Last seen: Oct 27, 2023
About Me
Engineer, working on ideas/projects for homes to be powered primarily by solar and wind.
PV installed in 2012 by Simon Smith (sa-energy.co.uk), excellent install & kit (SMA inverter).
Moved to Devon 2016, SolarEdge PV installed (SunDial Solar), great install, despite cross gabled slated roof, working well. No mains gas, using very expensive LPG from shared tank.
EV owner and evangelist, or should that just be EV-angelist.
Using the MyEnergi "characters" (Harvi, Hubbi, Eddi & Zappi), Zappi is a good PV-aware controllable EV charger and Eddi heats the hot water via an immersion heater before giving power back to the grid (saving on gas!).
Future projects:
1/ Lower electricity bill. Aim: 90%+ solar usage: battery storage (Growatt AC charger/inverter with DIY battery built with guidance from @Transparent) combined with Octopus GO tariff
2/ Comfort during power cuts: use Growatt UPS/off-grid facility: gas boiler control/pump, lights, microwave & kettle, WiFi, laptop, phone charging.
3/ Eliminate gas bill. Explore changing over from gas boiler to ASHP
4/ Explore quiet helical VAWT for winter power generation
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RE: ASHP Energy Consumption: Aira 12kW heat pump
@wally can I just check the obvious- the kWh usage you'...
By benson , 2 hours ago
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RE: Recommended home battery inverters + regulatory matters - help requested
The Solis has an export limitation feature. This was ac...
By Batpred , 3 hours ago
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Hot water heating in parallel with space heating
One of the downsides of most ASHP installations (compar...
By Temperature_Gradient , 4 hours ago
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RE: Heat pump not reaching flow temperature
@johnd, what you’re experiencing is common with air sou...
By Mars , 5 hours ago
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RE: Gen 6 Samsung ASHP losing 20C of DHW in 60 min directly after generation
@ecobaker Thanks for this. I've had it in both slots. ...
By andbeck , 5 hours ago
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RE: Air source heat pump circuit not operational
Welcome to the forums. If the thermostat shows it’s c...
By Mars , 5 hours ago
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RE: Daikin Atherma ASHP Cycling 6 Times an Hour?
From what you describe, it sounds like you’ve done a so...
By Mars , 5 hours ago
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RE: New Fogstar 15.5kWh upright solution
Of course it is not helpful to frogstar fan club member...
By Batpred , 7 hours ago
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RE: Ecodan with FTC7 - True Weather Compensation
@danwright90 I've linked two videos below recorded this...
By Sheriff Fatman , 8 hours ago
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@steelbadger, I’ve pretty much decided now that there’s...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 8 hours ago
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RE: Advice for a novice on Mitsubishi Ecodan 6kW
That makes plenty of sense. Perhaps more importantly, O...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 10 hours ago
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread
It does but it almost all applies to boiler systems and...
By JamesPa , 13 hours ago
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RE: Installer Fitted 9kW Instead of 11kW Heat Pump and Changed MCS Paperwork - What do I do?
So theres a problem for starters. This means that the ...
By JamesPa , 13 hours ago
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RE: Insulating a pitched roof with kingspan, has anyone done it?
Thank you everyone for all of the information, it looks...
By TRBob , 1 day ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@transparent Yep, they didn’t even mention it. When ...
By Papahuhu , 1 day ago
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?
They are lovely, and I feel lucky to live in one, but t...
By cathodeRay , 1 day ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Worth adding that, for this tariff, the Octopus app has...
By Batpred , 1 day ago
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RE: APP for remote Daikin ASHP Operation
Thanks, @newhouse87. Understood. I was only asking on...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 1 day ago
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@mike-patrick A propos, I think my heat pump generates ...
By dr_dongle , 1 day ago

