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Okay, must have different internals to ours. We have a condensate drain that connects into a nearby waste pipe.

Apart from the display/control panel markings, these look to be identical to the Panasonic Air rad we installed six years ago. If so, I'll be interested to hear how they work for you as ours is fine in cooling mode but practically useless in heat mode as the ashp water temperature almost never reaches the delta at which the valve opens to allow water to circulate through it.

See the FAQs in this article... https://www.goodenergy.co.uk/smart-export-payments/

Depends how much you generate, and how much if it you consume/export I guess. We currently get paid circa 6p/kWh for around 1,700 units per annum (on about 3.4MWh annual generation). If that was halved (ie if we actually export only 25%) the loss would be about £50/year, so annoying but not life-changing.

Same email, but seems this is an OFGEM edict.

So it seems.

Am I the only one that was unaware (until yesterday) that the deemed 50% export element of FiT payments is to be replaced with payment for the actual amount exported if you have a Smart meter?

No, at least not for commercial ships, but that's because (like just about anything else that's manufactured) we can't compete on price.

Don't worry Joe, we don't all need reams of data and supercomputer levels of analysis to agree something works. When I did my apprenticeship, mechanical engineering types boasted that they worked to thousandths of an inch accuracy. Shipwrights like I on the other hand worked on the assumption that... i) so long as we were on the right ship, and ii) it took no more than six whacks with a 7-pound maul (like a sledgehammer but with a pointy bit in one end), then job was a good'un 😄

Declaring one is easy, and the vast majority of councils have. Doing something meaningful to address it is what they all seem to struggle with.

Perhaps, but that's a big if, and there are 39 million vehicles on Britain's roads (26 times the number of fires/burners).

I assume DRAX falls into the 16% industrial combustion segment, Dave, which is still well under half the figure attributed to those 1.5m homes.

I think it's irrelevant whether open or otherwise, the point is that just 1.5 million wood burning homes apparently account for three times the volume of PM2.5 emissions emitted by all road transport!

Households in England face fines of up to £300 and even criminal records... Around 1.5m homes use wood for fuel across the UK, however burning wood and coal in open fires and stoves makes up 38% of the UK's emissions of PM2.5. By comparison, 16% come from industrial combustion, 12% from road transport and 13% from the use of solvents and industrial processes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64261624

The key word in there is safely. Great that you and others have sufficient knowledge and skill to make your own, but I wonder if (God forbid) such a 'home spun' device were to have been installed in a property that subsequently suffered a fire, quite what the insurance investigators would conclude - irrespective of whether the device actually caused said fire. Surely the cost of commercial offerings is in part due to the safety testing and certification they are required to undergo before being approved for use. For someone like me whose electrical knowledge just about stretches to rewiring a 3-pin plug, that peace of mind is worth the price.

Quick update on this story. Turns out that daughter's place is part of some BG/Hive Beta trial and what they're actually being billed bears little or no resemblance to what was being indicated on their display. Phew! Many thanks again to @ToughButterCup for the kind offer 👍🏻

Isn't it time you changed your name again TBC? I'm thinking, 'The Sage', or 'Confucius' maybe 🤔 😉

Could have been worse, I've just had a burger at Frankie & Benny's 🤮 Note to self, next time just ignore where the granddaughter says she'd like to eat.

Sweepstake time. Which build hubbers are featured in the article. Answers below...

Not really, we tend not to cook before 7pm, and no heating on at that time. Happy to do our bit though if it helps to reduce the need for dirty power stations to spin up

These 5pm to 6pm sessions are not much good to us. Our typical import over that hour is less than 0.4kWh so even with everything turned off we'll be luck to have earned more than a quid.

And i thought we were doing okay.... "So far you've earned 5376 OctoPoints (or £6.72) over 5 Saving Sessions"

And to think some of my friends/family think I'm a bit if a nerd 🤔

Thanks @MikeGrahamT21, interesting stuff. Our PV was commissioned at a similar time/rate. Until recently we've had no idea how much of what we generate is actually exported, but suspect it's less than 50%. We now have that ability so i'll watch with interest as the year progresses 👍🏼

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