Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

Kernel_Sanders

tunnel wrote: »

350W an hour

It consumes 350W constantly, or 350Wh per hour if you want to complicate things.
Haven't we been here before?

Oscargrouch

3.44 O's

Martyn1981

Generation not great last two days, Sun 6.1kWh, Mon 10.9kWh (1.1 O's & 1.95 O's). But ticking along.

silverwhistle wrote: »

@Martyn " but switch from gas hob to induction"... How do you find it? Now I've returned to the UK I've found my house - I rented out to a housing association - to be a shambles [no carpets, ruined kitchen tiles, worktops, disappeared loft ladder, greenhouse! etc, etc. ...} with a condemned gas hob!

I've put the wheels in motion to get PV - bad timing I know - and intend to get an induction hob to replace the gas, and was wondering on peoples' experiences.

Hiya silverwhistle, we really like the induction hob, very fast, easy to clean. But why not try one out first by buying a single portable worktop hob. They go well with PV, but will depend on the time of day/generation. Part of the reason I went for WNW extension, was to create good gen (1kWh+) at tea time, around 5.30 - 6.30pm in the BST months.

tunnel wrote: »

I swapped last year, went from my power hungry plasma that ate 350W an hour to an lcd that takes a more modest 84W an hour.

Hiya T. Yep, Zeup got me thinking way back, and Wifey decided she wanted a bigger tv. I think our 32inch LCD runs at about 160W, so a 100W reduction to a 39 to 42inch 50/60W LED is quite remarkable.

Savings in the evenings, and more green export during daylight!

Mart.

tunnel

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

It consumes 350W constantly, or 350Wh per hour if you want to complicate things.
Haven't we been here before?

Actually KS, If we're being picky, It consumes nothing now, not in my household anyway, but yes 350Wh per hour.

Martyn1981 wrote: »

Hiya T. Yep, Zeup got me thinking way back, and Wifey decided she wanted a bigger tv. I think our 32inch LCD runs at about 160W, so a 100W reduction to a 39 to 42inch 50/60W LED is quite remarkable.

Savings in the evenings, and more green export during daylight!

Mart.

Our 84Wh Samsung is a 55" smart tv, have a good dig around, you'll be surprised what you can get for your money these days. Don't think I could go back to anything smaller now(kids would never stop moaning), be like looking at a postage stamp:D

I use this site to get a good comparison

http://www.sust-it.net/

legoman62

3.75 O's yesterday. Most of the rain came in the evening:D

Edit. Looking at my last available power consumption figures on Eon's website I estimated I'd used over 4000kWh (only showed last 6 months pre PV)

By checking an earlier post I had put on this board, I realised it was a whopping ............5149kWh:)

orrery

silverwhistle wrote: »

...and intend to get an induction hob to replace the gas, and was wondering on peoples' experiences.

Can't comment on gas, but we switched from halogen to induction a few months ago. Had to buy new pans, sadly, but the speed and control is utterly remarkable. Sadly, AEG seem to be employing ex airborne early warning programmers to design their user interfaces, so the control panel can't be operated unless you have a PhD in IT or are under 12 years old (or both). You can get really cheap free standing ones, from time to time, in Lidl and Aldi.

InVestor_2

I treated the home to a massive TV for the Olympics last year, unfortunately it's a plasma Something like 500W?

I was aware, just don't like led in large sizes, just too 'cartoony'.

At least I get stunning pictures for my leccy guzzling TV.

BBC forecast lashing rain all day yesterday, reality was blue or slight haze blue all day (sunbathing) with heavy rain at 6 for 30 mins then blue 'til night-time. Garden really needed the rain. Perfectly timed to not affect my panels too much.

Today looks even better.

Kernel_Sanders

Martyn1981 wrote: »

we really like the induction hob, very fast, easy to clean. But why not try one out first by buying a single portable worktop hob. They go well with PV,

By this, do you mean they draw a constant current rather than using a thermostat, as most electric hobs do?

Martyn1981 wrote: »

I think our 32inch LCD runs at about 160W, so a 100W reduction to a 39 to 42inch 50/60W LED is quite remarkable.

If it has the appropriate port you can use it as a PC monitor too, but probably only worth the messing around if you're still using a CRT.

InVestor wrote: »

At least I get stunning pictures for my leccy guzzling TV

When the heating season returns, just think of it as a low powered electric radiator

orrery wrote: »

the control panel can't be operated unless you have a PhD in IT or are under 12 years old

I am having the same experience trying to get my SMA connected to my bluetooth dongle.

orrery

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

By this, do you mean they draw a constant current rather than using a thermostat, as most electric hobs do?

I can comment on the ones I have - AEG. It is very complicated.
Power levels for rings are:
u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 P
u is 'keep warm'
P is 'boost' (defeats the power sharing between pairs of rings and just hits continuous full power for a short time)
4 to 9 appear to be variable (i.e. they run continuously at the power you set)
u to 3 appears to start on/off proportional control - you can hear the relay clicking in and out, presumably switching on and off at power 4 (which may be the minimum it can run at).

Note the mention of power sharing between pairs of rings (and the grill and oven). The total theoretical load of the cooker is excessive for a cooker feed, so it does a form of power sharing between 2 or 3 devices i.e. 2 rings are given power alternately to maintain their individual average power levels.

So, if you can work all that out you're doing better than me. I console myself with the notion that the solar is making some contribution to it.

zeupater

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

I am having the same experience trying to get my SMA connected to my bluetooth dongle.

Hi

What are you attempting to do over the Bluetooth link ??

Z