the new gel filled electric heaters are more efficient
Yeah they are all virtually 100% efficient, a cheap fan heater does the same job and heat etc Timers and thermostats are all you need to save energy, they now have a window open mode that shuts it down if it’s running flat out or cuts it down.The thermal output per KW should be identical across any electrical heater. It's a stupidly simple process of heating up a wire by passing current through it.
The only benefits of oil or gel filled radiators is that they retain some heat longer when not having current passed through them. But the downside is they take longer to heat up.
The net result is that the actual thermal output should be identical (barring any other electrical consumption, such as having a WiFi enabled heater for example). It's only marketing speil that tries to sell them as more efficient or economical.
... All to my understanding at least, but happy to be corrected
Half the country literally can’t afford that I don’t think it will ever get that badSo they are now predicting average energy cost of £6000p/a.
Jeeeeeeeezus
Sadly solar is pretty useless for a good part of the yearOnly way to escape is create your own!
It’s not perfect but a good start.Sadly solar is pretty useless for a good part of the year
That’s why you get a battery so you can force charge on cheap rate.Sadly solar is pretty useless for a good part of the year
The hot tub is an absolute killer , just turned ours off until next spring.We cut usage too
6/4 to date 3573kWh, vs 6016kWh last year. Approx 40% reduction.
Lots of LED bulbs, careful whats left on, turned hot tub off!
Quite a few do, iv seen quite a few new builds around Bristol all with panels (look like 3-4Kw systems) and even ev chargers on the garage.I’ve never understood why new build properties haven’t had to have solar power installed by law. The additional costs would really be peanuts compared to the initial selling price (and stamp duty) and presumably if this had been done over the last 25 or so years as a country we would now have been in such a better position to withstand power shortages.
This is one of those areas you have to legislate, like insulation levels, or most house builders will won’t change what already works.good idea. probably needs customers to demand it from their house builders. legislation runs too slow.
Thinking about this even if I can only get 5.8kw at 7.5p would be better then full price? Wonder what the octopus go tariff day price will be from oct?That’s why you get a battery so you can force charge on cheap rate.
Octopus overnight rate is 7.5p per KWH.
I usage atm averages around 7-10 KWh per day at max and I have a 11.2 kw battery installed alongside my panels.
On another topic I found this on Reddit
You have done well to get 37p the cap will go far above that from what they are predicting.At 40p that sounds like its 50% over the price cap rate which is currently about 27p, would be interested to see what Ocotber price is like as with a battery if you have gas/oil/wood heating it may not matter too much what the day rate is if you barely touch it.
Sadly my heating is electric so luckily managed to get a fix at 37p per KWh until July next year as I barely touch it at the moment so any amount I would pay extra up until October will more than pay itself if the price goes up to predicted amount in October, lots of calls for it to be fixed at the current amount for another 6 months though so will have to wait and see, there is zero fee on my fixed so can get out of it easily.
Thats a bit pants. They also have a product called Agile that varies the price through the day depending on demand on the grid, not sure if they are still selling that.
They deffo have agile for export as I’m on that but not sure about import.Thats a bit pants. They also have a product called Agile that varies the price through the day depending on demand on the grid, not sure if they are still selling that.
Not sure but I’m gonna tie myself in now as my current contract ending very soon.Thinking about this even if I can only get 5.8kw at 7.5p would be better then full price? Wonder what the octopus go tariff day price will be from oct?
Yes, sadly missed out on fixing at the current price cap for a year, they had pulled the deal by the time I hear about it.You have done well to get 37p the cap will go far above that from what they are predicting.
Looks like octopus agile is still goingYes, sadly missed out on fixing at the current price cap for a year, they had pulled the deal by the time I hear about it.
Also with that Agile plan I remember reading about it a while ago as people were setting raspberry Pi's to get the Agile data and control their inverters to charge up batteries when the rate was very cheaper.