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I don't think any of us yet has the right kind of EV charger.I've deliberately not yet installed one on my EV Charge Point at all whilst I'm watching ...
@allyfish - It is very important that this feedback is given to Octopus, preferably by email so they can pass it internally to the relevant people. ...
No @tommcl I'm afraid it's not that simple, although your idea is commendable for making best use of the available energy. The battery in an EV diff...
In general I would always expect 'soil' to be a better heat transfer material than concrete, if only because it contains water.It's not just the high ...
The issue I'm grappling with here is that you want to either heat or cool the air passing through your MVHR. I have an MVHR unit in the loft... a se...
Apologies for not appreciating the difference between a GSHP coil and one being used as a heat-exchanger. Nonetheless, its efficiency is constrained...
Thanks for clarifying @alexm but I don't think that would work. Firstly I would expect any GSHP installer to provide a desk-study/survey based on th...
The installer should not have used a 5kW grid-tied inverter under these circumstances.It's not their decision - because they are required to operate w...
Yes @tommcl - there are several topics in which such strategies are discussed. Battery storage is one of my own areas of expertise.That doesn't mean...
NH fuses. Ignore price for the moment @korwraith and let's concentrate on what the fuse is intended to do. NH fuses are a German design/specificatio...
Hi @tommcl and welcome to the forum. There are others here who can address the Ecodan questions better than I. But I'm intrigued as to the 6kW of ...
That's a very helpful photo @chickenbig - thank you. Here's the dimensions of a battery in the relevant orientation with no spacers between cells in...
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