By @edent · battery gadget maslow moixa review solar · 2 comments · 1,050 words · read ~381 times.
I have upgradeitis. If something newer and shinier comes out, my stupid monkey-brain compels me to buy it. Seven years ago, we installed a solar battery. It was part of an experimental project which looked at creating a community power-grid, so it came at a subsidised price. As I explained to BBC Click, the 2kWh […]
Continue reading →By @edent · electricity maslow moixa NaBloPoMo power solar · 7 comments · 850 words · read ~1,829 times.
A few years ago, I took part in a local trial to install a solar battery in our home. The battery was excellent - and made a reasonable difference for our energy use. Sadly, last year, it died. It was prototype hardware, and these things happen. Moixa offered to replace it with an updated model […]
Continue reading →By @edent · BBC BBC Interview maslow NaBloPoMo solar · 250 words · read ~352 times.
A few weeks ago, I had a delightful chat with the BBC about our solar battery storage. You can watch it on iPlayer starting about 7m 30s in. Community battery technology is here. It is feasible. And it just works. The solar panels on our roof generate more power than we can use - so […]
Continue reading →By @edent · IoT maslow moixa Raspberry Pi ReDeCentralize solar · 15 comments · 1,200 words · read ~10,090 times.
Even in the depths of British winter my solar panels'll still happily convert what little sunlight we get into delicious, free-range, organic electrons. Nice! Most of our domestic energy use is in the evening. So, when I'm out at work I can schedule the tumble dryer, robot vacuum cleaner, and WiFi rice-cooker to consume energy […]
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