Pocster

Like a girl I knew

I never let SWMBO see any posts - for my own safety!!

You’re like me . Ask the question then use Google to answer your own question. That’s the sign of an expert self builder for sure .

Cornwall is a Number One

Ann summers have a good range of tools at discount prices for some of you lady boys

Whatever you want . Beggars can’t be choosers

But ! You are now a Dewalt man ! . So you must honour the sanctum of the black n gold . There are multiple tasks you must perform before you are encapsulated in the clan

Not kneel 😉

Now bow before me …

You need some 💪💪💪💪💪💪

Makita = fisher price

It’s ace ! If you get too trigger happy you can jam a screw in there ( get the depth gauge at the head end right ) . Now you need to buy all the other black n gold dream machines !

I have added to my system since . Doubled pv , added SE battery . Ufh of uvc and ASHP . We are ( as you can imagine ) very well insulated. I personally find the house too warm even in winter - SWMBO begs to differ . In essence I’d be happy with zero heating all year round - that would save a few more quid 😁

Then we all wait for the next big thing and actually do nothing . The number of times I’ve been told my EV is no good as we will “ soon all have hydrogen fuelled cars “ - which clearly it isn’t possible to produce hydrogen in the quantity required . Even if a home hydrogen battery ( or whatever ) technology came out tomorrow; so what ?

Yes . And yes

Indeed there is that 10% loss factor . Of course you could minimise that by having a dc battery .

Price variation . Yes . The variation could be large ! - I don’t know . Equally in winter it may be possible to export excess presumably at a significantly higher rate . I don’t know . What I do know is my bill is zero and I ‘earn’ approx £1000 a year - based on past rates / pv etc etc . Your consumption figures are low . Therefore any pv / battery is pointless for you unless you just want to earn a green badge . But your figures are not typical . As I posted before my current ROI is around 6/7 years . I can’t see electricity getting significantly cheaper at any point in the near term future ( personal opinion ) . Battery costs have dropped a bit whilst installer costs have risen significantly. My original install in 2020 of 4kw pv , Tesla pw , inverter etc and install was under 12k ( from memory ) . A similar setup today would be a fair chunk more . So whilst I don’t consider myself a particularly early adopter - a cost saving at getting in at that point must be factored in .

No Unless you are aware of future tariffs ! cost me ? How in winter ? . Worst case charge off peak and self consume

The problem with the excess pv into water is ; it is the most efficient route ; but how much hot water do you need in summer ? . My general view is stored electric I.e battery allows for *any* use .

@DazRave You need to decide your “ reasoning “ as you’ll get multiple views . I personally think of all this like a car . If I want flash , fast then I’ll buy what I want and ROI is meaningless. If I want efficient , low cost then I’d choose a different car . Are you simply trying to lower bills ? Do you want your annual lecky bill to be zero ? ; would you like to ‘earn’ from excess PV etc ? People fixate on ROI - which is fine if that’s the ONLY thing that matters . Even then what’s a ‘good’ ROi ? 5 yrs ? , 10yrs ? ; compare it to a savings account . Your reasoning for having pv/battery determines what’s important to you and (expletive deleted) everyone else 😎

You said “ export nothing and overstore “ ; please explain .

Eh ? . I export loads and don’t over store . What you on ?

Yes . Any (expletive deleted)ing where you can

When I’ve fecked this up and missed a noggin I just metal strap across it for support .