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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Gas costs for June = £00 + £5.98 S/C = £5.98...now how can I get them S/Cs down:think:
Ask em to take their meter out in the summer and put it back in the winter........
2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
Gas costs for June = £00 + £5.98 S/C = £5.98...now how can I get them S/Cs down:think:
Install a multifuel stove to supply hot water and radiators in the winter. Then get them to remove the gas meter as we did. The gas supply pipes are still at our property should we need gas again in the future. Will just need them to bring the meter back!!! About the only way to stop paying the standing charge me thinks.
Anyone else got any ideas????
Edwink
*3.36 kWp solar panel system,10 x Ultima & 4 x Panasonic solar panels, Solaredge Inverter *Biomass boiler stove for cooking, hot water & heating *2000ltr Rainwater harvesting system for loo flushing *Hybrid Toyota Auris car *RIP Pingu, Hoppy, Ginger & Biscuit *Hens & Ducks* chat thread. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=52822090 -
Oscargrouch wrote: »Ask em to take their meter out in the summer and put it back in the winter........
Trust you to come up with that one Oscar!!!!!!!!!! :rotfl:
Still thinking about our raised generation Oscar??? Come on get your thinking dustbin lid on!!!!
Give you 3 more guesses!!!!
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.... get the usage down as low as possible then look to move to an energy supplier with a zero rate standing charge. Of course, you'll pay more for the units you actually use, but if you're a low user that'll only offset part of the saving .....Install a multifuel stove to supply hot water and radiators in the winter. Then get them to remove the gas meter as we did. The gas supply pipes are still at our property should we need gas again in the future. Will just need them to bring the meter back!!! About the only way to stop paying the standing charge me thinks.
Anyone else got any ideas????
Edwink
HTH
Z"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle0 -
Install a multifuel stove to supply hot water and radiators in the winter. Then get them to remove the gas meter as we did. The gas supply pipes are still at our property should we need gas again in the future. Will just need them to bring the meter back!!! About the only way to stop paying the standing charge me thinks.
Anyone else got any ideas????
Edwink
Probably not for me, but a relative is looking to buy a converted Blacksmiths Forge,
built around 200 years ago, with no gas supply, using oil.
Never had any dealings with oil, but understand it to be very expensive.
Is installing a multifuel stove pricey, and what are the running costs?:D
Interested to know what others think;)16 Sanyo Hit 250s.4kWp SMA 3.8kWp inverter. SW roof. 28° pitch. Minimal shade. Nov 2011 install. Hybrid car. Ripple Kirk Hill. N.E Lincs Coast.0 -
HiProbably not for me, but a relative is looking to buy a converted Blacksmiths Forge,
built around 200 years ago, with no gas supply, using oil.
Never had any dealings with oil, but understand it to be very expensive.
Is installing a multifuel stove pricey, and what are the running costs?:D
Interested to know what others think;)
A decent spec log burner should be efficient enough to deliver around 4kWh.t per kg of well seasoned logs. As long as you take decent size loads (aim at ~3 cubic metres when stacked) you should be able to run the burner for less than the cost of mains gas ... for us it's well below, but we're pretty rural and use a sawmill working on estate land timber a couple of miles away as our main supplier.
Good stoves are pricey .... unlike many things these days, it's best to pay a little more and go for a decent make. Ours cost a lot ~20 years ago, but they still make the same model and spare parts are available (not that we've needed any ...) .... for installation, the chimney will need lining and the installation to be done professionally in order to comply with legislation, so that'll be at least the best part of £1k added to the burner to budget for ...
HTH
Z"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle0 -
only managed 1.8kWh today, I have managed 540kWh in my first month of generation.16 x 250w mono 803 Eternity Panels, Aurora 3.6 inverter, owl intuition pv monitoring facing due south in sunny Norfolk.0
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New records for me today...
Here's the breakdown
ESE 14.64kWh(7.46 O's) new record
WNW 13.82kWh(5.52 O's)
SSW 12.47kWh(6.11 O's)
Total generation 40.93kWh (6.29 O's) new record
Am I a happy chappy or what?
2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)0 -
New records for me today...
Me too...lowest output in a July day ever = 0.75 O's or 3kWh:(
Constant rain from morning til now
On the bright side I used 92% of it:T16 Sanyo Hit 250s.4kWp SMA 3.8kWp inverter. SW roof. 28° pitch. Minimal shade. Nov 2011 install. Hybrid car. Ripple Kirk Hill. N.E Lincs Coast.0 -
Trust you to come up with that one Oscar!!!!!!!!!! :rotfl:
Still thinking about our raised generation Oscar??? Come on get your thinking dustbin lid on!!!!
Give you 3 more guesses!!!!
Edwink
As posted previously, I have worked it out; I am sure I know: you tell me, then I will tell you; then we will both know that we are both singing from the same hymn sheet......Hi
Good stoves are pricey .... unlike many things these days, it's best to pay a little more and go for a decent make. .... for installation, the chimney will need lining and the installation to be done professionally in order to comply with legislation, so that'll be at least the best part of £1k added to the burner to budget for ...
HTH
Z
We looked at this option last year, and I agree with what you say; other costs are storage of logs, linking in the burner to the H/W supply, and I think that the payback time worked out to be around 30 years....nice, if your still around or haven't sold your house. :eek:Me too...lowest output in a July day ever = 0.75 O's or 3kWh:(
On the bright side I used 92% of it:T
And what about the rest... i.e. midday 2.00 kW being used and only 370 W being generated...? You had a very baaaaad day, I watched it live while in the pouring rain in London. Looking at my Wattson site, I was very happy......
A/An Hawaii + 0.84 O's Graph available at:- http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy ( make sure you look at 10/07/14....:D) 
2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0
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