Last seen: Sep 14, 2025
@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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RE: Heat Pump Damage on install - useable or dealbreaker?
They have already been dishonest by not telling you abo...
By GrahamF , 1 hour ago
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Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
Hi all, I thought it might be of interest to others i...
By benson , 1 hour ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy sounds like good tariff for you. Octop...
By JulianC , 3 hours ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
In the last week, the external temperature in south Man...
By GrahamF , 5 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 5 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 6 hours ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
I hear you on the locality issue @transparent, and I ag...
By Scalextrix , 8 hours ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 9 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@pash44pump Referring to the problem of rooms with diff...
By Tasos , 10 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
By JamesPa , 11 hours ago
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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I wi...
By bontwoody , 1 day ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely t...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@dgclimatecontrol I attach the responses from 2 potenti...
By pash44pump , 2 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
I realise im overdue an update on my situation. first...
By Cleardene-ashp , 3 days ago
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
@toodles thanks. I was told by the engineer that this h...
By JulianC , 3 days ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
A week later, I'm finally picking up this comment... ...
By Transparent , 3 days ago
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RE: COP is not the only measure of efficiency
We keep all our TRVs fully open using the whole house a...
By Old_Scientist , 4 days ago
