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@toodles But that’s where your batteries come in, to make up the deficit. You have 2 if I remember correctly, so should be very easy for you. Isn’t th...
It’s not as lucrative as IOF, I’d estimate about 20% less, but providing you aren’t having to charge an EV (or other high evening loads) it does work ...
@old_scientist The rates seem ok too, 29.22 peak export here in the NW. It was only today, so we might get better news soon with IOF, I switched th...
@toodles FYI flux is back. Think it was today.
@springswood The most flexible and cost effective way of manage solar gain is via those metallic black out roller blinds on the south facing aspect...
External shading is best, but a light coloured or reflective curtain is still going to reduce solar gain by about a third as some of the radiation is...
@etchedpixels A few warmish days or a bit of snow and the country falls apart. We’d be so screwed if there ever was a war, the Russkies are out in ...
@majordennisbloodnok evapoative cooling in the summer, it works very well. The plants transpire and whatever the substrate is dries off in the sun....
@majordennisbloodnok Yes, it sounds a recipe for Aspergillus Niger, didn’t think about the underfloor copper. The Swiss in their usual wisdom banned A...
@jamespa Have you ever tried yours in cooling? I’d imagine that to get any significant cooling output the rads would be dripping condensation all over...
Here’s me. Found my output when I control the battery and export is slightly better than when IOF controls the export. Seems AI isn’t as smart as ever...
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