Last seen: Oct 13, 2025
To some extent...... but the energy required by a heat pump is steady and predictable. Your longer-term solution of adding more battery capacity...
Ah... I can see the problem you're identifying. You could first check how big the issue is by temporarily putting some cheap (Chinese) energy monito...
From my perspective @toodles - this is the currant problem: The spring sunshine is ripening the fruit early...... but it's less than half the size...
Ah - how true @morgan The path to Net Zero needs to be planned. It's not enough to merely issue policy statements promoting on-shore wind-farms to...
Oh good! I was wondering when/if you might pick them up! 😊 They only do so as an average across GB. As we deploy more electricity...
... a mode of operation which increases losses due to phase imbalance at the local substation ... and thermal stress in underground cables because o...
I believe there's another reason that network upgrades are too easily getting approval from Ofgem. It seems to me that Ofgem has constrained its rol...
The wider general public are going to face very similar issues if they sign up to the Demand Side Response (DSR) remote control over home appliances w...
So, what's to do? It's the end of May, and I want to make elderflower champagne,but the flowers are covered in black aphids Go ahead. The kids...
Latest Posts
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RE: Heat loss calculations and how they work in conjunction with heat pump sizing
Having HA concerning itself with what are aspects more ...
By Batpred , 2 minutes ago
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RE: Battery storage to run Heat Pump.
I doubt that anyone would want to run batteries made of...
By Transparent , 9 minutes ago
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@papahuhu I did try Smart+ during the first 2 years but...
By Toodles , 13 minutes ago
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RE: Isolating the system for a planned power cut
This would mean a lot more to us if we could see photos...
By Transparent , 1 hour ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
If I were in your situation I would personally be strai...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 2 hours ago
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RE: New Fogstar 15.5kWh upright solution
Ah... now I can see a photo,and that changes the advice...
By Transparent , 2 hours ago
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RE: Who has a V2G EV installation
I appreciate that it is very likely to cause confusion....
By Batpred , 2 hours ago
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RE: What’s the modern take on advised types of insulation?
I suppose Green indeed... 😁 And everybody has...
By Batpred , 3 hours ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
The cylinder is there because heat pumps are 'low and s...
By cathodeRay , 3 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Installers: Competence, Illusion and the Hard Truth Homeowners Must Face
I couldn't agree more. We stuck with one particular g...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 4 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
That's an important point for this entire topic: Renewa...
By Transparent , 4 hours ago
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RE: Ecodan Energy Monitoring Pack
Even large pumps can be on 16 amps single phase, so the...
By Batpred , 5 hours ago
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RE: PV Panels on roof in Conservation Area
I also live in a conservation area in Derbyshire. I sim...
By Morgan , 7 hours ago
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Yes, I did mean graduates, but not just in physics. Q...
By Transparent , 20 hours ago
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RE: Radiator sizing for heat pump installation by British Gas - are these correct?
You are spot on. I don't know TBH as I don't have ...
By JamesPa , 23 hours ago
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RE: Daikin Octopus installation update - I saw my first defrost. 😍😂
@editor Just had my first defrost of this season. ...
By Mike Patrick , 1 day ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
That will be producing significant losses due to phase ...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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Which tells us something (including possibly everything...
By cathodeRay , 2 days ago
