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@amanda1 - please don't change your forum ID. I have already "mentioned you in dispatches" to politicians with whom I'm discussing the slow uptake o...
It does if you place Actis Super 10+ (or equivalent) behind the cabinet. Building Regs surveyors differ in their ideas about multi-foil insulation. ...
You shouldn't need to raise the temp of DHW as high as 50°C The safety devices now fitted as standard to prevent scalds are set to 42°C by default.T...
The percentage of glycol also depends on the pressure (Charles' Law). At atmospheric pressure, the proportion required can be obtained from this gra...
@amanda - we don't allow political commentary on this forum.We're ok with you mentioning Douglas Ross, however. When us citizens need to draw attent...
Mea culpa. I had extrapolated too far into your comment about the scheme offering heat pumps to both tenants and owner occupiers. I am also taking n...
Speaking for myself... yes! I am sufficiently enthusiastic that I am developing new technology to decrease the cost of electricity required by h...
Ah... if only that were indicative of the actual cost of ownership! Over the expected lifetime of a heat-pump, the running costs will easily exceed ...
That's interesting 'advice' @amanda1 May I compare that comment from your installers with the requirements of the Building Regulations, Part-L, sect...
Each inverter will have an order in which it likes to be (re-)started. The hybrid storage inverters I use can be quite pedantic about theirs - to th...
Updates to Smart Meter equipment would usually be assessed by Energy Suppliers before they get propagated out to their customers. So in @morgan's ca...
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