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In post I look at the cost of heating hot water using my heat pump, compared to the same day last year ago, using my immersion.

In this post, I look at the cost of installing my new heat pump. I've included everything from the installer's quote, to the hacksaw blades, to the bag of fibres I mixed into the concrete base.

I've always struggled with the reliability of my Apple Thread network. Formed by an AppleTV and four HomePod minis, it worked fine at the start, but after attempting to merge my Aqara thread network and the Apple network, things just sort of stopped working. For a long time, I just avoided using my Apple thread network, preferring to commission devices using Home Assistant and my own home-grown controllers.

The initial desktop testing of my MBus adapter went very well - you can read more here - MBus ESP32 Adapter – First MBus test. This is revision G, with a larger LDO for moar power! But there is a big gap between bench testing and the real world. In this post, I want to document my attempts to use my adapter to read a real MBus device - my Kamstrup Heat Meter…

After last winter's pseudo successful radiator monitoring, I picked this project again at the end of July and decided I'd have another go. This winter would be especially different as my house would be powered by an ASHP (My Heat Pump Installation – Part 1) I wanted to make sure my Heating Monitor was also up and running.

After almost 12 months since I started digging that god forsaken trench, my heat pump was finally commissioned! Alex, from Solaris Energy, drove all the up from Kent on a cloudy Tuesday morning to finally turn on my (rusty) Kronoterm Adapt. In this post, I want to outline the few steps he took and the results. You can read My Heat Pump Installation – Part 1…

My Kronoterm Adapt ASHP is almost installed. In this post, the 2nd part, I continue the (long) journey of getting to this point. In part 1, I covered the trench, insulated pipes, concrete base and the heat pump itself. In this post, I'll cover the plant room changes and the control system installation. Bye, Bye, Boiler! The first job in the plant room was the removal of the boiler.

My Kronoterm Adapt ASHP is almost installed. In this post, I run through the (long) journey of getting to this point. My Kronoterm Adapt in all its glory Planning I knew for a long time that I wanted to get an ASHP installed. When I move to the West Midlands back in 2021, I discussed the idea with my heating installer.

After almost 12 months since I started digging that god forsaken trench, my heat pump was finally commissioned! Alex, from Solaris Energy, drove all the up from Kent on a cloudy Tuesday morning to finally turn on my (rusty) Kronoterm Adapt. In this post, I want to outline the few steps he took and the results. You can read My Heat Pump Installation – Part 1…