Two metres. Two Standing Charges.

macman

It's not Eon's responsibility either. As already suggested, if you can take a spur off the house lighting and run it over to the livery stable then you can subsequently have the 3 phase supply and metering removed. But all the work needed on the downstream side from the meters is for you to arrange with your own contractor first. I don't understand why they didn't query this when you commissioned the rewiring.

ZZaffy

Oops sorry.  Not 3 phase at all.  A non-electrician said it was. My electrician said it wasn't.  So I presume this changes things.  Understand if you give up with this post but my excuse is "I know nothing."

markin

Is the roof suitable for solar, a small 2kwh system would cover all your use and cover the standing charge.

Change it to a domestic tariff if you can.

ZZaffy

markin said:

Is the roof suitable for solar, a small 2kwh system would cover all your use and cover the standing charge.

I am investigating solar panels. Plenty of room on stable roof and room to put battery.  Just been given a quoted for 5.525 kw.
Is that excessive?

ZZaffy

markin said:

Change it to a domestic tariff if you can.

Will try to but have got nowhere so far when talking to BES and EON.

markin

Better to invest on a house system where you can self consume most of the power rather than selling it.

2kwh would more than cover the 800hwh giving you a £0 bill,  are all the lights converted to led?

Battery's are a 12-15 year break even vs solar at 6-9 years.

matt_drummer

markin said:

Is the roof suitable for solar, a small 2kwh system would cover all your use and cover the standing charge.

Change it to a domestic tariff if you can.

As they only use lighting at the livery I would assume that they need lights particularly when the sun is not shining so a battery would be required?

matt_drummer

Surely the easiest solution is to connect the livery to the house and then have the livery supply disconnected?

markin

matt_drummer said:

markin said:

Is the roof suitable for solar, a small 2kwh system would cover all your use and cover the standing charge.

Change it to a domestic tariff if you can.

As they only use lighting at the livery I would assume that they need lights particularly when the sun is not shining so a battery would be required?

Theg grid is a far cheaper battery, 2.5 kwh - 3 kwh per night is not really worth the 16 year payback of a battary, could be half that use with leds and timers, is it needed all night? If it had been 3 phase I would have said fill the roof with solar and make it an income., but probably still no batteries.

For solar quotes and more info you want to post over in the green forum  https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/green-ethical-moneysaving

matt_drummer

markin said:

matt_drummer said:

markin said:

Is the roof suitable for solar, a small 2kwh system would cover all your use and cover the standing charge.

Change it to a domestic tariff if you can.

As they only use lighting at the livery I would assume that they need lights particularly when the sun is not shining so a battery would be required?

Theg grid is a far cheaper battery, 2.5 kwh - 3 kwh per night is not really worth the 16 year payback of a battary, could be half that use with leds and timers, is it needed all night? If it had been 3 phase I would have said fill the roof with solar and make it an income., but probably still no batteries.

For solar quotes and more info you want to post over in the green forum  https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/green-ethical-moneysaving

Yes, I agree completely. 

I was in no way advocating fitting solar panels and batteries to power lighting in the livery, I was just pointing out that solar alone probably wouldn't do the job as it is lighting that is probably required, at least sometimes, when it is dark.

The OP doesn't want to pay two standing charges, the only way to solve the issue is to remove one of the supplies.