Last seen: Nov 2, 2025
Hi @homonid and welcome to this forum. I have extensive experience of DIY build batteries and charging regimes.Perhaps you could start by telling us...
I agree with @judith - MVHR is the way forward.A slow trickle of pre-warmed air is great at discouraging mould and condensation. I have self-install...
Please clarify: Were they suggesting that the installation would be guaranteed by MCS?Or does 'them' refer to the contractors? Even if they were...
Do you have a reference for that directive @toodles ? Before raising issues with her installer, @ellyse will need to sure that she can back up any c...
Erm, @lucia are you referring to this graphic in the Grudian article? The small print says that was based on Future Energy Scenarios analysis by N...
@ellyse - There may have been a reason why your system needed to start its life with a high temperature run...... although I can't think of one. Nev...
If the heat pump has been properly commissioned, then it should be maintaining the 'set temperature' as defined in the design, which was based on the ...
Unfortunately @burtis James is right. MCS is the Government's preferred vehicle to deliver the domestic initiatives they wish to promote (solar pane...
Just a word about the Retail Energy Code (RECC) organisation @editor When first formed it was tasked with pulling together all official documents a...
It is indeed a lot of water @johnmo But my starting point is a 280-litre thermal store! Whenever I've needed to release water to 'work' on the h...
Great.... This is the sort of related information we need @toucan Don't worry about grammar, or trying to organise the issues...... just fire them a...
The new NESO website is now live. A lot of pages have simply been moved across from the old National Grid ESO website. The Electricity Ten Year St...
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