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RE: Replacing Storage Heaters with a Heat Pump in a Stone Cottage

  We got quoted 33 grand for our victorian solid stone pile by a heatgeek engineer who to be fair told us not to bother, so I bought and instal...

4 weeks ago
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread

Ditto - our sunsynk has all the stuff built in for backing up stuff. Obviously needs the earth rod and the like too.  

4 weeks ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query

  You can get "portable" EV chargers that plug into 16A or 32A commando sockets. They are incredibly useful when the regulatory system has it's...

3 months ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query

  They can also obtain smart meter data with a warrant and reasonable suspicion so definitely good advice.    

3 months ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query

theoretical as in the worst case scenario a user or likely mess up can cause. So setting a device to "0 export" doesn't count - without G100. No ...

3 months ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query

My understanding is that will require a G99 and a G100. It's common to refuse a large G99 in many areas. It's unfortunately becoming increasingly comm...

3 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

2. As EV ownershp increases it'll certainly increase demand but most electric cars don't travel far in a day. It's electric trucking that is really go...

3 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

My background is systems so I am using the systems definition here of "gaming the system", that is manipulating the properties and inputs of the syste...

3 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Agreed - there's a place for everything from "Dunno, I rent a box and my bill is lower" to "I'm in control send me pricing hints". The problem with ...

3 months ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query

So if it helps I was recently quoted about 8 grand for a battery only installation with partial home backup, splitting the consumer unit to account fo...

3 months ago
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread

Wiring stuff in changes one set of problems for another. It's now got to be to all the other bits of regs that wiring it in drags in, and recommendati...

3 months ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query

"10kW battery" That to me is odd. It's 400 quid more for a 16kWh battery retail, so why would anyone push a battery that small. The 3.6kW also smell...

3 months ago
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