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<blockquote data-quote="Solargreg" data-source="post: 531935" data-attributes="member: 35421"><p>I’ve been looking at home Solar Pv system for a little while but can’t evaluate how good the return actually is going to be. The higher the rates go now in the UK I think it will help.</p><p></p><p>To explain our (family) consumption is about 8000 kWh mainly because we have an EV and that constitutes a high proportion of our usage, maybe about 40%</p><p></p><p>I’ve been looking at getting a 4-6kWh system plus at least 6kWh battery. Most of our usage is higher on evening time when kids/wife are home and more appliances get used so direct draw will be limited during the day and more reliant on battery. The biggest concern I have is the EV but I think it may be possible to partially charge each day from battery (we only do about 15 miles) or use the Octopus overnight rate for four hours.</p><p></p><p>We do sometimes need a full charge at a weekend for long journeys which can need 9-11 hours depending on current EV charge. </p><p></p><p>Does anyone have experience of a similar scenario and being able to maximise stored battery power? Would it make sense to go for a larger size battery system?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Solargreg, post: 531935, member: 35421"] I’ve been looking at home Solar Pv system for a little while but can’t evaluate how good the return actually is going to be. The higher the rates go now in the UK I think it will help. To explain our (family) consumption is about 8000 kWh mainly because we have an EV and that constitutes a high proportion of our usage, maybe about 40% I’ve been looking at getting a 4-6kWh system plus at least 6kWh battery. Most of our usage is higher on evening time when kids/wife are home and more appliances get used so direct draw will be limited during the day and more reliant on battery. The biggest concern I have is the EV but I think it may be possible to partially charge each day from battery (we only do about 15 miles) or use the Octopus overnight rate for four hours. We do sometimes need a full charge at a weekend for long journeys which can need 9-11 hours depending on current EV charge. Does anyone have experience of a similar scenario and being able to maximise stored battery power? Would it make sense to go for a larger size battery system? [/QUOTE]
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