Last seen: Jul 30, 2025
I don't like using glycol unless absolutely necessary. The specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/kg°C, whereas Glycol is only 2433 J/kg°C.Adding...
Absolutely... Nodal (Locational) Pricing makes sense to everyone except the big energy companies...you know... the ones large enough to meet with Ofge...
Does the installer know that yet? When a flush-though doesn't fully clear out the system, then you need a Central Heating Cleaning Fluid such as Sen...
That's almost certainly iron oxide (Fe3O4) ...... the sort of stuff which a magnetic filter is meant to eradicate. Are all your radiators new?Or wer...
@burtis You are not just stuck with a complaint to MCS. 1: You can use the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (which replaced the earlier "Sale of Goods Act")...
OK @burtis - another photo 1: What do you know about the red & black single-insulated wires which feed through the 20mm corrugated conduit, an...
The term skip rates isn't one I've come across. In the DNO regions operated by NGED, storage and generation assets which are connected to the Distri...
A few more points: 1: I'm pretty convinced that the vibration sounds are coming from the circulating pump in the attic.It's not independently suppor...
I can't see sufficient evidence in the article to tell me whether the journalist (Pilita Clark) was aware of the 50MW G99 limit.That's an argument whi...
Commercial grid-tied Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are rated according to their 'capacity'. Annoyingly, that is defined by National Grid as ...
If I were in your position @burtis my first communication would be with the Councillor(s) representing my ward for the LPA. This is usually a District...
Hmmm. @lucia - that FT article didn't distinguish between commercial storage batteries which can re-export to the grid,and those installed at the fina...
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FRV valves - can you mix and match
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners – Bodge Buster & From Zero To Heat Pump Hero
@topher you’re more than welcome to, yes. I’ll send you...
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RE: Fitting new shower valve ..........
I’ve never taken a chance when fiddling and changing ou...
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You should contact the council and report the unsatisfa...
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RE: Benefits of an extra horizontal loop for GSHP
I would deffo install an additional slinky run, especia...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@editor fab - thanks Mars, and keep up the great work o...
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Indeed. With a battery its presumably the battery con...
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RE: No-code, plug-and-play monitoring for your heat pump
To update an ESP device using ESPHome in Home Assistant...
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
Said I would pop back with a update. Only Mr Jesus h...
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
Thats presumably heat pump DT, what about radiator DT a...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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RE: Wood burner with ASHP - direct air?
This depends on the size of your wood burner and size/t...
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RE: Difficult positioning of air source heat pump
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