 approval for the inverter, G...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

@david999 - I think that @derek-m is about to address that point.and he'll make a better job of it than I will. The principle is that you don't hav...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Smart meter installation – seamless or a potential nightmare?

To derive a gas bill in kWh from the meter readings in m³ (cubic metres) x 1.02264 (volumetric correction - a constant, based on barometric pressur...

2 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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