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PV Panels on the roof - How problem free? "Which" does a survey.
https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/06/most-common-solar-panel-problems-and-how-to-solve-them/
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What refillable products do you buy in bulk?
To cut down on my plastic waste and save a bit of money I've been buying shampoo, condition and body wash in 5 Litre bottles, from Faith In Nature, to refill my glass dispenser jars. Im currently looking for body lotion to do the same. What refills do you buy in bulk?
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Free insulation scam?
Hi everyone, I'm quite worried about something that happened today. So a guy showed up on my door, and explained me that the government was paying to fix the isolation in the lofts, so that would be free for me. They explained after checking my loft, that I had 100mm and 300mm was the required in the 2020 schedule, so they…
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Immersun Overheating Hot Water
We have had Solar panels for 5 years. We have an immersun fitted to heat the water . Since having the installation the hot water has been very hot. During the five years we have had the panels we have had to have three new water pumps for the power shower. It is my belief that the very hot water has damaged them. I am…
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Specific EV Charger - why bother?
Hi, Not sure if this is too techie for here but it's worth a shot... I get a company car and have just had a new Mercedes Hybrid delivered. I also get the benefit of free personal fuel which works out to cost about £100 a month in personal tax. As such it would technically cost me more to charge the car at home rather than…
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Cost effectiveness of insulation?
I'm surprised to see fairly little discussion of insulation on this forum - is there a reason for that? Looking around the forum, the gist seems to be that a newly-fitted 4kW solar system on a typical house should be able to pay for itself in about 8 years, batteries are currently a bit of a non-starter, and ASHP/GSHPs -…
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Co-Op no longer paying FiT
Just had an email that they will no longer be licensed after this quarter. Any suggestions for new supplier that might offer pain-free transfer and pay a little quicker than they did! Thanks
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Do I really need a dedicated home charging unit?
Hi all, I have just had a Kia Niro PHEV delivered through work however I am uncertain if I truly need a dedicated home charging unit. It charges on a 3 pin plug in around 3 hours and although a dedicated charger would do it in under 2 hours the time to charge is not problematic. I have an outdoor 3 pin plug. I see some…
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Today’s mini budget: environmental measures
Looking forward to the detail on this, particularly the EV development projects: Some £100m of new funding has been set aside for direct air capture, a technology that takes carbon dioxide out of the air, while an extra £10m will be given for new electric car development projects.…
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Free central heating install for tenants?
Sorry, posted in wrong section
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New build air source heat pump advise please
Can anyone advise how good or bad these are? I am considering purchasing a new build and the options are LPG or ASHP. Builder was unable or unwilling to put in Nat Gas I believe due to very high cost of a new line. AFAIK you don't get renewable heat incentives on new builds so that's out. Are these low maintenance and long…
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Green or not? Former Uskmouth power station to generate electricity from household waste!
Atlantic Future Energy are seeking investment capital to assist with conversion of the decommissioned coal fired Uskmouth power station to generate electricity from household waste in the form of processed dried pellets. Upon reading I first thought what a great project. On the one hand helping to solve the ever growing…
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What new energy generation is coming online over the next 10 years?
I saw a really nice post somewhere that showed all the international interconnectors that are planned on the next few years. We also know the major wind power additions that will be constructed soon. What about other sources like home solar, or commercial solar? Has anyone had a stab at guessing what the g/CO2/kWh el be in…
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Pet Food Pouch Recycling
Hi all! I've recently discovered this scheme which collects pet food pouches to be recycled. https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/petfood Food pouches from our little feline make up the bulk of our non-recyclable rubbish, so I'm keen to use it. When you donate you can redeem points which turn into donations for a…
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PV inverter still not working, who can I complain to?
Hello, I am looking for some advice. We had solar panels fitted March 2019. The system has stopped working 3 times., I have lost about 2 months of generation last summer and it's now not been working since April. We have a solaredge Inverter which they diagnosed as being faulty and even sent as new one in June which we had…
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Solar and Powerwall just installed - some issues - anyone had something similar?
On Monday my Powerwall 2 (with non backup gateway) and 5.5kWp solar was fitted. That evening it all worked as expected. The following morning was also fine, but I encountered issues circa 11am, when the PW was fully charged. At this time, the solar output (measured by the Tesla App and Gateway) started to read approx 100%…
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Combi or heat pump?
Hello I’ve recently moved into an end of terrace 1920s house. The boiler is a very old gas boiler where the controls don’t work so it is just on or off and the walls are solid. Not sure whether to replace it with a combi or a heat pump or maybe even get controls added and then go for a heat pump later. The doors and…
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Smart Export G'tee - metered via smart meter or should I have a seperate export meter?
I have just had my Powerwall / solar install completed and a generation meter has been fitted just after the solar inverter. I have asked my installer for clarification but should I have a meter fitted on the export side of the install to qualify for SEG? Or is this performed by the smart meter? (when Octopus get round to…
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Anyone else not yet got their final FIT payment from Co-op following their decision to end FIT?
Hi I submitted my final reading on 31st March and am still waiting for my final payment.... I have chased up several times, emails have been ignored and promises made over the telephone are not kept. They are now saying that I will get my final statement within the next two weeks, but they've said that before and failed to…
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"Solar panels add value to the house"
I wondered if anyone had actually found this to be true in practice. It would be nice when doing the maths to hope that the ability to self-generate energy would be seen as a positive and worth a few bob, such that you'd be able to assume you'd get some cash back when you sold up. In my experience buyers get anxious about…
