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Based upon the representative figures on the ripple website, the return on investment would appear to be just over 9.3% during the first year. As far ...
Hi Toodles, I may be able to utilise the thermostat and RF boosters. Could you please provide the model numbers so that I can check the specificatio...
I'm afraid that is not a plan, it is a sticking plaster on a gaping wound. Taking today for example, demand went from a minimum of 18.1GW at 06:00 t...
@transparent Whilst I intend to install some battery storage at some point the future, I wonder if domestic battery storage systems are the most cos...
Many industries within which I have worked have operated throughout the full 24 hours, either Monday to Friday or the full 24/7.
@sparky I still find it strange that in our modern 'rip off the customer whenever possible' society, that electrical energy suppliers are happy to p...
Domestic consumers would not install power factor correction, because it would not be cost effective to do so for the quantity of energy involved, and...
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@sparky If consumer's were only billed for kWh's of energy supplied, then why would some go to the expense of installing power factor correction equ...
@sparky I'm afraid that I cannot agree with your statement that domestic users only pay for the true power received, i.e. kWh. As you correctly st...
@chickenbig A useful tip is to tape kitchen roll or similar over any gaps during construction to prevent screws or nuts falling into undesirable are...
In the most basic terms a mains power meter measures both the AC voltage and the AC current and multiplies them together to calculate the Power, which...
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