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Please tell me you mean this? If so I'll look at it tomorrow.... If I unscrew it it's not gonna flood the house is it (I realise this is probably a stupid question)!

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Ok so our export with Octopus goes live on 11th May so I need to turn down the stat in the immersion so we export as soon as the water is at 55 degrees (or maybe lower as that is plenty hot enough)! How do I stop the Solic from diverting when we have reached this temperature? Do you mean the lid of this big tank? How do I get in this? 20230506_141914.mp4

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Success ready for us to fit the new toilet tomorrow. Minor injury but I did a pretty decent job even though I'm covered in soudal adhesive.

Thanks I've ordered a new decent knife and a pack of new blades and will practice first. Luckily our flooring company sent out about 20 extra packs of flooring too many so we have absolutely lots spare Incase I make a dogs dinner out of it. Not sure how I'm going to cut out the circle of the waste in the floor but it doesn't matter if it's a bit rough as we won't see it.

I must need to be tougher with it (or get a better knife)!

Haven't put new loo in yet 😁 still got a rag shoved in waste pipe but need to cut some tiles that were alongside the back wall too (I wasn't planning on cutting the tiles around the loo rather just putting the loo on top of them) which is what the installer did (obvit need to cut around the waste pipe hole in floor though). Because of the UFH the toilet wasn't fixed onto the floor and the plumber never bothered to stick it down with sealant etc. Probably a good thing as it was easy to disconnect etc.

Long story short, taken out toilet which I've never liked (huge argument with other half about how I can be offended by the old loo). The new one is slightly smaller so need to replace a few of the LVT tiles. Got old ones up, old glue off, purchased adhesive and sorted nice templates of what I need to cut. Without risking taking my fingers off - is there a special type of tool I should be using or knife? Had a little practice and my god it's tough stuff (or I'm just weak)! Getting grief about how I've created lots of other jobs now and I want to prove it's really simple and we don't need the flooring man to come back at more cost. And let's face it at some point it's inevitable I'll have to replace a tile and this is just good learning.

Seems we all do slightly different things! I'm not going to worry too much at the moment as we aren't exporting and the solar is doing ample hot water for us just with the solic and we don't have to worry that if the ASHP was heating our hot water at certain times we may or may not be using the grid if it was a bit cloudy etc and other electric things were on too and with us both working from home the coffee machine is always going, laptops etc charging. At the moment we just know it automatically diverts when there is excess and it's enough for our two person household. If we sort our export out I'll reassess but it's only practical if we are being paid more to export than the electric would cost us and that seems unlikely unless we go on an E7 tarrif which doesn't suit out use (particularly with the ASHP heating in winter). If we end up getting batteries later in the year I'll probably need to completely reassess but that's for another day!

We aren't exporting at the moment so I guess until that's sorted I'll carry on using the solar to divert excess to the hot water tank unless it makes sense to use the heat pump. My issue with using the solar to do the heat pump is I'd have to guess when we would have excess solar (likely mid morning onwards) where with the solar diverting excess I just know it automatically does it and I would hazard a guess our export would be so low with just under 4kw of panels. Once we know we have solar, the dishwasher, washer, laptop charging etc goes on. Need to get this export sorted .....

I'm having a bit of a debate with someone about heating our hot water from mid March til October. We normally turn our heat pump off from now til autumn as we aren't using heating or hot water. They are saying rather than using the Solic to divert excess solar to the water tank we should be using the solar for the heat pump to heat the hot water as it will always be cheaper. The problem I have with this is that it would rely on us turning the hot water programme on for the heat pump when we were generating solar and off when we weren't or having a set schedule when we may or may not have solar and we only have just under 3.68Kw of solar so combined with us using the solar for other things I'm not sure it would power the heat pump with other stuff. They are saying heating via the heat pump (using the solar to power the heat pump) will always be cheaper than the immersion (via solar). They are saying on average we are putting as much heat into the tank as you take out giving an example that assuming we use 200litres of water at 50degrees which came in originally at 15 degrees, we need just over 8kWh of energy which can either be delivered directly via your Solic200, or through the heat pump which means it will only actually use about 2.5kWh of electricity, leaving 5.5kWh to export. We aren't exporting (yet) and actually we probably use everything we generate as we work from home and are quite savvy with making the most of the solar. My question is have I been doing this wrong? Should I be using the solar to power the ASHP and let the ASHP heat the water?

I'm a little confused as yes we have the DHW set to 48 degrees on the ASHP, which is what it is heated to without solar but on days where we have good solar it frequently goes above this to say up to and above 56 degrees and this is what I'm confused about. How does the diverter stop diverting when we have excess solar? We do have a large 400 litre I think it is Gledhill tank as I took advice from here at the time re ASHP installation and oversized it.

