Patrick wheeler

The team at BUS jumping the gun there, appreciate the positivity. Who's giving their team a day off to recover? Go sports! 🤣 @Damon_BPHR @plumbers_urban @betateachpod @Jmrheating @CustomRenewable @Your_Energy_YW

@Jmrheating 0% loans and required scop to be cost neutral to run. Fed up of energy companies profiteering by putting in 2.8spf heat pumps (or worse in reality).

@frh_energy @suburbanpirate No, fraid not. It has solar.

@suburbanpirate @Patrickswheeler Yes that’s what I was thinking, was curious if it was an A without solar PV!

The first EPC we've seen where the Heat Pump has contributed to an A! Still only "Good" but an improvement at least 😍

@Damon_BPHR Is this your new introduction email?

Another day another miserable looking air source installation 😔

@ActualKryten Nearly had to upgrade the warmometer to amber, but it would have meant changing the bulb.....

@plumbers_urban @_heatgeek @kenbone44 Good luck, I think @EmmaBohan could kick your ass! 🤣

@Patrickswheeler @_heatgeek @kenbone44 4 sittings!!! That’s says it all. I am going find the person who wrote that survey and make sure they will be banned from third activity for the eternity 😂

I've completed the survey, have you? Anyone who works in a heat pump delivering business, please get involved! You could also win stone cool prizes 😁 @_heatgeek @kenbone44 @plumbers_urban

@plumbers_urban @betateachpod @_heatgeek @kenbone44 I think everyone is filling it in, either hoping to win a prize or because they want to have a say. It's not mandatory dude! 😁

@betateachpod @Patrickswheeler @_heatgeek @kenbone44 Where do I send the invoice for my time ?

@plumbers_urban @_heatgeek @kenbone44 I did it in four sittings, utilising the save feature

@Patrickswheeler @_heatgeek @kenbone44 I tried it. Couldn’t complete, around 500 questions too many for my attention span

@bobbyllew @FullyChargedShw @ElliotChina Good bye mate, see you on the other side.

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@Tonywalkden @betateach @_heatgeek @rippin_ian Weather compensation is not more difficult on heat pumps, it's basically the same if you are used to low temperature system design. We have completed a few hundred heat pump projects in the last year or so, a handful had buffers and they all exceed average efficiency.

@Patrickswheeler @betateach @_heatgeek @rippin_ian I'm no pro, but I would say weather compensation is probably more difficult or less effective for a heat pump than a gas boiler? Maybe not a buffer required in every instance, ie smaller systems with high turndown, but probably a good idea for larger systems with varying demand?

Couple of our engineers have been training this week, the BPEC course they're on has some questionable advice - Weather compensation is difficult, buffers are always required, use Nest or Hive to increase scop.... Who's training the trainers?! @betateach @_heatgeek @rippin_ian

@betateach @rippin_ian @BPEC1 @ofqual @UKAS @Installer365 @energygovuk @renewablewriter That sounds familiar, after we had received funding for the first Heat Geek course we were aware of some other training providers that were heavily rewarded for box ticking courses. Without retention, it's pointless.

@Patrickswheeler @rippin_ian @BPEC1 @ofqual @UKAS @Installer365 @energygovuk @renewablewriter I know some one involved in HP training who's made over 100k from vouchers in a few months. They've no overheads as facilities they use are provided free...they just had to pay an assessor (who knew little about HPs just read the power points) This is tax payers money 💰

@bobbyllew Everything I do in my work and personal life pushes towards removing reliance on fossil fuels, I do however realise that (mainly through lack of historic investment) we will unfortunately need fossil fuels for decades Whether it's "securing supply" or profit is the big question

The most i have featured on @betateachpod as of yet 😁

@_ChiefGeek @skillbuilderuk Bloody hell Rodg, that is insane. @skillbuilderuk this is not OK.....

Strong allegations from @skillbuilderuk Who are the top heat pump manufacturers in India?

@suburbanpirate Hopefully by continuing to make everyone aware just how bad an idea it is, we can make a little difference.

@Patrickswheeler Hi Patrick. The fear is that subsidies will mask the true cost, at least I think that is what the gas industry has been banking on/hoping for.

Once (if) we have sufficient green supply of electricity that we can start storing Hydrogen, it will be bought by the highest bidder. That highest bidder isn't going to then put it in the gas grid to sell at domestic rates. hydrogeninsight.com/production/tot…