Last seen: Sep 13, 2025
@tim441 As you say Tim, very difficult to quantify any savings or ROI even, for a battery; I have often wondered about the savings I make from my sola...
@abernyte Our heating has come on twice in the last week; around 05:00 for approx. an hour on both occasions. Regards, Toodles.
James, I would not question your findings and realise that your circumstances are very different to my own as I am home pretty much 24/7 and my wife a...
@tim441 Puts even more reason behind any proposal to have battery back-up in one’s system doesn’t it? Anyone else seen the ‘press release’ on their Te...
@editor Have ‘signed up’ for an interview Mars, looks interesting…. Toodles.
@tim441 I’d agree wholeheartedly with that, with 2 x Powerwalls, we have a capacity of 27 kWh and have never needed to stray outside the ‘Cosy Hours’ ...
@lucia One look at that protection and the rodents will make a clean getaway 😉.
@julianc Our solar PV has produced more this August than either 2023 or 2024 - long may the increases continue! Regards, Toodles.
@jamespa Crossing sheep with kangaroos?
@scalextrix And from today’s news, doing the wrong thing can be bad politics too! (If we don’t snaffle the fossil fuels, someone else will nick them f...
@tim441 As an annual event, I used to record the Christmas Service for a local Private School. One Christmas week, I arrived at the chapel and started...
@diverted-energy Equally well, the 15 pence rate for Octopus Energy Outgoing Fixed is higher than the Cosy lowest band rate that I use to charge my Po...
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