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RE: Battery storage to run Heat Pump.

I would be surprised if the battery chemistry is going to be a major factor in your viability assessment. The major costs are installation time,...

2 months ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News

Yes I realise I'm picking this up a week late...... but I don't like the way in which the Spanish Minister, Sara Aagesen, has released this to the pre...

2 months ago
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables

Apocalypse Then So, yesterday evening I was watching BBC1 "Walking with Dinosaurs".The 'experts' reckon their senses of smell and sight were well ad...

2 months ago
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?

I have years of experience in pulling wires through conduits, gaps below floorboards and timber-framed walls 😊 It's usually sufficient to b...

2 months ago
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?

That's awful! ... and should've been flagged as an Alert by the software when the cylinder-temp readings no longer passed a sanity-check. It's lik...

2 months ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

I think my trouble is that I could easily write a whole manual on the efficiency of home appliances. Yes, I do take great care in selecting which ap...

3 months ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Sure @matwin - Mars and I can probably fit in writing a manual on domestic power consumption in our copious amount of spare time. 🤔 Fortun...

3 months ago
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RE: All your heat pump problems solved by -- a plate heat exchanger in a plinth!

I agree with you,and thank you for posting that quotation from the Housing Association magazine. Not only are HA occupants the most vulnerable to fu...

3 months ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

I concur. Of the household appliances you've listed, the tumble drier is the one most likely to be eating electricity. Cooking by electricity is p...

3 months ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

I agree with @bontwoody - your EPC-band isn't necessarily a fair indicator of how appropriate it is to install a heat-pump. After all, you can incre...

3 months ago
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