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RE: Heat pump and a solar diverter. Is it logical?

@iancalderbank I have PV envy. 😀 Yours is bigger than mine by a factor of 3. And I can’t use Intelligent Octopus until Myenergi/Octopus work out an in...

4 years ago
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RE: Heat pump and a solar diverter. Is it logical?

@derek-m Thanks again - and I agree with you. This is a voyage of discovery for me but your earlier assessment to keep the solar diverter makes sense ...

4 years ago
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RE: Heat pump and a solar diverter. Is it logical?

@derek-m Sorry misunderstood. No, the power diverter does not take power from the battery at any point. It only takes power when a) the battery is at ...

4 years ago
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RE: Heat pump and a solar diverter. Is it logical?

Some fascinating points made. My iBoost is playing nicely with the Powerwall. Today, for example, the PW algorithm charged my battery to 75% last nigh...

4 years ago
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RE: Adding battery storage to solar with ASHP

@batalto Great. That’s the most helpful consumption chart I’ve seen. Thank you.

4 years ago
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RE: Adding battery storage to solar with ASHP

@derek-m I have all that detail comprehensively produced for the quote so am content that it’s been calculated correctly - or, like car manufacturers ...

4 years ago
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RE: Adding battery storage to solar with ASHP

@derek-m The demand is 19000, the HP is a 12kWh unit and the projected annual usage is 6058 kWh. The difficulty is knowing what the likely winter mont...

4 years ago
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Adding battery storage to solar with ASHP

I’ve had a PowerWall for 3 weeks now, solar panels on the FIT schemes (and no, it doesn’t invalidate your FIT payments) and an EV. I’ve been signed up...

4 years ago
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RE: Solar and battery getting installed

Excellent point and well made. The calculations I did for solar panels and the battery were easy with the buying decision simple. With an ASHP I'm fin...

4 years ago
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RE: Solar and battery getting installed

@derek-m Yes I have had the calculations. I then had some inspiration - I downloaded the Octopus gas consumption data for last year, converted cubic g...

4 years ago
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RE: Solar and battery getting installed

Thanks that's helpful. Have you come across a daily profile of actual heat pump use in kWh anywhere? I can find indicative monthly totals only. I've b...

4 years ago
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