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Mike Patrick
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Joined: Mar 23, 2021
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RE: September Solar Results

I too have just averaged 18kWh per day through September - the best September in the 4 years I have been tracking consumption. That's total household ...

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Electricity and gas price hike

I think the current energy price rises will make any changes to the pricing regime, in the short run, politically very difficult for the government. ...

4 years ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

Finally, energy prices have become a major news item this week. But interesting that the mainstream media still talks about it mostly in terms of ga...

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Solar Performance

@boblochinver No, we use about 12,000 kWh p.a., the 2,000 was the estimate for the solar PV. Mike

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Solar Performance

Thank you all for your helpful responses. It seems that my initial estimate, based on Julian's actual usage, is probably nearer the mark say 2,000kW...

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Solar Performance

@batalto Thanks. Assuming Ive plugged the numbers in correctly that gives me a more optimistic estimate of about 3,000kWh pa. across 9 panels. That ...

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Solar Performance

@julianc I'm trying to make a reasonable estimate of how much power I could generate from solar PV. I've looked at solar PV before but now thinking...

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@batalto Thank you for that advice. I will fill my boots with overnight electricity. Mike

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@batalto I'm behind the curve here - only just realised that there are EV tariffs which are less than normal off-peak ones. How does the supplier diff...

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

Solar PV (which I have previously rejected) is now looking more attractive. I love reading about the Starship Enterprise approach with ASHP, Solar P...

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

My current tariff expires in September. Presently 13.9p per kWh and struggling to get any new one at less than 20p. The gap between electricity and ga...

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Renewable Heating YouTube channel

This will be interesting. If government rhetoric on the number of heat pump installations is to be met then it's mostly about retrofits rather than ...

4 years ago
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