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RE: Wind turbines and planning

A local pub is an excellent location at which to spend time solving the energy crisis. 🍻 However the presence of a historic water wheel probably is...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: 12kw Samsung gen 6. Short cycling

Then they've left themselves in a tricky position as regards Part-L Section-7 of the Building Regulations: and Sections 3 & 4 of the same Part...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

You've got potential for hydro in the area?! 😲 That's more valuable an asset than all other forms of renewable generation. Hydro-power is a ‘specia...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

Getting a wind turbine is a long-term investment. All the costs, effort and knowledge-acquisition goes in up-front, which is why it seems so complicat...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

This is all useful discussion for anyone else contemplating a venture into domestic wind turbines, so I'm glad it's here on the forum. Firstly, upgr...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

Thanks for the honest, open comments @knukes There will always be wind-turbines offering 'good' performance at lower cost, but you need to factor in...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

This topic has progressed usefully in the last week... so let me add to observations by @korwraith with a few of my own: 1: The optimal capacity...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Underfloor heating designer / engineer needed

No, that's not wasteful. And I'm unsure whether you meant to say that the the blending valve uses 'cold water'. It would be more usual to blend in wat...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Underfloor heating designer / engineer needed

Pipes smaller than 15mm are going to be tricky to cope with relatively low-temp water. They're usually lumped together under the heading 'microbore'. ...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Underfloor heating designer / engineer needed

Ah... well that's very useful to know @marzipan71 Over the years I've sometimes needed to source variants of component parts when UK suppliers say t...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Underfloor heating designer / engineer needed

If you're going to redo the pipe insulation anyway @marzipan71 then look at two other alternatives before you decide which strategies to use. This v...

3 years ago
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RE: Underfloor heating designer / engineer needed

That question isn't going off at a tangent @marzipan71 It's exactly what we'd hope for as this discussion develops. I'll leave others to comment on...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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