Kiwi Phil
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Anybody put in either;
1. a Solar Power System on their home (that will feed back in to the grid when you are not using what is being produced).
2. a Hot Water Heat Pump
Those are questions #1, so anyone any advice or comments??
I had a salesman in today, and i thought he said I would need a Solar Power System to generate 4 kw (he is getting a proper quote together).
I re-looked at the account I gave him to work off, and it says I am using just over over 37 kWh per day at $0.17130c total-ling $7.36 per day.
Problem is, the account tells me I am using kWh (? kilowatt hours) and the salesman is talking in Kilowatts, and I'm buggarxd if I can equate one to the other!!
So, question #2..... Can anyone work it out? Is he right with his 4kw system. I don't want too small a system, but neither do I want to bigger one.
As a side issue, I did a stupid thing.
A Pump threw a bearing or something, (12 months back) so I changed it over with a spare I had in the shed.
On investigation today, the broken one used .55kw and the spare uses 1.1kw, and has been doing so for a long time.
When they put in 3 phase for me 12 months back, they couldn't keep the hot water on the real cheap night tariff, and combine that with the new coldroom running 4-6hrs a week....well the cost has gone up a lot.
Gonna make some changes around here!!
Suppose I should point out, the power bill came in yesterday, I saw it and got a bit excited, and wife tells me its been like that for the past 12 months!!! BM!!
Cheers
Phillip
1. a Solar Power System on their home (that will feed back in to the grid when you are not using what is being produced).
2. a Hot Water Heat Pump
Those are questions #1, so anyone any advice or comments??
I had a salesman in today, and i thought he said I would need a Solar Power System to generate 4 kw (he is getting a proper quote together).
I re-looked at the account I gave him to work off, and it says I am using just over over 37 kWh per day at $0.17130c total-ling $7.36 per day.
Problem is, the account tells me I am using kWh (? kilowatt hours) and the salesman is talking in Kilowatts, and I'm buggarxd if I can equate one to the other!!
So, question #2..... Can anyone work it out? Is he right with his 4kw system. I don't want too small a system, but neither do I want to bigger one.
As a side issue, I did a stupid thing.
A Pump threw a bearing or something, (12 months back) so I changed it over with a spare I had in the shed.
On investigation today, the broken one used .55kw and the spare uses 1.1kw, and has been doing so for a long time.
When they put in 3 phase for me 12 months back, they couldn't keep the hot water on the real cheap night tariff, and combine that with the new coldroom running 4-6hrs a week....well the cost has gone up a lot.
Gonna make some changes around here!!
Suppose I should point out, the power bill came in yesterday, I saw it and got a bit excited, and wife tells me its been like that for the past 12 months!!! BM!!
Cheers
Phillip