What do you do with your spare electric?

[chaser]

Well,had an 100 w solar for years, and two 100w hab batteries and another 100w starter battery.
The panel kept these up ok but with putting in a compressor fridge I thought I would up the solar to another 100w , but find by 10 o clock in a morning on sunny days we are all full up and the solar cuts out when the fridge stops, now from then till sundown I have about 7 amps of power not used, seems a waste to me, has anyone utilised this power for something else or have we all got loads of electric just going to waste?

 

[Jim]

All that leccy left over.. That's shocking.

 

[PebblesJnr]

Sell it to the national grid??? We got lots going spare too

 

[Otter Spotter]

Well,had an 100 w solar for years, and two 100w hab batteries and another 100w starter battery.
The panel kept these up ok but with putting in a compressor fridge I thought I would up the solar to another 100w , but find by 10 o clock in a morning on sunny days we are all full up and the solar cuts out when the fridge stops, now from then till sundown I have about 7 amps of power not used, seems a waste to me, has anyone utilised this power for something else or have we all got loads of electric just going to waste?

Cant you feed into a battery block ?

 

[Jim]

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[chaser]

It's a pity we can't use it for water heating, but I can't find anything that would work.

 

[jumar]

Well,had an 100 w solar for years, and two 100w hab batteries and another 100w starter battery.
The panel kept these up ok but with putting in a compressor fridge I thought I would up the solar to another 100w , but find by 10 o clock in a morning on sunny days we are all full up and the solar cuts out when the fridge stops, now from then till sundown I have about 7 amps of power not used, seems a waste to me, has anyone utilised this power for something else or have we all got loads of electric just going to waste?

Put it in a bucket with a lid on... I'll be around later to collect it.... nobody can ever have too much free electric.....

 

[Phill D]

Just googled 12v water heater and came up with a German 12v 100w and 200w heater for caravans on flea bay.
Have not read full spec but

 

[Jim]

You could waste it by turning yourself into a shock absorber

 

[chaser]

You could waste it by turning yourself into a shock absorber

I thought it was a serious question really, look at all the motorhomes that are standing doing nothing all day, and the price of gas and mains going through the roof shame we can't find a way of getting it together.

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[pagey]

You could waste it by turning yourself into a shock absorber

Been there done that it stings

 

[bobnick]

I think we got £43 for our surplus from the panels on the roof.

 

[chaser]

I think we got £43 for our surplus from the panels on the roof.

Free electric as well?

 

[bobnick]

Free electric as well?

Don't know how it works as Mrs Bob sorts all this stuff out. She told we got £43 from the leccy off the panels.?

 

[Northernraider]

I cut the grass or hoover or just run my immersion heater for an hour or two

But then ive 1100watts of solar and 700ah of batteries

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[Phill D]

Don't know how it works as Mrs Bob sorts all this stuff out. She told we got £43 from the leccy off the panels.?

Is that on the home roof or motorhome

 

[chaser]

I was looking at one of them jackory things but even that is just going to get full then we are back to square one.

 

[Raul]

Chaser, hot water it’s the easiest option to use surplus electricity. We turn on the water heater when on float. Sometimes we heat water in the evening to , as will be lots of power next day. If you don’t have a inverter, you can get 12v heating elements.

 

[Tea Bag]

You could waste it by turning yourself into a shock absorber

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[Figaro]

I agree it does seem a shame not to harvest the surplus solar and put it to a good use, but I suppose it's too small to do that much useful with.
Maybe we could install 12 volt lighting circuits in our bricks and mortar housing ?
But then the real consumption and cost is from kettles, ovens, tumble driers, fan heaters etc and your surplus solar isn't going to power those without substantial investment in panels batteries and inverters.

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[chaser]

I cut the grass or hoover or just run my immersion heater for an hour or two

But then ive 1100watts of solar and 700ah of batteries

That's more like the answer I was looking for.

 

[chaser]

Chaser, hot water it’s the easiest option to use surplus electricity. We turn on the water heater when on float. Sometimes we heat water in the evening to , as will be lots of power next day. If you don’t have a inverter, you can get 12v heating elements.

What have you got mate, I have looked at quite a few but they all seem to take more than I have available.

 

[Northernraider]

That's more like the answer I was looking for.

Don't do it everyday like but ive cut the grass this morning gutted the motorhome, hoovered , polished even gave the merc a hoover out , had a long shower of the immersion heater all ran off the mh inverter ....and my battery bank is currently like this

 

[CazPaul]

It’s a good question, we just make sure everything is fully charged and her hair dryer has been used etc.

 

[chaser]

That's brilliant, but most folks don't have that much, we are sort of in the middle, more than we need but not enough to go the whole hog.

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[PP Bear]

Flog the last solar panel and you’ll be full up by dinner time instead.

Then buy beer with the cash, but don’t tell the Mrs

 

[PP Bear]

Or look at these Neon signs, that’ll help use up the power

 

[Raul]

What have you got mate, I have looked at quite a few but they all seem to take more than I have available.

Propex electric and gas heater, element is 780w. Multiplus inv, 800w solar, and 400ah Li. In your situation I would look for 12v elements.

 

[twerly]

My wife uses the Van as her home office, we charge our laptops, mobile phones, tooth brushes, lawn mower batteries and elec bike battery - have 200A Lithium and 2000W invertor and good solar so saving some money on our home leccy cost!. Battery has not gone below 50% during the summer. Winter will be different though!!

 

[Northernraider]

Propex electric and gas heater, element is 780w. Multiplus inv, 800w solar, and 400ah Li. In your situation I would look for 12v elements.

Is this the heater you have? I eas6 looking at these for Vario build

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