JohnSmith

That’s a lot of wasted green if they don’t play golf.

Water is not cold if it’s liquid!

Clearly you haven’t seen a warm tortoise legging it. They can be surprisingly fast.

Thank you, Ozzy. R.I.P.

To be fair, they have plenty of shit, so much so that they can just let it escape.

Mick Jagger would like to have a word.

I’ll be happy to share learnings in building this where helpful.

I’ve had my setup under a roof like this for ages. In practice there is always enough air movement to carry smoke away.

I forgot to add that I’m with Octopus Energy. Their Octopus Go plan offers great rate overnight and is not too bad during the day at lest in our area. Their free energy sessions have also been in active use: battery charge, EV charge, immersion heater and sauna stove being on simultaneously does put the house electrical system to a test!

My aim is to use as much of the solar energy I produce myself, so I’m not bothered about exporting energy.

Solid advice right here.

I have 13.5 kWh battery storage that I charge overnight with cheap electricity if needed. During winter I could do with more storage.

I control charging of the battery (and EV) automatically based on expected solar production the following day, which I estimate using a forecast model I re-train couple of times per week based on latest data. The model uses Met Office weather model forecast for our area as input. Most days it’s accurate to within 1 kWh.

I have 16 LG panels spread so that they produce almost from sunrise to sunset + 5 kW inverter. This has worked really well. There is plenty of power to run air conditioning in the summer and even charge the EV, but winter months are meh. Sunny summer day: 25-30 kWh, winter 1-5 kWh.

And then you can return to work with reinvigorated resentment. Sorry to hear about your predicament, though.