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  1. C

    Building An Underground Water Storage with A Solar Powered Pump to Automatically Water the Plants

    Hi Everyone, I potentially have bitten off more than I can chew here but I've started so I intend to finish but I'm hitting knowledge gaps along the way... The Plan 1. Burry 3x 210 litre barrel's into the ground (below a future patch of clover grass) in a central point in the garden. This is...
  2. eveares

    SMA Sunny Portal - Does it cost anything to use?

    Quick question, for those who have a SMA solar inverter and use the related Sunny Portal to monitor and export the data from your system, does the web portal cost anything to use? I have also heard there is a professional version of the Sunny portal, does that cost anything? Side question: How...
  3. canofcoke

    Solar Panels

    I wanted to find out more information about the possibility of using solar panels in my home in London to reduce energy costs and be more sustainable. I have a garden flat, with a long garden and a garden studio that has a flat roof two areas that solar panels can sit on, one half is about 2.2...
  4. J

    Using solar power to heat an Annexe

    Hello, we live in a barn conversion that has (wet)underfloor heating. In almost all areas it works well but it has always been a lot cooler in our guest annexe than the rest of the barn. We currently have an engineer looking into this issue but I am in “looking ahead” mode. If we are unable to...
  5. C

    Solar panel drop outs

    Hi we recently had solar panels installed and using the monitoring app have noticed regular drop out lasting approx 5 mins each time. The company say it is normal and blame cloud cover. I do not agree as sometimes it has happened when there are no clouds and I do not believe energy production...
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