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RE: Antifreeze Valves

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...

11 months ago
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RE: Locational electricity pricing

Absolutely... Nodal (Locational) Pricing makes sense to everyone except the big energy companies...you know... the ones large enough to meet with Ofge...

11 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

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...

11 months ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

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...

11 months ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

@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")...

11 months ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

OK @burtis - another photo 1: What do you know about the red & black single-insulated wires which feed through the 20mm corrugated conduit, an...

11 months ago
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RE: Locational electricity pricing

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...

11 months ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

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...

11 months ago
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RE: Locational electricity pricing

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...

11 months ago
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RE: Locational electricity pricing

Commercial grid-tied Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are rated according to their 'capacity'. Annoyingly, that is defined by National Grid as ...

11 months ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

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...

11 months ago
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RE: Locational electricity pricing

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...

11 months ago
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