Nick

@nick@shore.me.uk

Mostly Retired. Consultant. Ex Managing Director. Ex CTO.

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Based in Debenham, Suffolk UK

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[?]Nick »
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@bloor@bloor.tw Main thing is to make sure it is set correctly to target a suitable flow temperature. IME installers don't spend enough time optimising.

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    [?]Nick »
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    @nick@shore.me.uk @bloor@bloor.tw also it will use a lot of electricity in December and January, don't panic.

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      @nick our most expensive day of gas cost us almost £17 in one day earlier this year. My hope is that it is not /too much/ worse than that.

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        [?]Nick »
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        @bloor@bloor.tw worst day I can see in Dec was £13 on octopus go, thats the whole house

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          @nick so that represented 270 ish kWh of gas. Factoring in a pessimistic cop of 3, and factoring in the higher unit cost of electricity, I’m slightly worse off but only slightly.

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            [?]Steve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 »
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            @bloor @nick something really needs to be done to reduce elecricity prices and increase gas.

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              @bloor@bloor.tw

              @steve @nick bill payer me says “yes.”

              Investor in ORIT / FSFL / TRIG / UKW etc me says “noooo.”

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                [?]penguin42 »
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                @steve @bloor @nick Do you have any magic answers to that?

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                  [?]Steve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 »
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                  @penguin42 @bloor @nick move some of the green/social tariffs from elec to gas, tax gas a bit and use it to subsidise elec. With prices as they are, a heat pump does not feel like a clear financial win, given the upfront cost.

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                    @steve @penguin42 @nick I am under no illusions that it won’t save me very much money right now ongoing, if any at all. However: once I get solar and batteries, then it really@really makes sense.

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                      [?]Steve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 »
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                      @bloor @penguin42 @nick yes, that makes sense. But from a policy point of getting the country off gas, I think the financials need to be much clearer.

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                        [?]groff 🇺🇦 »
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                        @nick @bloor
                        And balance all rads/towel rails to hit suitable return water temperature. The biggest waste of energy on wet systems is returning hot water back to the boiler/heat pump because ofvexcessive flow rates. Decorators, diy and builders always mess it up. Plumbers sometimes aren't much better.

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