Last seen: Sep 17, 2025
Thanks @derek-m but I'm still unsure that I've adequately clarified the system. No one controls the offset. Each Comms Hub is implanted with a rando...
I think I haven't explained the system sufficiently clearly. Octopus cannot inform a customer of the meter time-offset because they don't know it th...
So we are in agreement about how this offset works. I'm glad to have that confirmed. I'm assuming that the 'issues' which @philiprsteele refers to a...
To allow others to follow this discussion in future, let me point out that Smart Meters can have two sorts of hardware control over external loads. ...
That's true. But I'm also allowing some headroom for the double-pole mains isolator, cabling, mains changeover switches, trips and the DIN-rail enclos...
That's £2000 for the battery cells and the BMS, which is the electronic box that provides balancing and protection. I'm including an approximate amoun...
I'd like to pick up this point about the development of standards for Smart Devices which operate within the framework of Demand Side Response. I'm ...
Whether you go with what installers recommend depends on how you intend to deploy the batteries. If they are configured as part of a set up which in...
That's the way to go @batalto The cost of lithium batteries has been steadily falling whilst energy-prices have been rocketing. That means the brea...
A Greed Grid is an appropriate metaphor to describe the underlying reasons for the current energy crisis.
The original intention with this list was to make it into a PP Slideshow and have it running whilst participants arrived for an energy seminar. If a...
Latest Posts
-
WC curve best discovered by experiment anyway as any lo...
By JamesPa , 7 minutes ago
-
RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
@editor your engineer's attitude is truly horrifying. ...
By GrahamF , 17 hours ago
-
RE: How to choose Towel Rails for an ASHP
@rob-nezard yes absolutely. Here is the link and a pho...
By GrahamF , 19 hours ago
-
@mixergy Thanks for the update, I would appreciate some...
By bontwoody , 21 hours ago
-
RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
Unfortunately I'm not that well connected 😂 ...
By Scalextrix , 1 day ago
-
RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
It is interesting to see what our new Grant Aerona 290 ...
By GrahamF , 1 day ago
-
RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
I've never physically seen it, but I seem to recall som...
By cathodeRay , 1 day ago
-
@jamespa Ours is a Daikin EDLA03 8 kW and the Delta T =...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
-
RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
I noticed that too and thought the same thing, but then...
By cathodeRay , 2 days ago
-
RE: Ya can’t win! It is S*d’s Law!
@old_scientist If IOF is still running next late spring...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
-
RE: Electricity price predictions
Those of you on Agile will do well tomorrow; there are ...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
-
RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
We've been running our Ecodan system, installed in June...
By Sheriff Fatman , 2 days ago
-
Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
-
@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
-
Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 3 days ago
-
RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
-
RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely t...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
-
RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@dgclimatecontrol I attach the responses from 2 potenti...
By pash44pump , 5 days ago
-
RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 6 days ago
