Legionella bacteria is commonly found in water . The bacteria multiply where temperatures are between 20-45°C and nutrients are available. The bacteria are dormant below 20°C and do not survive above 60°C
October was good for Solar with 444kWhp generated. We exported 318kWh mostly at peak rate and imported 550kWh mostly at off peak rate (529). We used 525kWh including 156kWh for the ASHP and 81 for the EV.
So the net cost was £25 for 525kWh of electric, a saving of £116 compared with buying at 26.85p/kWh. The winter will see the usage double at least because of heating. I have built up credit from exports over the summer so I don’t envisage increasing the direct debit.
Octoplus is now available but can’t imagine any free sessions over the winter.
Thinking about it 700w seems far too high as that’s about the average for our everhot range oven (around 14kWh a day, which I therefore call the world’s most expensive radiator). I need to check my source again!
Ah, and I don’t put into standby as I think it takes too long to come back on song afterwards
Because I now know what the house (and car charging) is using every day I am a bit over obsessed with it. We aren’t really using any more now than a year ago (imports are lower with the solar) but I can see it every day, whereas before I saw it once every three months
I am guesstimating a bit but the house consumption is more or less covered by generation with the cars being the vast majority of imports
We don’t have a cheap overnight rate. Need to get the farmhouse onto a smart meter (need to book that now) and then see what business deals (farmhouse) there are available. Filling the battery overnight with cheap leccy would help a fair bit