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Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch
Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch
to use electric immersion heater when the sun shines and save on FIT electricity bills, is this a good idea? and can anyone spot a difference between £190 http://www.chrisrudge.co.uk/immersion.htm and £31 http://www.reuk.co.uk/Water-Heating-...s-Solar-PV.htm ? [george] |
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Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch
"george [dicegeorge]" wrote in message ... Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch to use electric immersion heater when the sun shines and save on FIT electricity bills, is this a good idea? and can anyone spot a difference between £190 http://www.chrisrudge.co.uk/immersion.htm and £31 http://www.reuk.co.uk/Water-Heating-...s-Solar-PV.htm ? The cheap one doesn't monitor the incoming electricity - it just guesses from the sunlight level if your system is generating enough power. Cheap but it does work the immersion at full power. Sounds an interesting idea. The expensive one monitors the power level from the PV array but will only work with an 800W - 1Kw immesrion heater so doesn't heat the water very quickly. Wait six months for a better one to come along :-) -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch
On Apr 13, 5:05*pm, "george [dicegeorge]"
wrote: Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch to use electric immersion heater when the sun shines and save on FIT electricity bills, is this a good idea? and can anyone spot a difference between £190http://www.chrisrudge.co.uk/immersion.htm and £31http://www.reuk.co.uk/Water-Heating-with-Surplus-Solar-PV.htm ? [george] That's far too much money though it's a good idea. I posted about a similar thing myself a week ago-ish. How long would it take you to recover? Probably never would. As per above,wait for the price to come down. Meantime look at the weather forecast & just use an ordinary plug type timer. |
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Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:14:11 +0100, harry wrote:
On Apr 13, 5:05 pm, "george [dicegeorge]" wrote: Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch to use electric immersion heater when the sun shines and save on FIT electricity bills, is this a good idea? and can anyone spot a difference between £190http://www.chrisrudge.co.uk/immersion.htm and £31http://www.reuk.co.uk/Water-Heating-with-Surplus-Solar-PV.htm ? [george] That's far too much money though it's a good idea. I posted about a similar thing myself a week ago-ish. How long would it take you to recover? Probably never would. As per above,wait for the price to come down. Meantime look at the weather forecast & just use an ordinary plug type timer. £30 is "too much" kin ell is your profit margin really that tight? Jim K |
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On 13/04/12 18:14, harry wrote:
On Apr 13, 5:05 pm, "george wrote: Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch to use electric immersion heater when the sun shines and save on FIT electricity bills, is this a good idea? and can anyone spot a difference between £190 http://www.chrisrudge.co.uk/immersion.htm and £31 http://www.reuk.co.uk/Water-Heating-...s-Solar-PV.htm ? [george] That's far too much money though it's a good idea. I posted about a similar thing myself a week ago-ish. How long would it take you to recover? Probably never would. As per above,wait for the price to come down. Meantime look at the weather forecast& just use an ordinary plug type timer. £31, if heating a bath costs 50p then that's 5 years payback, assuming free copper wire! [g] |
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On 13/04/12 18:14, harry wrote:
On Apr 13, 5:05 pm, "george wrote: Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch to use electric immersion heater when the sun shines and save on FIT electricity bills, is this a good idea? and can anyone spot a difference between £190 http://www.chrisrudge.co.uk/immersion.htm and £31 http://www.reuk.co.uk/Water-Heating-...s-Solar-PV.htm ? [george] That's far too much money though it's a good idea. I posted about a similar thing myself a week ago-ish. How long would it take you to recover? Probably never would. As per above,wait for the price to come down. Meantime look at the weather forecast& just use an ordinary plug type timer. The £190 one cant tell if you're exporting or importing electricity, so there's no great advantage of this one over the £31 one, neither can tell if washing machines, kettles, heaters etc are on. More expensive is a 1kw immersion element. [g] |
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On Apr 13, 6:32*pm, "george [dicegeorge]"
wrote: On 13/04/12 18:14, harry wrote: On Apr 13, 5:05 pm, "george wrote: Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch to use electric immersion heater when the sun shines and save on FIT electricity bills, is this a good idea? and can anyone spot a difference between £190http://www.chrisrudge.co.uk/immersion.htm and £31http://www.reuk.co.uk/Water-Heating-with-Surplus-Solar-PV.htm ? [george] That's far too much money though it's a good idea. *I posted about a similar thing myself a week ago-ish. How long would it take you to recover? Probably never would. As per above,wait for the price to come down. Meantime look at the weather forecast& *just use an ordinary plug type timer. £31, if heating a bath costs 50p then that's 5 years payback, assuming free copper wire! [g]- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So you have 62 baths in five years? Hmmm. That's one a month. :-) |
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in 1123646 20120414 065446 harry wrote:
On Apr 13, 6:32=A0pm, "george [dicegeorge]" wrote: On 13/04/12 18:14, harry wrote: On Apr 13, 5:05 pm, "george wrote: Immersion Water Heater Solar PV Relay Switch to use electric immersion heater when the sun shines and save on FIT electricity bills, is this a good idea? and can anyone spot a difference between =A3190http://www.chrisrudge.co.uk/immersion.htm and =A331http://www.reuk.co.uk/Water-Heating-with-Surplus-Solar-PV.htm ? [george] That's far too much money though it's a good idea. =A0I posted about a similar thing myself a week ago-ish. How long would it take you to recover? Probably never would. As per above,wait for the price to come down. Meantime look at the weather forecast& =A0just use an ordinary plug typ= e timer. =A331, if heating a bath costs 50p then that's 5 years payback, assuming free copper wire! [g]- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So you have 62 baths in five years? Hmmm. That's one a month. :-) So what? I haven't had a bath in over 40 years. |
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