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Originally Posted by livi
Excellent, Stijn. I can imagine its tempting to go check that meter several times a day just to see how you are doing energy wise.
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Actually, it's addictive..
The meter started off at 5.1 when the dude installed it this morning.
right now, it's at 4.9
while i've been on my computer all morning.
But truth be told, it's pretty much amateur stuff at the moment, the sun ain't out, sure my computer electricity was free, but i haven't done any cooking, no washing machine, no appliances that really use power have been on this morning..
And so far in 4 hours, the panels produced not even a full Kwh...
(price of 1 kwh =24.4064 Euro cents.. that's right, cents, not even full euro's)
So essentially in winter time the whole PV setup is barely enough to cover the dormant use of my low powered electronical appliances.
So in winter my meter will still keep register usage.. albeit at a slightly lower rate.
But in summer time, the meter will be going backwards at about 1 revolution of the disk, per 3 secs.. (1 kwh = 370 revolutions), so summer time will make up for the dark months in no time.
I calculated that i should have enough PV panels to cover my usage in an average Belgian year, including water heating all year round for 1 person, 1 decent shower a day, meaning i don't have to give up any comfort , at all.