I forgot to add that I’m with Octopus Energy. Their Octopus Go plan offers great rate overnight and is not too bad during the day at lest in our area. Their free energy sessions have also been in active use: battery charge, EV charge, immersion heater and sauna stove being on simultaneously does put the house electrical system to a test!
My aim is to use as much of the solar energy I produce myself, so I’m not bothered about exporting energy.
Solid advice right here.
I have 13.5 kWh battery storage that I charge overnight with cheap electricity if needed. During winter I could do with more storage.
I control charging of the battery (and EV) automatically based on expected solar production the following day, which I estimate using a forecast model I re-train couple of times per week based on latest data. The model uses Met Office weather model forecast for our area as input. Most days it’s accurate to within 1 kWh.
I have 16 LG panels spread so that they produce almost from sunrise to sunset + 5 kW inverter. This has worked really well. There is plenty of power to run air conditioning in the summer and even charge the EV, but winter months are meh. Sunny summer day: 25-30 kWh, winter 1-5 kWh.
Did you use specific docs for this? I have SolarEdge and wouldn’t mind going local with them too. I’ve got off most cloud services, but this one persists.
And then you can return to work with reinvigorated resentment. Sorry to hear about your predicament, though.
It’s been rather hot and I needed to get some painting done. That was not ideal. Otherwise good.
What about you?
I have four installed units, which have plenty of cooling power to keep the house nice and cool. On sunny summer days our solar panels produce excess electricity anyway, so cooling the house comes free.
Investing in air conditioning was one of the better decisions of my past self.
Isn’t this just another one to the pile of his war crimes? It’s remarkable how Boris Johnson somehow managed to be even shittier than the war criminal Blair.
Harassment is a criminal offence in the UK. No NDA will survive a legal challenge when it comes to a crime. Of course, the psychological pressure of an NDA will stop many victims on their tracks, so from that point of view this hopefully helps.
Rhod Gilbert on toothbrush is worth watching if you haven’t seen it yet.
Stop it! Everything does not need to be turned into advertising.
I bought access to the stream of the Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning concert, hooked it to my audio system, cranked volume to 11, and opened a cold beer (well, a good few). That was an amazing concert!
It was nice that they had Bill Ward on drums and played their last ever live performance with the original lineup.
And if you can reuse that plane that’s a bonus.
What this country really needs is proportional representation.
Prodigy was very good indeed. Rammstein-esque even. It must have been awesome in the audience.
I also liked Alanis Morissette’s and Kneecap’s sets, but for me the highlight was seeing John Fogerty playing CCR songs. Took me back that did.
Who would’ve thought you enjoy french fries. But honestly, I didn’t even know pattered chips were a thing.
I’d still go with the earlier proposal: a lunch with Prince Andrew in Pizza Express in woking.
Cheers! Yes, I use Home Assistant for automations.