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Jeff

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Joined: May 26, 2021
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RE: FiT versus actual solar exports

You can't be on Octopus Go and Outgoing Octopus. So if you wanted to use a time of use tariff for charging batteries you would have to use Agile Octop...

3 years ago

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)

RE: Ecodan Room Temperature Mode

FTC is the Mitsubishi Flow Temperature Controller. It is the standard Mitsubishi controller for heat pumps. It has been upgraded lots of times over...

3 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

Spot prices for UK gas have hit a two week low at 275 as i type. Fallen dramatically over the last few days. Well below the peak we saw in Decemb...

3 years ago

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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers

RE: Fuel poverty

Perhaps controversial..... I would go as far as scrapping the new boiler upgrade scheme. The government has already said in their own analysis that...

3 years ago

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Well & Truly Off The Grid

RE: Domestic wind turbines

It is a two day residential group course where you get to make and build a turbine on site as a group including food and accommodation. Everyone on...

3 years ago

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Wind Generation

RE: Domestic wind turbines

@editor They do a variety of courses on different subjects. Interesting place to visit and chat to people generally

3 years ago

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Wind Generation

RE: new PV, iboost, battery info- esp Powervault

Any idea how many years the batteries in these devices last? Are they replaceable?

3 years ago

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)

RE: Independence from power cuts

I can't help thinking your log burners and a very manual solution using a diesel generator (using HVO from your tank) and some extension leads would b...

3 years ago

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)

RE: Independence from power cuts

@editor Putting aside environmental questions for one moment. At current peak electricity rates unless you happen to be on a good fixed rate, it ...

3 years ago

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)

RE: Independence from power cuts

Interesting. I take the view that it is the responsibility of the network operators to harden the resilience of the grid to power outages, not home ow...

3 years ago

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)

RE: Independence from power cuts

An honest question, whatever the cost, wouldn't it be better to spend the money on more battery capacity or other efficiency work? I struggle to se...

3 years ago

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)

RE: Independence from power cuts

I should say that is the total for the day so that would be 50w an hour when we are away.

3 years ago

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)