MW? Are you sure of your units?

Oops, thanks for spotting that. What I read doesn’t always store in RAM without corruption so fixed it! 😳

For anyone interested in UK generation: https://grid.iamkate.com/

The UK is currently producing around 40GW (* fixed) and apparently there’s 70GW (* fixed) in data connection load pending approval. Yet we can’t even meet the 40GW (* fixed) load the UK already has.

So we really need to focus on putting solar and batteries in every house before we throw money at more wind/solar farms. That’ll free up a bunch of power, but more importantly, most homes will be shielded from the cost because they’ll produce there own.

Until it doesn’t… the government seems to be putting in regulations where the grid control your battery allowing them to dump your battery to the grid anytime they need it and charge you for recharging it later. 🤦‍♂️

You couldn’t make it up!

• Damn fixed MW to GW… memory of a sieve!

I’ll give you one coin to see those ankles.

I might not have nice ankles but even I know to hold out for at least 2 freddo bars, delivered! 😎

I’m very much against a society where a person feels their only option is to sell their body for money, video or irl

I mean, that applies to most jobs though. Why should anyone feel they need to work hours on end just to live and make some rich guy, richer! 😎

So if I thought I could make a living off showing someone my junk I’d wouldn’t say no. But I guess thats easy to say when you have a horrible body that no-one would pay to see, lol! 😳

But then I think that about everything… if you’re doing it on your own freewill rather than coercion who cares what anyone does with their own life!

Shouldn’t be that difficult I’ve yet to hear any politician giving real answers to questions. All you get is misdirection or nonanswers. Come up with real solutions to real problems… except they wont because they most involve taxing the thieves!

And then they wonder why Farage gets so much attention, he does usually answer questions and regardless of it being the truth or not, I’d guess most people are tired of listening to nonanswers!

does the system wait for electricity to flow in before it flows out?

Basically, yes!

If you unplug the micro inverter, it’ll cut the power within milliseconds of it detecting no electric signal. AC alternates around 50hz in the UK which the inverter detects and starts generating. Once it losses the hz signal it stops.

I really question the ROI on this sort of thing

Depends if you do it right.

In the UK, you can buy 2 ~400w for about 140, then £100 for the micro inverter. I have 4 295w panels mounted on a flat, raised frame on the side of a shed and they cut my bill from £150 down to around £70 last month. So yes, they can pay for themselves pretty quickly.

And once they’re paid for, it’s all free electric! And we’re now seeing batteries with plugin style so you can store the electric to run white goods, saving even more, etc.

Also, unless you get a solar tracker, “optimally aligned” isn’t really possible. The sun moves inclination every day depending on where you live. Here in summer you’d want a more horizontal position, in winter a more vertical position which is why solar fencing is actually becoming a thing because they generate more in winter.