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Solar and battery vs ASHP
Hi everyone, I wanted to test some of my thinking on either of these options for my house. For background, we originally brought a newly renovated property in September. It has internal wall insulation, high performance glazing, loft insulation and good roof insulation. Overall, we really like the property but there’s one…
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Solar - real-life experience of investment vs return
Hi, I've been interested in solar panels / batteries for a while. My research to date has been limited to personal posts on Facebook where only a couple of very vocal (and mainly anti solar panel) people contributed. The situation is that both my wife and I work from home. House was built around 1998. It's a brick built,…
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The compications of Luxpower monitor and app
I have just had a system installed (22 panels, 2 x batteries and an invertor) all seems to be working well but as I don't understand the Luxpower front end fully I can never be sure. For example as I am running on Octopus agility juice I was surprised to find that the EV was only partially charged last night whilst the…
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Buying a house with solar panels
Reposting this post to green & ethical MoneySaving category after the suggestion from one member I am a first time buyer. I have made an offer for a terraced house which was accepted. In offer we made, seller told that he will take the solar panels. Now he came back to us saying that can give his solar panels(no battery…
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Moving from NSH to A2A Heat Pumps?
Hello all, I hope you had a nice Christmas. I live in a 2-bedroom
mid-terraced house in Gloucestershire. House was built around 1950s. Recently
cavity walls were filled, and loft was insulated. All windows are double
glazed. I have 8x405W MBB Half-cell Module solar panels. Property currently
heated by night storage units,…
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How much have you cut you gas consumption by?
I would guess that since the price of domestic gas rose to 10.2p/kWh many of us will have reduced our consumption. How successful have you been during Oct/Nov/Dec compared with 2021? 2021 - 7273kWh 2022 - 3889kWh (-46%)
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Most optimal solution for AC coupled battery installation
I'm seriously tempted to add a battery to our current set up, but am not very good at math and just not sure which set up would be most beneficial. We are limited to the AC coupled installation due to the solar panels being leased. The solar array that we have is about 3kw (and no option to upgrade this due to the lease).…
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Octopus Saving Sessions
Signed up for this via my Octopus dashboard. Seems a good idea, especially if you have solar and can pre plan a bit!
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Record breaking 2022 for Solar
Has anyone else found that 2022 has been a record year for solar generation? Previously 2020 was the best from the last 11 years but we've now beaten that with a month to go so even if the sun doesn't shine at all for December then 2022 is still the highest for the last 11 years. If December is average we'll have got…
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My system's performance - Using PVGIS to get an accurate generation?
Hi all, this is really just a brain dump with a few questions, I may have just got particularly lucky with my install, it's performing spectacularly and I'm not sure if it's 'normal'. I would like other users opinions, especially those with a few years of data under their belt, and also wonder what others put into PVGIS to…
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Heat Pump integrated into Hot Water Cylinders (Vaillant, Daikin etc.)
Seems like a sensible way to reduce hot water heating costs without going with a heat pump for the entire household. I wonder if any users/ owners are out there? https://www.ariston.com/en-uk/products/heat-pumps/air-source-heat-pump-water-heater/nuos-plus-wifi-uk/
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Commissioning & Testing G98 and G100 via G99 Fast Track For Battery Storage
Hi all, Been approved for G99 Fast Track for Battery Storage utilising Solax X1-AC-3.6kw inverter, and at the moment one Solax Triple Power LFP 5.8kw Master battery by SP Energy which is great (filled in the forms myself) just need a Competent Person Scheme Electrician for the installing and Signing Off as per email from…
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PV only, or Solar Thermal too?
Hi We're building a new house in Somerset. It'll be very well-insulated and energy-efficient ; almost a "passive house" but not quite ... It'll have an air pump. There are two options for heating: StoreEdge 5.3kW Solar PVs only; or 3.9 PV and Solar Thermal. There will be a 10kWh StoreEdge battery. The PV-only option is…
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Hens fed with uk grown food
I’m keen to reduce deforestation and wondered if anyone knew of any other eggs where the hens are fed uk grown food vs imported soya etc? https://respectful.co.uk/ Many thanks!
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Impressive Performance of Sharp 400W Panel installation!
Recently helped a friend with his PV install for his Billericay (Basildon) home. 12 X 400W Sharp panels + SE optimizers tied to a SolarEdge 5000 inverter. Aspect is South Facing with minimal shading. We both had clear sunny winter skies yesterday. The nearly 3X difference in generation of 15.5 kWh for the day is a bit…
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Battery and extra panels?
Long time no see!! Hope all are well? So, in the market for a battery and hopefully some extra panels. Haven't got an installer sorted so any recommendations for east midlands would be appreciated! Currently got 4kw with SolarEdge, FiT is 20yr contract, installed in March 2014. First off, whats the score on VAT cuurently?…
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Uhome LFP 2400 add-on
Hi! I have 3x Uhome LFP 2400 batteries and I'd like to add another 3, but the price I've been quoted (supply only) is eye-watering! Does anyone know a good supplier? I'm hoping that I can install these myself and save cost... Any ideas? TIA.
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Solar panels working at night?
My panels are still outputting 28w right now, any idea what the problem is? Clearly they are not generating so why is my Geo monitor saying they are? I have had my panels for 7 years and have never seen this before and this is at the same time as another problem with my iboost which is reading 400w higher than my recorded…
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Using air conditioners as air source heat pumps
Fitting an air source heat pump on our terrace has been suggested to us, given that our storage heaters can't cope in winter, and our main room is often below 18 degrees, which is uncomfortable. Electricity costs for our 90 sq. m. flat are now £60/month in summer (covering water heating and cooking) and £220/ in winter…
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Discussion ... ASHP(Air/Air) with Solar pv ....
Hi All The combination of a small ASHP(Air/Air) with Solar pv seems to be a valid pairing of complementary technologies which has been raised a number of times on this forum. The idea of this thread is to encourage discussion of this combination in order to validate what an appropriate equipment specification would look…
