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Yes - I also use my solar to heat hot water (on a timer from 8 am to 4 pm). I bought a secondhand 125litre electric storage heater for $50 and changed the heating element to a lower wattage (1.8kW) to spread the load. I also heat a hot tub with solar, this has a timer (8am to 4pm) plus a...

Many thanks for the learned insights. I have done a few calculations (all in Australian Dollars (AUD) which is with about 67% of a USD. My current power bill is about $860, made up of $975 for power (@30c/kWh) plus $365 standing charge, minus $480 credit for exported solar power...

Yes, its hard to justify batteries on economics. However, our government owned power utility have just lowered the buy-back to 2.5c kWh for new installations claiming that they have too much solar generated power between 9am to 4pm and its overloading the grid!!! I suggested they might...

Yes - 280Ah even better! Thats about 13.5kWh.

I live in Perth, Australia where the sun is always shining! I have a rooftop solar system with 6.5kW of panels feeding the house via a 5kW 3phase Fronius inverter. I export surplus power to the grid and get paid 7c/kWh for this, versus 30c/kwh for buying grid power. My mate has recently...

Yes - they are all identical

I have a 16 cell LiFePo4 pack in my electric motorcycle. I recently had a strange issue. After fully charging, I used the bike and ran the battery pack down by at least 50%. However, one cell was still showed fully charged after resting. It would therefore not accept a charge, because that...