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@derek-mHave been trialling removing the 5-7am hot water setting since Thursday last week now. Interestingly it has made no difference to kWh used. Us...
@editor thanks both I am more inclined to get a diverter than continue exporting, we're only getting 3.5p per kWh back from the grid, yet spending 1...
@julianc Hi Julian With this product, I assume it still only diverts the excess to the water tank. i.e. on a sunny day, the solar let's say would be...
@derek-m thanks for this, I didn't know the inverter could give us that data. I've mapped out each day now since January 1st, and have a view of our a...
@derek-m Thanks Derek Perfect, funny enough I was doing exactly that back in January/February, and for the 16 days I did track it, the difference ...
@derek-m Thanks Derek Just want to make sure I’ve understood correctly, we do have a solar inverter which tells us how much kWh we are generating...
Hi guys, I'm back to considering a solar diverter to heat ourhot water tank. I think I've been quoted £570 to install - but I guess I need to try a...
@kev-m for the same period, so the 21st April - 25th May, we have used 275kWh, an average of 7.8kWh per day. The heating hasn't been on really, may...
@julianc has your diverter been heating the hot water even tho most days have been overcast and grey?
@morgan Yes I've been told the same thing by our installers
Hi @Mike Did I read that right, your avg. daily kWh for May is 23kWh? If you don't mind me asking, how many people are living at home? Whilst May...
@julianc if you don't mind me asking, how much have you set your direct debit for? We too moved into our house in the summer, and given the solar e...
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