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Thanks @foggy – I was coming at it from a PV battery perspective. I can't make the numbers work. The batteries are expensive, with a life of less than...
@kev-m, which is kind of crazy. Same thing with iPhones. Brits always seem to pay more, penalising the favourable exchange rate.
I don't have links to data - my information comes predominantly from conversations I've had on social media platforms with users in Europe that have s...
I think they'd describe this as capitalism at its very best.
We had six MCS accredited installers quote us and the recommendations were all over the radar in terms of specs and pricing. We went down the ASHP rou...
Welcome to the forums @baz-cambs - great to have you here.
Thanks @foggy and welcome to the forums. An EV is definitely on the cards, and we may hold off till V2G is available, as that would make a lot of fina...
@dant I fully agree - there's very little point exporting at the moment - the tariffs are just so low. You're better of utilising as much of the elect...
Not sure about Julian's system, but our iBoost only sends excess electricity (what would have been exported) to the immersion heater in the hot water ...
Our heating was still coming in the early hours of the morning last week, so we've just switched it off at the panel now. Hot water is being exclusive...
@derek-m, I think we are heading that way, especially if electricity tariffs don't start to come down. I pulled our data for this year so far, and ...
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