Last seen: Aug 28, 2025
I was charging the battery, heating the DHW, running the washing machine and tumble dryer (a heat-pump equipped self condensing model that only draws ...
@derek-m 🤣 I did my best to use about 9 kWh’s worth of it! Toodles.
@ianmk13 And now I can’t stop my Tesla app from grabbing the solar I wanted to export as there is still some battery capacity to fill 😒 Toodle...
@ianmk13 Oh Dear! (Can’t get the staff y’know) Meanwhile my solar panels are producing ~4.5 kW and I am drawing under 10 kW from the grid - never mind...
@majordennisbloodnok Oh I agree entirely Major! I will be topping up the battery, heating the DHW system and a few odds and ends will be running; as I...
@johnmo I think James was saying that he has little knowledge of ‘Carbon Capture’ rather than the generation kit. Toodles.
@majordennisbloodnok At 13:00, Cosy is priced at 11.2 p. per kWh so my saving is not great, but the average ‘Joe or Josephine’ could paying in excess ...
@derek-m Could it be that this lies behind OE’s idea of giving away this excess energy for an hour; thus highlighting the stupidity of our energy prog...
A further thought or two: we need the ability to store a few GigaWatt hours to smooth out supply to match demand (though surely it would be much bette...
@derek-m ‘An outbreak of common sense’ Now that really would be good! Meanwhile Joe (and Josephine) Public must be totally confused by the pricing str...
@johnmo Very fair and generous I think, fine chappie that Gregg Jackson! 😉 Toodles.
Of course, the green solar generation available from the grid will be at a possible peak of domestic solar generation so I am not sure that I’ll need ...
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