Recent content by DaveNN

Honeywell Homes ( Resideo) is by far the very very best on the market. It's also ruddy expensive. I've had mine for about 15yrs... just change the batteries in your HR90s every year or so...

A good move to go for opentherm...providing your stat(s) is opentherm ...

Any idea when octopus launch their latest HP?

There is something going on but all I can do is switch off both the controller and inverter and see what happens. We have a few fridges and freezers, I'd say they pull 300watt or so.

That's about it, yep....less really as I'm averaging 8ppkwhr over a month. It's shown on my bill as this tiny but nigh on constant pull off the grid. Let's be candid, it's buttons.

It's pulling 11wh . At this moment I'm generating 3kw, nothing imported nor exported. 2.65kw into the batteries, the rest into the house.

Got mine set up, totally fine now. Except that I'm pulling this ...even though I'm on battery only. It's buttons, of course, more an interest than an issue.

That's my battery home storage being topped up to 70%...it's the tiny amounts during the day when I'm on battery which is strange.

If only the ruddy thing worked ( for me, anyway)

I've kind of given up relying on the data supplied from the laggy logger. Yes, though, I see the same as you. I don't have a SEG tariff, so use what it can. I find that the smart meter remote display gives me all the instant info I need. Otherwise, I walk 10ft and look at the inverter display...

Would anyone actually buy a new Tesla ? I ask that as the PDI on my ,albeit Co car..so I didn't care, was awful.

With the wallbox scheduled charge failing, with the car at only 20% (I've now binned the app etc) only 1kwhr of pv being generated , I was resigned to pay 30ppkwhr for the car charging. I replug in an IO have given me 7.05ppkwhr until 4am tomorrow. Yay.

Fridges, freezers etc will fire up the compressors occasionally. Do you have external lights?

Mine is a cheap as chips sofar system but for what it's worth If I haven't enough pv it'll pull from the batteries ( I get a bit from the grid if an iron calls for heat, that'll be due to the inverter getting a bit excited). I will put the washer- or whatever on etc when the batteries are...

If AC, I'd suggest not. With DC, the numbers will depend on 4mm v 6mm etc. However, I ran my 4mm up and down the trusses and down the outside wall ( in two runs of 20mm conduit) into my comms cupboard. I'd say a run of under 50ft. You can, of course, expect some losses but the solar is...