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| Joules:
:lol: I can sell you some over unity extension leads that plug into themselves, you only need plug it in once for free power...... 50% of your money back if not totally satisfied.... |
| vtsteam:
Another nice thing about generating your own is when there are power outages. Around my rural area, trees falling on power lines interrupts power 3 to 5 times a year. When I lived on the houseboat, I was at a country marina dock one night in Florida, plugged into shore power, and the power must have stopped. I didn't notice because the automatic transfer switch worked instantly, and was very quiet. I only realized the power was out when I went up on deck. The marina was dark and also the big city glow that normally flooded the horizon at night was gone. My boat was lit up like Christmas tree, and the music was still playing. Nice being the only one left in civilization-- that was the feeling. |
| vtsteam:
I think we're paying about $0.16/kWh and using about 800 kWh/mo. Varies summer to winter. We do have electric hot water which accounts for a lot of that I bet. Solar assisted hot water would make sense for us. We don't have air conditioning. |
| Joules:
Be interesting to hear what other peoples monthly consumption is. We run/ran a max of about 160kW a month during winter and now around 40kW average during summer. We shall see what the tracker contributes this winter. We have a daily standing charge of £0.50 and about £0.28 per kW, the standing charge often more than the power we use. No dual fuel discount as our gas supply was capped years ago, saving us the daily gas standing charge. We are not expecting electricity cost to drop realistically The air con unit we run really needs to be grid powered for longevity of its compressor. Happy to accept that as we make good savings elsewhere. Our way of life is more demanding physically and both heating and power require far more interaction than the average push button household. It quickly became a normal daily chore, no different from our grandparents. Just wait a few years when we look back at this thread, how cheap electricity was 😆 |
| Joules:
I suppose a lot of this stems from being self employed, not having a stable regular income for the last 20+ yrs. We have always valued independence, solid fuel heating, buy fuel through the year, no big surprises during the winter and easy to self maintain. I've been accused of being a pepper without ever knowing it. Well it just seems sensible to have winter provisions and a workshop to fix what needs fixing. Battery storage, how else you going to do stuff when the power is out. Live this style of life, so it's normal in a crisis, you certainly don't have time to be bored. |
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