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RE: Adding data centre electricity costs to domestic energy bills?

I don't see how the total costs which will be applied to bills can be calculated without us knowing how the National Grid Group intend to recoup the £...

5 months ago
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RE: ASHP for small garage and workshop

That sounds a sensible response from Tesla @johnr Do you or @toodles happen to know if a Powerwall suddenly starts recharging from the grid, giving ...

5 months ago
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RE: Solar thermal with combi boiler

Running a ULV immersion heater avoids the losses incurred by the inverter. Whether those losses are significant will depend on whether the inverter ...

5 months ago
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RE: ASHP for small garage and workshop

It's not just current spikes which are the issue @johnr ... nor the switch on surge of the motor(s) as the coils are energised, ... but the co...

5 months ago
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RE: Smart meter not so smart

The first bit of good news is that you're not near Fylingdales.The usual Arqiva frequency (412 - 424MHz) can't be used there because it would disrupt ...

5 months ago
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RE: Solar thermal with combi boiler

There's a lot here for us to chew over @anr and I'm going to ask @editor if he knows of a boiler specialist who can also provide an opinion. I...

6 months ago
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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy

May I just clarify one point made by @editor... Not quite. Electricity Suppliers will first draw on electricity from generators with whom they ...

6 months ago
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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy

It's commonly the case that we expect to 'win an argument' by force of numbers. But in this case, I don't think that's the crucial factor. Governm...

6 months ago
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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy

Erm... This going off at a tangent, but I'm still interested to learn about your experiences. Could you please do one of the following: a: re-post...

6 months ago
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RE: Solar thermal with combi boiler

Can you explain a bit more about the context in which you were told about the need for a 'modulating boiler'? All boilers in UK must have at least o...

6 months ago
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RE: ASHP for small garage and workshop

@majordennisbloodnok was suggesting an A2A heat pump...... in which case there is no water tank from which to take heat for a defrost cycle. Check t...

6 months ago
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