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  • MeteredOut
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    edited 29 October at 1:41PM

    Does the battery life reduction apply to SOH? Can you quote the sources? Over what period of time was that 20% degradation, and how much use per day? Testing of any degradation should be fairly easy, so I'd assume those that are claiming such figures have done so.

  • Bigphil1474
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    OP, might be worth getting a battery installed, charging it up overnight on the cheap rate, then using it through the day for the house. The average house uses about 7kwh a day so anything around that size would help. I don't know enough about it, but a buddy of mine reckons he has gone from an electric bill of £250 a month to minus £80 a month with solar panels, battery storage, 2 EV's, and selling back to the grid when he can.

  • QrizB
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    Probably worth noting that the OP hasn't returned to this thread. They might not even be reading it, just a "rant and run".

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