So now I have a solar PV system how do I make the most of it???

don0301

albyota wrote: »

Making the most of it....

My Ecodan heat pump (8.5kW) is running, heating the house, and drawing a steady 960 Watts/hr, its 8.50am, 7.1 degrees outside, and my panels are currently generating 1.36kW's.....who else is getting their heating for free?

heating?

I've got all my windows open, sat in the garden in a T shirt

ps forgot the important bit, generating 3kW

albyota

and......both of you are on the south coast.....is it 7 degrees?

don0301

albyota wrote: »

and......both of you are on the south coast.....is it 7 degrees?

I'm not on the south coast

KevinG

don0301 wrote: »

heating?

I've got all my windows open, sat in the garden in a T shirt

ps forgot the important bit, generating 3kW

No, you forgot the even more important bit, "I wish these d__n things worked in winter!";)

don0301

KevinG wrote: »

No, you forgot the even more important bit, "I wish these d__n things worked in winter!";)

I got told off for loling about that

Martyn1981

don0301 wrote: »

I'm not on the south coast

This thread is steadily changing into a British version of 'Where's Waldo?'

Don, it would help us immensely if you'd pop on a stripy shirt, hat and funny glasses?

After checking TG's passport at the border, we are now trying to re-configure our 'sats' to find you again, but it 'does mean changing the bulb!'

Mart.

don0301

Martyn1981 wrote: »

This thread is steadily changing into a British version of 'Where's Waldo?'

Don, it would help us immensely if you'd pop on a stripy shirt, hat and funny glasses?

After checking TG's passport at the border, we are now trying to re-configure our 'sats' to find you again, but it 'does mean changing the bulb!'

Mart.

Isn't it the SouF coast? :cool:

albyota

and there was me trying to get this thread back on topic........:eek:

silly me.......:D

grahamc2003

albyota wrote: »

and there was me trying to get this thread back on topic........:eek:

silly me.......:D

I sometimes wonder if I've accidentally logged into a divorced and desperates lonely hearts website sometimes. Either that or a place where physics no longer applies, and electrical equipment can take any volatge/current/power you throw at it and not complain. (and where power is measured in watts/h instead of watts ... oopse). And if not those, a place where simply buying solar panels imparts seven years worth of engineering university education in the brain and everyone suddenly is an expert in everything electrical). And if none of those, then simply a rent an argument site, where even manufacturer's operating manuals are declared totally incorrect!

Anyhow, my plan is similar to what you do - except I intend to get one or two or three air to air heatpumps. For a lot of weeks, like now (8C, nearish S coast) it could supply heating, and in the summer supply aircon. ATM i just run dehumidifiers when I have excess generation - I only have to find a use for a few hundred watts usually, max I've seen was yesterday at 1.2kW, so dehumidifiers work well for me. (Having said that, I agree with Cardew who said he thought however much you try to use more of what you generate, the difference beytween that and simply setting a timeswitch and hoping for the best will be a max saving of an extra £25pa if you're good at it - so really it isn't worth the hassle. I'll add that I think there's a danger for some of actually increasing bills by trying to use what they've generated).

Do you know if airtoair HPs, (mitsui say) can dehumidify when heating? The manual isn't clear (obviously it automatically dehumidifies when cooling).

don0301

grahamc2003 wrote: »

I sometimes wonder if I've accidentally logged into a divorced and desperates lonely hearts website sometimes. Either that or a place where physics no longer applies, and electrical equipment can take any volatge/current/power you throw at it and not complain. (and where power is measured in watts/h instead of watts ... oopse). And if not those, a place where simply buying solar panels imparts seven years worth of engineering university education in the brain and everyone suddenly is an expert in everything electrical).

Anyhow, my plan is similar to what you do - except I intend to get one or two or three air to air heatpumps. For a lot of weeks, like now (8C, nearish S coast) it could supply heating, and in the summer supply aircon. ATM i just run dehumidifiers when I have excess generation - I only have to find a use for a few hundred watts usually, max I've seen was yesterday at 1.2kW, so dehumidifiers work well for me. (Having said that, I agree with Cardew who said he thought however much you try to use more of what you generate, the difference beytween that and simply setting a timeswitch and hoping for the best will be a max saving of an extra £25 - so really it isn't worth the hassle).

Do you know if airtoair HPs, (mitsui say) can dehumidify when heating? The manual isn't clear (obviously it automatically dehumidifies when cooling).

well we all know who to turn to, if we ever need an Expert in Explosives :D:D