Farm energy in changed times

ohh

Is this a thing, I’d never heard this before

Plus the tax implication then v the 400 allowed on domestic resale

€400 per person so €800 for a couple

Correct, I forgot both names must be on tbe account

Maybe a mod should split out the solar stuff at this stage, it is related but also a discussion all by itself.

Pinergy may be worth looking at with your plan, they have the highest feed in rate and lowest night rate but highest day rate. I was looking at the option for myself but think my storage may be a little low for the winter offset. You'd get paid 25c for export and pay 6c night rate with current prices. You could even buy and sell grid power if you've surplus storage in summer months.

Also be aware of your max import and export you may need to upgrade MIC and NC6 for the extra capacity.

Well, you won't exceed it unless you upgrade the inverter anyway. I'd be more concerned about the MIC if you've a lot of batteries to charge in a short low cost time window along with heating loads especially if you were to throw in an EV or 2 to charge.

Do grand, I guess that covers it as well as anyhing.

Maximum Import Capacity, standard house is only 12KVA but a 16KVA could be required for a house with heat pumps or a lot of battery storage.

my 10Kw battery can charge at about 6KW it will certainly charge in a 3 hour window.
If you have 2 seperate units with their own chargers you could be hitting 12kw, or even if it is just one charger for the 20KW add in an EV or anytype of heating devices used in the same 3 hour window could be an issue. (you can limit the charge rate, but that will limit how much you could charge in a small window.)

You may already be on a 16KVA connection depending on what was requested on the original hookup, ESB recommend it even for a welder.

my tiny hydro will take a back seat while I set up these batteries, solar and mini split heat first.

Dish washer and tumble dryer here have WiFi, I haven't looked too hard at them, but probably could use Home Assistant to schedule them according to solar forecast. Have already been doing it with the immersion and thermal solar panels.

Having said that, it has proven useful for hot water controls, it's probably not as much benefit with the other appliances. New tumble dryer only draws 500W in eco mode, and dish washer not much more. The eco modes suit solar as a long low draw run, rather than quick high draw loads. The old washing machine however is nearly as bad as the immersion drawing close to 2KW when heating.

When i was shopping for same i was told you can buy ones with hot & cold supply.

The issue with the hot supply is that it has to be temp regulated as in if your supply is 60 degree & you want a 40 degree wash then you it takes energy & water supply to reduce the temp down.

Dont know how true that us plus they were more expensive anyway.

TIme the washing machine here to suit the solar for most of the year.

Put in a 6.5kw system with 5kw battery last year & can't fault it...pretty much off grid from April to mid Sept last year

Just curious how do ppl paint sheds when they have solar panels on them?