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Just reading through this thread and thought I'd add my own experience. I have a Joule pre-plumbed tank with a very similar looking 3kW immersion he...
@toodles Is that because the AI has searched the forum for information, and has found and paraphrased your own question and assumptive reply back to y...
We had our Tesla Powerwall 3 (and Gateway) installed earlier this month, together with a doubling of our installed solar capacity, going from 3.6kWp t...
@chandykris Exactly the same here. We now have 13.5kWh of storage and expect to be doing 2.5-3 cycles per day in the coldest depths of winter. In the ...
@toodles I agree. I was on Agile from the beginning of April but switched back to Cosy a while back as the pricing on Agile was not great, as you say....
@sunandair therein lies the issue - no one can say with any certainty what energy markets will look like in 12 months time, let alone over the payback...
@chandykris in winter modelling predicts generation of 200-230kWh for Dec/Jan, and our usage is 700-900kWh, so maybe a quarter of our usage at best. ...
@chandykris I watched that video with interest too. For us, with a south facing array. I think such a change would be more detrimental. Unlike Agile...
Tesla PW3 (13.5kW) and Gateway for full home backup.
I am invested in a couple of listed energy storage funds on the FTSE. These are Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) and Gore Street Energy Storag...
There was a period during last winter (Dec and maybe Jan) where pricing on Agile got VERY expensive, and this is the chance you take although you can ...
I've been on Octopus Agile for the last couple months. It's a dynamic tariff for those with a smart meter and the pricing changes every 30mins. I've b...
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