Last seen: Sep 14, 2025
This simply must be resolved. Smart Meters are an essential building block for future energy strategy in GB, which is called Demand Side Response. D...
So that Unistor is a hot water cylinder. Is it supplying just your taps (DHW)? No storage for the UFH? Octopus is a good start.Their Agile tariff ...
There will be many others who feel equally upset at the high running costs of heat-pumps @London-trader - the present steep price rise for energy is o...
Does @editor want this discussion here in this topic? I'm very new here. But if someone knows how to start a new topic like "Educating the public on...
Yes @Jeff ... Transparent has lots of views. Most of them picturesque 😉 My off-grid wind turbine was a self-build. The tower was made from a coupl...
@yachtsman - I'm unsurprised that installers are recommending that you have a SolarEdge system. This costs more per raw kW of panel capacity than a st...
Car batteries do work satisfactorily as storage in a domestic setting. Eaton developed just such a battery system in 2017. However, there are practi...
I'm a self-builder actively renovating a 1930's farmhouse in rural West Devon. The house now has a large south-facing extension with active and pass...
Latest Posts
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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 , 6 hours 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 , 6 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy sounds like good tariff for you. Octop...
By JulianC , 7 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 , 9 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 10 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 10 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 , 12 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 , 13 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 , 14 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 , 15 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 , 4 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
