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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...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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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...

2 months ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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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...

2 months ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

OK. Next question: Given your mention of mobility issues, would you need to be hiring in all labour required to undertake building works, insulation...

2 months ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Hi @rocky-a and thank you for joining us here. There are a great many options for you, and I hope we don't needlessly restrict these at this early ...

2 months ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: 5 Star Service from Havenwise

To some extent...... but the energy required by a heat pump is steady and predictable. Your longer-term solution of adding more battery capacity...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: 5 Star Service from Havenwise

Ah... I can see the problem you're identifying. You could first check how big the issue is by temporarily putting some cheap (Chinese) energy monito...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables

From my perspective @toodles - this is the currant problem: The spring sunshine is ripening the fruit early...... but it's less than half the size...

2 months ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables

Ah - how true @morgan The path to Net Zero needs to be planned. It's not enough to merely issue policy statements promoting on-shore wind-farms to...

2 months ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: 5 Star Service from Havenwise

Oh good! I was wondering when/if you might pick them up! 😊 They only do so as an average across GB. As we deploy more electricity...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: 5 Star Service from Havenwise

... a mode of operation which increases losses due to phase imbalance at the local substation ... and thermal stress in underground cables because o...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy

I believe there's another reason that network upgrades are too easily getting approval from Ofgem. It seems to me that Ofgem has constrained its rol...

3 months ago
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