Last seen: Oct 11, 2025
@majordennisbloodnok I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue Major Humph! I suppose that unless we had a second meter in series and that it was a calibrated devic...
Major, we have a water meter (fitted some 20 ish years back), not smart AFAIAA but, with our property being classed as 4 bedrooms and just two residen...
@majordennisbloodnok There is also a quote about the first telephone link up - that it was so successful the speaker could see that the day would come...
Thank you Major, if changes are afoot, I suppose we will have to just wait for announcements. I should just regard myself as fortunate in having batte...
@old_scientist I have never cleaned the mag filter myself either but, if I had to, I think it is a case of isolating with the two valves, having a buc...
@old_scientist There is an option in the Tesla app that controls the grid charge and can be set to ‘off’ if required which would ensure that only your...
@tim441 Indeed, so many variables! At present, I export solar energy and am paid 15 pence per KWh but I don’t feel it worthwhile to grid-charge the ba...
@transparent Don’t know about other manufacturer’s offerings but in the case of the Tesla Powerwalls, the app indicates that once charging reaches the...
@old_scientist I have had the first PW for some 2 years and 8 months, the second for some 2 years 3 months. As to their present capacity, I don’t know...
@old_scientist Quarterly updates would be much appreciated please! Toodles.
Having perused the ‘net, I see that the capacity at 10 years is warranted to 70% not 80. However, I wasn’t aware that … ”Tesla monitors the performa...
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