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RE: Incorrect Billing of Customers with a Smart Meter

Thanks for posting and for your interest in this subject @jamesw Firstly, I am a Member (shareholder) of the SEC... and I'm glad you're sufficiently...

6 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

Absolutely!Child labour is well suited to the task of pipe insulation in confined spaces. To seal where pipes enter the steel shed, I'd be using off...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

If you're going to take a DIY route to fixing the pipe insulation, then you should be asking for a rebate from the installer. To calculate this, fir...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

As for the steel shed, I would expect to see around 100mm thick insulation sheet for the roof,and around 75mm for the walls and door. It must be dra...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

I don't think the insulation around those four external pipe runs is adequate. Although I can't see how they arrange themselves to pass through a 10...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Mitsubishi Advanced Auto Adaptation

Please clarify. Are you suggesting that a power-cut would lose the data which the AAA control system has 'learned'? If so, then DESNZ need notifyi...

6 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

And here are my annotations for inside the shed (plant room)

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

Oh great: photos! I can't see where the DHW pipe run enters into the house,but I thought you'd appreciate my first observations And that pipe in...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

So was your installer a major (national) company? FWIW I could easily arrange for a 2m external pipe-run to lose 10°C if I wanted! I'd make sure...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

I will suggest that the better Installers are more likely to be local, working from a single address, and not employing sub-contractors.Their reputati...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

Yes @johnr - a well-built shed...... although there's quite a few contractors brought in to achieve that result.They're not cheap! I'm less happ...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

Good point @johnr - but it also sounds like a good location for a substantial storage battery and inverter(s). The heat generated by the inverters w...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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