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If I might make one further suggestion, @ian-s.... It is clear and entirely understandable from reading through the development of this thread that ...
Very similar to me, @toodles. Early on in our relationship, my wife and I found just how compatible we were. She didn't like cooking and I didn't li...
@papahuhu, all this got me a bit curious so I took a closer look at the consumption of a lot more of my devices. I have now made an interesting discov...
Those figures look far more in line with expectations, @toodles. Sad about the rabbit but happy for your bank balance.
So two powerwalls is more in the region of 2 kWh than 5 leaving 18 kWh per day to account for. Curiouser and curiouser. 2.5 - 3 kWh for your hot wat...
Sorry, @toodles, but I still don't see it. The microwave might draw 2 kW but it's still a microwave and so will only draw 2 kW in short periods (you d...
Can't say I disagree, @toodles. Given most households use around half that there's definitely a good case for a bit of investigating. Given you includ...
I've been thinking about this and can't help but feel that in parallel to getting the issue sorted out there's a good case to be made for a bit of nam...
There's an article here on using a commando socket instead of a wallbox. From a practicality viewpoint, a commando socket is either on or off; eithe...
@davidb, I've just looked up the Vaillant heat pump guarantee Ts and Cs and whilst it clearly says you should get your heat pump serviced every calend...
Almost all of them will appear like that at the moment, @ian-s, since the service is still fairly young. The confidence score will start to show more ...
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