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A friend of mine is using a "Seetec 4.2kw 6kv Chademo to 220-250V AC 50hz single phase inverter", apparently. Not heard anything negative but will ask, it's been a year since he first mentioned it to me. He has a 2nd gen Leaf.

Nice idea, but that definitely wouldn't pass the wife test. @SeaGal Fortunately I don't have any houses on the West or North facing walls..... Note, from the drawings it seems the main roof has 40 degree pitch, and the garage 32 degrees.

Yes, and especially if we get a second EV, then the solar will be there purely to supplement either plain ol' grid supply or a grid/battery hybrid supply. I am under no illusion that I simply don't have the roof space to provide round the clock power, without getting some from the grid...

Thanks, this is good info and I no doubt will reach out to you regarding the fogstar kit! I haven't really looked into inverters too much, yet, and I appreciate the are all-in-one devices that can handle DC<>AC, PV regulation and battery charging. Plenty of research to be done :)

Thanks for the comprehensive reply. Yes I have been working to a very rough figure of winter generation being 10% of peak summer for my location. Of course, this will probably need some proving but I am sure there are ways to calculate this, which I will look into. I am just starting out with PV...

Yes, annoyingly the previous version of this house design had a much more rectangular roof facing South which would have been preferable, maybe! Here is a drawing of my house, to give you all an idea of how (C) may work.

Thanks for your reply, I think it's a bit premature for a build thread, but as soon as I start to form a basis to move forwards on I am happy to document the build and learnings.

Appreciate any opinions, or re-direction if there's a more UK-centric discussion forum.

Hi all, I just joined up on the forum after many months, maybe years, or watching @Will Prowse on YouTube. I have a long history/interest in electronics and engineering, so it's probably about time I modernised the energy supply & storage in our 2019-built house. I'm in the UK, which feels a...