Anyone else feeling a little sick right now

gazapc

johnbhoy70 said:

Get yourself over to your local B&M and stock up on Powerbanks and if you work in an office and can get away with it power them all up to the max as and when needed!! That's what you get Mr Employer for giving us naff all as a pay rise!! More than one way to skin a cat i tell thee!! Every little and all that.....

While this may be a joke please don't do this.

A large 20,000 mAh pack contains about 74Wh of energy. Less usable.

At 60p per kwh that is 4.4p of energy. Even at say 15 quid to buy, that is 340 complete discharges needed to recoup cost.

Max68

Anyone use outside solar lights to light their home?

NeverendingDMP

Max68 said:

Anyone use outside solar lights to light their home?

No but I have been wondering if it would work as a last resort.
 I also jokingly said to someone last week it might be easier to get many cheap packs of school polo shirts from Lidl and aldi and alternate them then bin then as it will be cheaper than washing and drying..I meant it as a joke and obviously it would be so wasteful so I won't do it but I do wonder if it will actually be cheaper now.....

strawb_shortcake

Max68 said:

Anyone use outside solar lights to light their home?

No, we have a neighbour whose front of house lights, lights our little bit of the street up like Blackpool illuminations as soon as there is any movement in the street.

Max68

NeverendingDMP said:

Max68 said:

Anyone use outside solar lights to light their home?

No but I have been wondering if it would work as a last resort.
 I also jokingly said to someone last week it might be easier to get many cheap packs of school polo shirts from Lidl and aldi and alternate them then bin then as it will be cheaper than washing and drying..I meant it as a joke and obviously it would be so wasteful so I won't do it but I do wonder if it will actually be cheaper now.....

Ha ha you could be right.  Must say last winter I did do a lot less washing by wearing a coat and fleece during the day if I was at home and a fleece dressing gown at night and sat under a throw.  For some reason you don't wash coats, dressing gowns and throws as much as say a T shirt!

It was a customers who suggested solar lights.  She has two in her living room when she is watching the telly.  It's just a matter of finding one that doesn't have a spike on it!! 

SAC2334

gazapc said:

johnbhoy70 said:

Get yourself over to your local B&M and stock up on Powerbanks and if you work in an office and can get away with it power them all up to the max as and when needed!! That's what you get Mr Employer for giving us naff all as a pay rise!! More than one way to skin a cat i tell thee!! Every little and all that.....

While this may be a joke please don't do this.

A large 20,000 mAh pack contains about 74Wh of energy. Less usable.

At 60p per kwh that is 4.4p of energy. Even at say 15 quid to buy, that is 340 complete discharges needed to recoup cost.

I agree, and the last Powerbank i bought from trusted supplier Argos said it would recharge my 5 mah mobile phone 4 times when fully charged.. It only ever managed to fully charge once ..Don t accept the true power figure s quoted . I paid £30 for it too..Its hopeless 

Northern_Wanderer

Are the solar chargers any good these days? Any recommendations?

jlou09

SuperHung said:

I followed Martin Lewis advice to sit tight and stay on energy cap prices. Now I am screwed.

I done the same, but upped my payments by £30 and have been saving slowly that we now have substantial credit. Now I have the Eon Next V18 to start from October keeping my flex rates until then, had i fixed back then I would be coming to an end in March - where prices will be much higher. Now I am fixing and delaying the start, to see how the cap does go on August 26. E on also offer no exit fees which helps but I am glad I followed that advice. Maybe I am fortunate but I knew by waiting till October I will always be paying more and have been taking precautions as a result since then

 

MattMattMattUK

Northern_Wanderer said:

Are the solar chargers any good these days? Any recommendations?

Potable solar kit is usually low power and expensive.

A back of an envelope calculation of the 100w panels on Amazon show that even at high future prices of £0.65 per kWh it would take eight years of full British sunshine at optimal usage with no charge/discharge losses and using 100% of generated power to recover the cost of the panel. On standard use estimate (guess) you might recover your initial outlay in 20+ years.

Evan3020

My calculations show 2 years maybe.
A 100w panel mounted at the correct angle would make around 103kwh a year.
My 4kwp makes 4150 kwh a year.
103 kwh a year @ 65p (your figure) is around £67 a year.