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In a similar vein, this recent spell of sustained good solar PV conditions and its knock-on effect on our EV's running costs had me mentally rewriting...
Hi, @matwin There are a couple of other things, I think, to add into the mix as well. In your previous posts in the intro thread, @jamespa right...
With 20:20 hindsight, we probably ought to have provided you with a link to this article before. Is that what you mean?
That's interesting, @grantmethestrength. I'm a little surprised you couldn't get the Ecowitt integration to work (and suspect it's the integration, no...
Given the Ecowitt weather station itself can be configured to send its data directly to an endpoint on your local network (e.g. a Home Assistant serve...
Sorry, @uk_pete_2000, but I don't see that position as tenable. This forum is littered with posts from homeowners who were set up with or have switche...
Understood, @andrewj. It might be simpler if you remember that the EV charger isn't a special device from your inverter's point of view; it's just a...
I'm going to qualify what I say right at the start by saying I'm no expert so if anyone contradicts me later they may well be right. That said, I do...
Nor should you be, @johnmo. The pathway set out is one of moving away from fossil fuel heating and heat pumps are only one way of doing that. Sadly, t...
That's a very perceptive point, @jeff. We're all very good at spotting when something's wrong and demanding "something should be done about it", but f...
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