SteamyTea

Is it liquid cooled?

Probably all of the above. All those 'challenger' suppliers had crap business plans, just Del Boy market traders. I suspect that Octopus are hoping to get huge grants from the government to keep the lights on. That is probably the best way to reduce the price, no mucking about with tax rebate, grants, price capping. Just agree on a price i.e. 30p kWh for electric and 10p for gas. 30p a day for standing charge. Then the government can top up the difference.

Thought that had changed. Would prefer diesel, but there are no small diesel engines in scrap cars. I don't think a 1.4 Lt XUD is suitable for a 3 kW generator. Bit overkill.

Really sad thing is that we could have sorted mist of this out. 30 (expletive deleted)ing years ago https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct39z8?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

With the original FiTs, all income was tax free. That may not be the case if you sell to Octopus. I would wait to see if Octopus buys Bulb. Lots of debt to recover.

Probably how I got away with using only 1 kWh yesterday. Think last week was about 18 for the week, but may have been 28. Looked at my bill and noticed that my standing charge is 57p a day. That would buy 3 kWh of gasoline. Could probably get 2 kWh of electricity and thermal out of that (seen a small honda bike with a water cooled 125 cc engine). Seems off grid at 40p/kWh would be viable.

I got some plywood shelves the other day, going to make them into plywood shelves.

Much of it depends on how much DHW is used. I use about 30 lt a day, other may use 200 lt.

If the ground mounted array is over 9 m2 you need planning permision.

Think that is dry mass. And i is kWh

When I was doing my post grad, I got accused of scaremongering about blackout.

If plants convert 0.5% of the suns power into useful fuel, and I doubt in the UK they are that good. A square meter will give you about 50 kWh.m-2.y-1. Probably only get half of that with timber combustion technology. So 25 kWh. So maybe a days worth of thermal energy. A 200 W (about 1m2) module at 15° will knock out 5 kWh for the whole of December.

Usually hidden behind pampas grass.

So will small time landlords. When the electricity bill is the same as the rent, don't thinkk the rent will be paid.

Does your system 'island', or are you still reliant on the 50p a day grid connection?

Makes me want to use even less. And buy a thicker jacket.

Probably from here https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1018725/efus-Household-Energy-Consumption-Affordability.pdf

It is from a report by Cornwall Insight. They do seem to be being qute extreme with this one. https://www.cornwall-insight.com/price-cap-to-remain-significantly-above-3000-a-year-until-at-least-2024/

The usual way to measure a PV installation is to divide the output over a time period by the installed capacity i.e. 950 kWh/kWp. Suppose you could do something similar with the nominal inverter capacity.

We will once fitted 3.5 Wp of modules to a 3 kW SMA inverter. The instantaneous display showed over 3 kW every now and again. The cooling fan was at full chat. If under sizing the inverter, fit it where it can draw in lots of air, so not a loft or cupboard.

Can I call you 273.15? Or do you prefer 283.15

Just the name would put me off.

Probably fridges.

For similar reasons that higher education sells degrees that do not improve employment prospects or earnings. The market demands them, so they are sold.

Really should be called parasitic load. Base load makes it sound acceptable. 80 W us almost 2 kWh a day.