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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

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

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

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)

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

RE: Smart meter installation – seamless or a potential nightmare?

Yes. The only route to communicate commands to a Smart Meter and receive data from its registers is via DCC.All communications paths in/out of DCC are...

2 years ago

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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers

RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables

I think that's Miliband, rather than Milligan @editor 😊 And for those who don't know, he's Shadow Minister for Energy Security & Net Z...

2 years ago

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Well & Truly Off The Grid

RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

Why would a sensor for external air temperature be placed in the airflow being drawn through the fins? Placing it within a sleeve might provide mech...

2 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Battle of the charging technologies

I think we need to consider the charging schedule against a wider range of inputs than those commonly used within HA. The present EV Charging legisl...

2 years ago

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Renewable-powered transport (EVs & e-bikes)

RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

I can't find that exclusion clause in the Consumer Rights Act! That's only 5 months ago, anyway.That doesn't sound an abnormally long interval befor...

2 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

The 'banding' can be read as a bar-code which describes how well the defrost cycle is operating 🤔 Was the cavity insulation work ...

2 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

Oh dear, oh dear!Let's take this one point at a time. 1: Are you saying that they drilled 22mm holes vertically through the (suspended) concrete...

2 years ago

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