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I didn't bother with micro and went with string. There is no shading on the roof and the price of micro Vs the percentage gain didn't make it worth it...
@novemberromeo I posted a tool to do heat loss calculations on the forum. I'd say have a go and do your own so you can compare. It's very easy to do
I've just checked and so far this month we've bought used 285kw; this includes battery charge at a cheap rate, but we would be buying that energy anyw...
The effect of Go and batteries - all of that use was 5p/kw. The rest of the day was batteries and solar. Big difference between what I see an...
@info it's targeted at EV owners. Realistically they have no way to tell if you have an EV or not.
@editor no we had to get one fitted. They used the rate we agreed when we applied. Not what it was when the meter was fitted. Took a couple of months
@derek-m it's much smaller than our A2W. However it's in our main living space. I could easily time it to run for 4 hours at the low tariff point, so ...
I am now looking at this Pi based system -/p> I will probably use the emonPI system and I can also use the same Pi system to control my battery char...
@jeff guess i'll just wait for my first monthly bill
@jeff I cant actually see when it ends. They stated 12 months, but I have nothing giving an end date. However hopefully all these issues will be clear...
I'll leave this here
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