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RE: Boston Lincs based homeowner seeks advice on HP install

Just so other readers here understand what's happening: @adamk has sent me a DM with his address.That's allowed me to check the substation transform...

9 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Boston Lincs based homeowner seeks advice on HP install

Ah. This timescale makes things clearer. So that quote was based on you requesting 3-phase. I wonder if the answer is different when it's NGED the...

9 months ago
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RE: Boston Lincs based homeowner seeks advice on HP install

OK. So 1967 for the original build, but when was that cable laid by WPD, when they quoted £4.5k for 3ph?

9 months ago
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RE: Boston Lincs based homeowner seeks advice on HP install

Ah... so your original supply contract was with WPD, rather than NGED, and presumably before 2021. I fully understand you feeling robbed.A lot has c...

9 months ago
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RE: Boston Lincs based homeowner seeks advice on HP install

Not necessarily @adamk It's likely/possible that the existing/ new underground cable already has 3ph conductors.NGED have been doing that for severa...

9 months ago
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RE: Boston Lincs based homeowner seeks advice on HP install

I wish we'd spoken before all that debacle happened! 1: Here's the Standards document which describes the changes to the Service Fuse. It's is...

9 months ago
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RE: Boston Lincs based homeowner seeks advice on HP install

@adamk You will need to make an LCT application to your DNO (National Grid) in order to have a heat pump installed. It's free, but worthwhile doing...

9 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Yes @jeff and @kilowatts_io you're largely correct It's a Cap and Flaw arrangement based on the revenues accrued by National Grid Group for operatin...

9 months ago
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RE: ASHP for small garage and workshop

Yes Bob. An LCT Application is for all sites where a heat-pump or EV charger is to be connected to an existing supply. To see an example of where ...

9 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

@jeff NESO now operates all GB energy networks, including heat.They also hold the remit for strategic grid planning. The three Transmission Grid co...

9 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

There isn't much correlation between the forwards projection of energy pricingand the tariffs which a very few people are using to significantly lower...

9 months ago
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RE: ASHP for small garage and workshop

That's a good question @bobtskutter Yes, you can install a heat-pump on a DIY basis. The legal requirements you need to fulfil are: Apply to y...

9 months ago
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