Electricity (6 Viewers)

[pete]

That energypal site has a battery sizing thing that’ll tell you the optimal capacity based on your own usage patterns. Make sure you’re not missing out on grant/rebate action that won’t be available if you add another battery later.

 

[magicbastarder]

from what i understand, the main cost with adding later is VAT - they can install without VAT as part of the panel install, but subsequent installs incur VAT.
plenty of time yet to change the scope of the install (an engineer has to come out to confirm the exact number of panels and optimisers and cable runs) and that can change what we shook hands on today.

i don't think an extra battery is a bad idea - but we only use 10 units a day at the moment, so 2 batteries would actually match our daily usage.

we're not on a smart meter plan - i held off till we decided if we were going with solar - so i don't have a file i can upload to that energypal site.

 

[ernesto]

from what i understand, the main cost with adding later is VAT - they can install without VAT as part of the panel install, but subsequent installs incur VAT.
plenty of time yet to change the scope of the install (an engineer has to come out to confirm the exact number of panels and optimisers and cable runs) and that can change what we shook hands on today.

i don't think an extra battery is a bad idea - but we only use 10 units a day at the moment, so 2 batteries would actually match our daily usage.

we're not on a smart meter plan - i held off till we decided if we were going with solar - so i don't have a file i can upload to that energypal site.

If there's more than two of you in the house and/or you have an EV and/or you have a heat pump/ elec heat.
And can afford a 10kw battery, go for it.

If it's just two of you and none of the above apply, a 5kwh will mostly
Cancel out your imported electricity charges

Also, nice one. It's great looking at your bills and seeing your account credit increase every month (until
November!)

 

[magicbastarder]

We're planning on getting an EV but I was thinking that'd essentially be the second battery?

 

[magicbastarder]

we're not on a smart meter plan - i held off till we decided if we were going with solar - so i don't have a file i can upload to that energypal site.

my dad reckons that if i contact eirgrid or ESB networks or whatever they're called, they'll release the detailed smart meter info to me, but i can't see that - they've no relationship with me so would not release info like that.

 

[pete]

my dad reckons that if i contact eirgrid or ESB networks or whatever they're called, they'll release the detailed smart meter info to me, but i can't see that - they've no relationship with me so would not release info like that.

go here - Loading...

sign up and register your MPRN

 

[magicbastarder]

cheers; got in, but the downloads page is just showing CSV options. i'll have a hunt...

edit: i just copped the CSV file *is* the HDF file.

 

[magicbastarder]

I wish I'd signed up for solar earlier. On boards, there are comments that they'll be talking about this may in hushed tones in years to come.

 

[ernesto]

I wish I'd signed up for solar earlier. On boards, there are comments that they'll be talking about this may in hushed tones in years to come.

Yeah it's nuts. We're only half way through the month and we've already exported €87~
At this rate we'll have Novembers bill covered by June.
So even if no government winter levy grants we still Might break even by march

 

[pete]

global warming fuckin rules, man

 

[magicbastarder]

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[magicbastarder]

solar panels due to be installed this week, and i'm starting to get worried about seagull shit; one of our neighbours doesn't have a bin service so they throw their leftovers out for the seagulls, so we occasionally get loads of seagulls around. and apparently seagull shit is not goood for solar panels.
it was really after we got the greenhouse that we realised how much seagull shit there is; though i should have copped based on finding it on the car occasionally.

 

[Reets]

Can you get one of those fake hawk looking things to attach to the side of your chimney? You might seem like the crazy neighbour, but less bird shit.

Seagulls are the bane of my existence now, and every day there’s 3-5 new piles of crap on my car. It destroys the paint so I’m now a frequent customer at the carwash.

 

[magicbastarder]

We'll have to talk to the neighbours. Bad timing at the moment though, they're the ones dealing with the father having been featured on that RTE doc about nursing homes.

 

[dudley]

Can you get one of those fake hawk looking things to attach to the side of your chimney? You might seem like the crazy neighbour, but less bird shit.

I vote blunderbus

 

[pete]

I vote blunderbus

Should at least try talking to them first.

 

[magicbastarder]

looks like we picked the wrong day to get solar panels installed.
they got the inverter, battery and car charger installed though.

 

[Anthony]

Pretty good today though.

 

[Anthony]

In general our bills have been higher this year than last year. I put it down to the Induction hob. But then we haven't bought any gas since it went in. It's so difficult to put a figure on these things.

 

[magicbastarder]

induction hobs are much more efficient than gas, but the issue is the 'fuel' is more expensive. i have a vague memory that the running costs are reasonably similar.