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Solar Panel Quote
Just been recommended to post here for wider answers from the Energy section We are looking to get solar panels installed. We drive one EV and looking to purchase a second. Presently averaging 1100 kW electricity usage per month. We are out during the day so there is only 'tick over' electricity usage during working hours.…
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Worth getting solar pv?
There are some very knowledgeable people on this forum and I’d be grateful for your thoughts. My gas boiler is ancient and I’m planning to replace it with an air source heat pump. I’m wondering whether it’s also worth getting solar pv. I have an end terrace house with a hipped roof so the surfaces are quite small and…
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Quick Solar Panel PV question about differing outputs
Hi, Apologies if this question goes over old ground elsewhere in the forum, but it's quite urgent. I am having solar thermal (thanks, green homes grant) installed next week (19 May) with the scaffolding going up tomorrow (14 May). I am also having solar PV installed at the same time. My supplier has just told me that they…
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Specification for a Solar System
Inspired by these two threads: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6192502/solar-pv-battery-quotes/p1 and https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6215701/considering-solar-pv-installation#latest I think I can set about solar PV as a project for 2021. Particularly by reference to the capital indicated by…
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Battery lawnmowers
The less green lawnmowers are always specified by power, e.g. horsepower, Watts) but battery lawnmowers are specified by the voltage of the battery. We might think that a 40-volt lawnmower is twice the power of a 20-volt lawnmower. What is the typical power range of a battery lawnmower?
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Salt Water Batteries
Snake oil or real? I've seen some discusssion of them on another forum and there is a company in Austria selling them. Just wondering. Apologies if this has been discussed before.
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Domestic battery experiences (on grid)
Hi all, I thought it might be helpful to have a thread where people share there experiences of domestic batteries and inverters, their likes and dislikes, advantages and disadvantages of each system, so we can all learn what system may best suit us individually. It may be a lofty aim. But I figured it was worth a go. So my…
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EPC ignoring insulation work
We had an EPC done to get an idea of the "official" energy status of the house. It is an old house with solid wall which has been insulated with dry wall insulation 50mm thick, an extension with cavity wall insulation and also extra dry wall insulation, all floor boards done with 200mm rock wool and also draught proofed,…
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Wind Power vs. Solar
I have a solar PV installation with 16 x 300 W panels. My average generation (taking the average for the full 24 hours of a day) over about two years has been around 430 W per hour. There is obviously no generation when it is dark and not much in the depths of winter, even in daylight. Is this sort of average power beyond…
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Immersion Diversion - add to existing Solar Panel Installation
Not sure if this is a question for our solar panel company but could we add an immersion diversion to our existing solar panel installation?
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Online Solar energy monitor?. Geo energynote online service ending 30/6/2021 (geo Solo II PV )
I've been using the solo pv system on my phone and online to monitor my panels, and it helped me compare values from previous years, which helped identify faults when it rained) Their online service is coming to an end, which makes the product useless to me now (loop energy just ended their service as well >.< ) What are…
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Is my solar installation incorrect
Hi Everyone I am a solar newbie. I have just had panels fitted in anticipation of getting an Electric Vehicle I got 5.2kw from 14 X 370w pannels The inverter that was fitted is a solax x1 with a maximum recommended DC power of 4000w. and a nominal power of 3680w This means my solar is being clipped I think at 3680w,…
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Enphase app update ?
when i logon on to my mobile phone Enphase solar production app this morning it should be a completely different view which looked like a good revamp but no it appears to have gone back to the standard view ? did anybody else see this ?
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Growatt ML33RTA batteries - behaviour and performance
Hi Forumites, Does anyone have experience of using Growatt ML33RTA batteries? Need to exchange thoughts about their charging/discharging performance and usage in general. Mine are also managed a Growatt inverter (SPH-6000), which has some gremlins of its own. Thats another story though! Would be good to have a discussion…
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Solar Thermal DIY
Hi Ideally would like to use a Solar thermal tube collector as a DIY solution for heating a hot tub. Has anyone done something similar? Regards
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Government EV purchase Grant
Hi AllBuying a new Small all Electric vehicle ,and have recieved a grant from the government of £2500 of the purchase price. Just recieved my invoice today and initialy can't get the Vat to balance correctly. Can. I please ask should the discount come of the purchase price of the car ,before the dealership adds on the Vat…
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Deege solar
Hi Forumites, Help needed please. Has anyone here heard of a company called Deege solar? I was searching for solar panels and this company's feed popped up on my facebook wall as sponsored/recommended. The deal was "4kW solar system + battery storage for £6500". No details provided on type of panels or battery. The price…
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Wanted: Alternative 2 scourers sponges
What have you used or would recommend to replace these scourer sponges? Anything biodegradable and/or plastic etc that is very long lasting. The photographed sponges just end up thrown away as they don’t last; but they do the cleaning job perfectly. I’ve tried loafer and they are no good as they don’t scrub and can’t reach…
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Solar newbie seeking comments please
I’ve been looking at solar. The best quote I’ve had so far is: 10 x JA Solar 385M (12 year manufacturer warranty, 25 year 80% warranty) 1 x Giv Energy 3.7T Hybrid with Wi-Fi monitoring (10 year warranty) 10 x Tigo panel optimisers with cloud access (25 year warranty) 1 x Giv Energy 8.2kWH battery 80% DoD (10 year warranty)…
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One Reason I Don't Like Nuclear Energy
"analysts and others have issued inaccurate estimates of the levelized costs of electricity (LCOE) for coal, natural gas and hydro power plants which are used to direct trillions in investment, creating a growing global financial bubble around conventional power plants with dynamics that are similar to the subprime…