Ok so we have never exported before but are moving onto Cosy with Octopus but how does this work with Solic which allows excess to be diverted to the immersion? We are moving onto the cosy tarrif and we know we have days when our hot water heats well over the 48 degrees because we have ample hot water. How do we stop it diverting any excess and export to the grid? Hopefully before the year is out we will get batteries which will add another layer of complexity to things!

I was reluctant to get a replacement unit but in the end took the chance on the basis that it worked fine until recently even though Solic have been bu&&ers over the warranty and it's cost us £125 for a replacement unit. My wife removed the old one, wired up new and by accounts it seemed to work. My Uncle who is an electrician just came out to check she had done it all correctly and it is all fine now so it was definitely the Solic unit! VID_20230120_111353.mp4 Also checked the boost button and that works too so it's now fully functional. Make sure you fill in the warranty card below, post it, email it and make sure they confirm receipt otherwise it will cost you £125 for a replacement unit!

Indeed that is correct. Unfortunately I have no idea what MCB, double pole or CT is you may as well be talking French and this is really beyond me! I think we are going to have to get someone to come out and look at it and get another unit as by all accounts Solic have indicated a failed unit.

Unfortunately not, I stuck it in the postbox at the end of the road! Should have followed it up. Lesson learned.

The issue seems to be the fact they have no record of me registering the warranty which was a card. I absolutely know I did this as I have now unearthed my box of paperwork for the ASHP, manuals etc (I save everything!) and I have written 'posted Solic guarantee and the date 3 Feb 2021. Solic have no record of it and without that won't honour it so looks like I have to pay out. Either way if I end up having to buy a replacement I'll be sending off the card and confirming by email they have received my warranty registration this time around. I'm just keen to get the damn thing replaced ASAP. As another point, does anyone know if we get batteries in the future if there is some way of making sure once we have enough hot water the solar can recharge batteries? Is there some way of making sure the Solic stops heating the water and the batteries can be charged?

I'm absolutely reluctant to give Solic any more money and having now left scathing reviews I'm wondering if there is an alternative that is easy to fit. We don't want any posh wifi thingy ones but if Solic is the only option I have no choice.....

I've just sent a scathing email back but they aren't budging!

I think it must be older on reflection, I can't remember the exact date but I think it must be around February 2021 as I have emails to them clarifying the fitting so more like almost 2 years. Either way the warranty should be 10 years. I have the emails re fitting and discussions and I can remember phone calls with them too as they even spoke to our electrician. Either way they want us to pay to send the unit back, wait 4 weeks for them to test it and pay £100! Of pay for a new unit without a sensor. Their bloody unit has failed which they admitted and they now only want to replace bits of it and for us to pay for it. I'm already pi$$ed that we will have to pay someone to come and take off the old one and fit another! Is this company for real???

What the hell! I am sorry to hear that there are problems with your SOLiC and re-commissioning the unit has not sorted it out, they are normally very reliable and we have tens of thousands installed. If there is ever a problem with the unit a simple re-commissioning works in the majority of cases. I have checked via your Name, address and Serial number and unfortunately it is no longer under warranty as we have not record of it ever being registered with us. As your unit has not stayed restarted there are two either or alternative options I can offer you they are: Return the unit to and we will then test, repair and return it to you for £100 including VAT and return delivery. You will need to arrange uninstalling and then reinstallation of the unit in this case and we need up to 4 weeks to test, repair and return the unit to you. Alternatively you can buy a new unit without a sensor, as you can use your existing sensor, for £125 including the VAT and delivery. The new unit price is normally £215 but I have discounted it as it may be a more cost effective option as the new unit could simply be switched over meaning only one visit from an electrician as opposed to 2 for visits for a repair. The new unit will give you a new 10-year RTB warranty, the latest firmware and hardware, which you should register with us. I do apologise for an inconvenience caused and would like to get it sorted out for you as easily and quickly as possible. Please let us know what you would like to do? Best regards

Finally had a response. Unit has failed!! They do offer a 10 year warranty but this seems to only be if it was registered which I'm sure I did as I had many emails and telephone conversations when it was being fitted and general instruction on setting it up. I've sent a pic of the serial number and now awaiting them coming back to me - likely to try and get out of the warranty!

Earthwise is impossible, apparently they are back in today (that's what their voicemail says) but they still aren't answering their phones and the message still has the same recording and my emails or Facebook messages haven't been responded to either. Not impressed with them so far.

I'll be moving to Cosy at the beginning of March. We don't have batteries (yet) but may look into this later in the year.