Nowty Towers Vs UK Grid Storage

[nowty]

Probably a PB for low off peak rate leccy here at Nowty Towers, less than one third of a penny.



On the 9th Jan, looks like I over ran over a half hour cheapslot by only seconds.
My Mum’s Octopus says, “Gotcha !”.


But I’m having the last laugh when I look at the export income.

[Stinsy]

Your inverter really does react very quickly indeed!

[Moxi]

I think Nowty runs the inverter with a minimal constant export or something to remove any lag in the system - sorry struggling with the right terms as I have my head in a corrosion problem at the minute.

I'm thinking of doing something like that in the summer when I have an excess of solar PV as when I run the induction hob the inverter is pretty rubbish at responding.

Moxi

[Stinsy]

My induction hob doesn't play nicely with the inverter either, particularly on a low heat setting it applies lots of very short bursts, causing me to constantly be importing a bit, exporting a bit. It is less of a drama now we get paid 15p for the export.

My boiling water tap is similar...

[nowty]

Yep with paid export at 15p / kWh I now run the Sunny Island with a constant 1kW export during peak times even in winter. But sometimes the GSHP (water source) starting up lets in a mWh or two. Yes that is a small “m”.

On the other hand, the A2A heat pumps play very nice and have very soft startups.