Solar panels without batteries

[Thorfun]

On 08/04/2024 at 08:18, Nickfromwales said:

Does anyone have any links to the statistics on domestic battery fires? AFAIK there's more chance of the tumble drier going up in flames than a 'solar' battery  

this would indeed be very interesting to know

[SteamyTea]

8 minutes ago, Thorfun said:

would indeed be very interesting to know

Probably worth looking here.

 

[Thorfun]

1 hour ago, SteamyTea said:

Probably worth looking here.

 

Doesn’t split in to type of primary fire though. But on the positive side the number of domestic primary fires have decreased by 20% over the last 10 years while we can presume the number of batteries installed has increased over that period. 

[SteamyTea]

1 hour ago, Thorfun said:

Doesn’t split in to type of primary fire though

I have seen primary reasons somewhere, so you may need to hunt around a bit.

1 hour ago, Thorfun said:

number of domestic primary fires have decreased by 20% over the last 10 years

Some of that can be attributed to lower smoking rates and fire resistant furniture (was in the 1980's that the legislation came in, so most of that furniture is now discarded).

[Catford Bags]

On 06/04/2024 at 14:19, Russell griffiths said:

4.9 kw panels on the roof, how and when will I use any power generated ?
we both work from home. 
Highly insulated icf house, very airtight. 
ASHP UFH. Everywhere 
This is coming from my complete panic of having battery storage in the attached garage. 
I believe it’s something serious that building regs are looking into due to the increased number of fires caused by batteries, not necessarily solar batteries, but battery fires in general. 

I might be over panicking, but if I can run my house fairly efficiently then I would rather forget battery storage. 

yours mr over panicking from Cirencester. 

You may find this interesting - https://chargeworks.co.uk/are-home-batteries-worth-it/

[MikeSharp01]

25 minutes ago, Catford Bags said:

Cirencester

Nice place to panic in!

 

[Nickfromwales]

On 09/04/2024 at 16:57, Thorfun said:

this would indeed be very interesting to know

Would also be wonderful to know how many of those were caused by installer error / poor workmanship. 

[Thorfun]

1 hour ago, Nickfromwales said:

Would also be wonderful to know how many of those were caused by installer error / poor workmanship. 

Like anyone would admit that!