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Last seen: Dec 26, 2022
Hi Derek, Yes, we're very fortunate in that we have a big 'swiss style' roof that faces directly south and is at 30 degrees so absolutely ideal ...
Hi Derek - great points, much appreciated! Few answers: - solar carried away - yes, totally - I've used forecast APIs to model this - expect 5-9kw i...
Really useful stats Kev - so I guess the secret might be in focusing on the energy cost. Eg I'm wasting lots of solar energy currently as generating m...
@editor Thanks for your reply - really useful to get some examples. To your questions, yes I'm on Octopus Go, so I get cheap energy for four hour...
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