Energy saving in the home

[duck-strom]

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StromGeeza

Similar to your last tip, a bloke I worked with many moons ago used to disappear into the toilets on the way to clock out at the end of his shift.

He was never in there long enough to do owt, when we quizzed him about it he told us he'd been doing that every day since he started work at 16. He went in with his empty sandwich bag and came out with a new toilet roll in it after the bogs had been replenished for the next shift.

He reckoned he'd been instructed to do so by his old man who had been doing it at his work for years. Must have saved them loads of money, thieving gits.

[2112]

Hope they've got enough key meters to cover all those that can't afford their bills ...

I was talking to one of the Directors of SSE on Wednesday at Solar & Storage live at the NEC. He has heard that there are over 2,000,000 Siemens key meters available in the UK to various meter operators... It might not cover everyone, but it'll be close.

[mr_diver]

I found the best tip to keep your electricity bill low is have your mate from Western Power connect you straight in to the mains... not meter, no problem 

If you don't have a friendly Western Power (now National Grid) employee in your back pocket you could always ask the local weed grower to bypas the meter for you.

[Robotstar5]

It's a good job I'm (mostly) honest because as a qualified sparky it wouldn't take me long to bypass the meter.
I put "mostly" in brackets due to a psychometric test I did years ago where it classed me as "cynical and willing to bend the rules" 

[2112]

I did a course years ago at Northern Electric (now Powergrid) on how to fiddle meters so you could spot them a mile away.

[Rusty Nuts]

I worked at a mill once, putting a machine in. I walked into the plumber's workshop and saw a gas meter sitting on a bench, connected to the airline, happily running backwards.

[Joe Rocket]

Thérèse Coffey announced she favoured reusing cups to help the environment......... 

(BBC breakfast tv this morning)

[Upt North]

 

[Rixington43]

Well it may not save money any time soon but it'll trickle charge the bike nicely over winter.

[Mark Shelley]

Keep your head and feet warm. Sitting here now with room at 15.5 degrees with my EDZ mohair socks and a wool hat. Feeling toasty. Having a shower earlier was a tad chilly but that is temporary. Weirdly, I am looking forward to seeing what temp I can no longer tolerate and succumb to firing up the heating. I try to think back to when I would go night fishing as a youth when snow was on the ground. Now that WAS cold!

[2112]

Nice tidy install there Rix'  Is it an East - West set up ? Mines that orientation (with a tiny bit of South) and works really well. Sadly, we're heading into the not so good period for solar but wait until April/May next year and you'll see a huge difference. Get used to 6 months free leccy every year 

[Rixington43]

It's 55 degrees front, 235 degrees rear so slightly afternoon biased which I think is preferable. Battery pending which will obviously make all the difference.
My annual consumption is only 1800kWh so I'm hoping more like 9 months for me. Solar diverter going in next to run the immersion heater on any excess. Not sure that will pay for itself given the current disparity in prices but it's more sustainable and isolates me from future prices which is the main aim.

[2112]

Nice one  I had a Solis solar diverter to start with (which is basic but perfectly functional & reliable) but now have a Eddi (by MyEnergi) which is very good. Anything is better than nothing and heating water is a fantastic use of 'surplus' solar. There are so many batteries on the market at the moment but a good place to browse is Naked Solar (https://nakedsolar.co.uk/storage/) with some indicative prices too.

Pics of my East & West array's (GSE inset mounting system with LG 300w all black monocrystalline panels)

[Rixington43]

Mine's an Enphase micro inverter system with 400W panels, battery booked in, should be an alpha B3+. Only 5kWh but should be more than enough for my usage. Eddi is the plan here as well, seems to work well with battery storage, you're on Zappi chargers as well then I guess.

[2112]

Yes, Zappi charger & Harvi data management module. We have a 2.2kW EV charger in the garage for slow overnight charging.

[Asmith61]

Interesting I have been thinking if we should look in to getting solar panels but have to say know nothing about it 

I see you both have been talking about East - West   I believe we have a East - West Gable end   I will Add a couple of pics

[2112]

You'll be able to squeeze some solar on there