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What difference will tank lagging make, I have noted pre-lag kWh, what will be the result a week from now?

Now over a week, so this Sunday last 7 days-1.jpg seems to be the new usage figure. Compared with this 1751789421261.png before the jacket was fitted, the figure also shows what using an immersion heater costs to run, just over £1 per week, using off-peak at 8.5p/kWh and £4 per week at 30p/kWh, or £2 per week at 15p/kWh which is the amount of revenue lost as not exporting solar.

As to the jacked at 15p/kWh, it will take 43 weeks to get my money back. Hardly worth it.
 
Stick a £5 electronic temperature probe into the insulation against the copper. It'll give a reading to 0.1° or so. You can time things.

A meat thermometer at a pinch, but I use one of these. Batteries last a couple of months.

SMaller number is temp.

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We are on deemed export so pays to use the excess for heating DHW
 

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We are on deemed export so pays to use the excess for heating DHW
Oh, I wish I had installed solar panels back then, and I suppose that is what the iboost+ was designed for, before we had batteries and a meter recording how much we export, the figure you show seems rather high 1751817123554.png this was before the extra insulation was added, so 160.96 kWh I suppose either shower or bath used with that hot water?
 

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