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RE: How Do I Know When the Hot Water Has Run Out?
By GrahamF, 2 weeks ago |
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@hcas thanks for the suggestion. The other tank has a sensor 2/3 of the way down, like it’s twin. I could use that, although I would not know how to connect it into the controller. | ||
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RE: is a home battery without an EV worth it?
By JamesPa, 2 weeks ago
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I do have an EV and did the maths using eon next drive (7 hrs at 6.5p) and my measured consumption form my heat pump. I couldn't get the business case to work either, even if I played arbitrage games... | ||
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is a home battery without an EV worth it?
By AdamK, 2 weeks ago
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is a PW3 at £7.5k worth it if i dont own an EV? but have 3.68kw limited 4kwp solar, a 7kw heat pump (3.5kw max electrical), induction hob etc. its a bit difficult to gauge the heat pump use as hav... | ||
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
By TechnoGeek, 2 weeks ago
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Your Home
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@judith With Anglia Water it was a compulsory upgrade it seems. The official line is to enable them to identify leaks more accurately. From what I can gather the smart meter records your usage histor... | ||
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RE: Balancing financial efficiency and comfort using the Octopus Cosy tariff
By Judith, 2 weeks ago |
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We’re high energy users other than the ashp so the OVO tariff wouldn’t work for us, so cosy was the next best. We averaged 17p per kWh using a 9.5kWh battery to get our 7kW ashp through peak hours. I ... | ||
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
By Judith, 2 weeks ago |
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I’ve looked harder now (beyond OE’s site) and it’s not really news for some people But solar export is valuable to them in winter, May would be when they drop the price. Our year is up in November s... | ||
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
By Judith, 2 weeks ago |
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Did the information in the title come from a personal email? @TRBob? I couldn’t find any internet reference to it. Mind you all commentators on forums have said it’s too good to last. | ||
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
By Judith, 2 weeks ago
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Your Home
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I personally wouldn’t have a smart water meter. We’ve had a water meter in various houses for years and found we saved about 50%of water bill originally. There’s two of us in a larger house and apart ... | ||
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RE: Electricity price predictions
By Old_Scientist, 2 weeks ago |
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As an investor in multiple listed renewable companies on the FTSE, I can assure you I'm not making a lot of money doing nothing. In fact, 6 of the 7 listed renewable funds I have invested in have lost... | ||
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RE: Electricity price predictions
By JamesPa, 2 weeks ago |
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True, but of course they had to be convinced to invest in the first place because the bill payer didn't pay for the infrastructure. In an uncertain political climate I can understand why a long term i... | ||
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RE: Electricity price predictions
By Scalextrix, 2 weeks ago |
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@technogeek I'm not sure that matters too much, what matters is that the generation is close to the consumption, meaning you arent having to push it hundreds of miles over the high voltage network. | ||
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RE: Electricity price predictions
By TechnoGeek, 2 weeks ago |
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@jamespa Currently it is due to over production of crude oil and some producing nations not towing the line with regards to production agreements within OPEC+ etc. Too much oil on the market kills t... |
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