Recent content by ewan.costar

agreed. and when in doubt, i'd rather not do it. without being an expert at all, i can see how you would need to do your maths for different times of the year. in the end.... probably you are breaking even at best (pv diverters do cost a few hundred £ plus installation). this has been my line...

yes, it doesn't seem too practical to me. i don't really want to be keeping an eye on anything on a constant fashion. i just want to have the hot water ready whenever i need it. having to change shower times or when i heat the water depending on the day seems too cumbersome for the average user.

Hi, I've got both a solar pv and an ashp system. The solar system also has 2 batteries and it's configured to fill the batteries first and then export to the grid when they are full. I don't think it matters, but the pump is an LG Therma V R32 monobloc. From what I understand (I'm not an...