Yeah I figured if it's going to cost me some of my hard earned money either way... I may as well get a cool new toy to go along with the savings. If a heat pump dryer is anything like my heat pump water heater... in heat pump only mode it only uses 400 watts... just takes forever to heat the...
If I could pick between different electric companies to get the best deal as with any other goods or service.. then complaints would be kept to a lower level.. but to have a rate change done in a way that is nearly out of my control to offset and a change that has the ability to triple my bill...
I agree but from what I'm seeing from my research is that the $3.75 is just the starting point for a utility company... that price can be increased a lot easier than the actual usage (per KWh) rate without involving state regulators.
Correct it is across the board at this point.. they had a Coop 101 meeting for members when they announced this so I went for info. I brought up that very complaint in regards to how they suggest people can help reduce their bills.. I brought up how my heat pump water heater can actually have a...
I would love to go fully off grid... the winter would be tough but it could be done. Just keep the grid as a backup battery charger until the system is pefected...
I've got a 40 Jinko 410w panel with 2 Solaredge SE10000H-US grid tie inverters. I have been pleased with the system so far as it has overproduced for the year as far as KWhs and kept me paying the minimum fee of $31 for 9 months out of the year. Winter my heat pump just eats the power...
I have a tall south facing ground mount angled at 11 degrees... would it gain me enough to justify building some support bars to help with wind resilience if I tilted the panels to say 26 degrees.. 26 is what the calculators say is a good year round angle for me.
45 degrees is optimal winter angle... the rack won't tilt that far as the pivot slots in the supports only allow up to about 30 degrees. We do get snow but very little. Maybe 3 times a year
I am researching new air source heat pumps as well as ground source heat pumps.. also adding 2" of insulation to the exterior of the house while residing it... the plan to attack my high demand comes after the house is performing at its best. The hope is to never need the heating strips.. even...
I had never even thought about what my demand was until I got a notice from the utility company..lol.. my house is a 3200 square foot ranch with a walkout basement.. yes my Auxiliary heat when it gets too cold is 15kw of heating strips.. they have ran for only 2 days this winter so far but...
Emporia does a good job tracking 15 minute peak demand.. I wish I could utilize their app for battery discharge peak shaving... but you must use their battery... I do plan to get their EV charger as I really enjoy their vue monitor/app
Just one 5 ton heat pump that is showing its age... I would really like to go with a ground source heat pump next..
I live in a rural area so I have an electrical cooperative.
The lower consumption tariff does look good on paper... but when they hit you with power cost adjustments each month that are typically over 2 cents per... you start to realize that the lower tariff is mainly to look good to customers of other power companies comparing one company to the next.
I totally agree about the heat pump... my peak 15 demand on that unit is 4.21kw so far in February.. it's running right now at about 4kw with defrost at about 2.5kw and it's 21*F here now... the main reason I would give the ground source a look is I have my own digging equipment to install the...