3 phase domestic supply

[John-SJW]

I watched this vid on Youtube. Interesting. They have 3 phase supplies. Does anyone know the cost of upgrading from a single to a 3 phase domestic supply?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI7wxNtrorQ&lc=UgyPTN2d89tBByfm4Dx4AaABAg.9CrcYe7x50b9CsC6DnPJKw

 

[John-SJW]

What a pointless video.

That car couldn't carry a tenth of what I usually carry.

But the Tesla does do what he wants it to do.

 

[UNG]

But the Tesla does do what he wants it to do.

No it doesn't a small box of tools and a boiler what about the rest of the tools and materials needed to fit the boiler
If he wants to look like a nob then it fits the bill perfectly

 

[mattg4321]

You can’t seriously operate as a tradesman out of a car imo.

Not unless your tools are kept on site. If you’re on multiple jobs per week it’s not even remotely realistic.

 

[Davethefish]

i went from using a small van for 15 years direct, to using a car as a van when i went subbie instead.
much nicer to drive long distances...
for 15 years i hauled around everything including the kitchen sink and never used half of it.

admittedly a domestic plumber/ spark jobbing around a small area, needs to carry every tool and a wide selection of parts.
but as a commercial installer your jobs are booked in.... you know what tools you're going to need/load up for the day, and can have the parts delivered to site.
at a push you can always hire large items for the rare times you need them unexpectedly.

but a tesla....

would have been no good for me in my day... having covered up to 2000 miles in a week occasionally...
southhampton one day, newcastle the next, then flint in wales, then over the norwich....

 

[John-SJW]

You may be all be involved in wiring up these solar roofs. Hopefully soon. Looks good.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQC2HDjkDCk

 

[DPG]

You may be all be involved in wiring up these solar roofs. Hopefully soon. Looks good.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQC2HDjkDCk

The UK really should be building houses with solar panels by now. Cost would be so much less than retro fitting

 

[John-SJW]

The sun shines on all roofs. It is a no-brainer to have solar tiles.

 

[pc1966]

The sun shines on all roofs. It is a no-brainer to have solar tiles.

LOL, try living in Scotland for a while!

 

[JosephandAmber]

I watched this vid on Youtube. Interesting. They have 3 phase supplies. Does anyone know the cost of upgrading from a single to a 3 phase domestic supply?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI7wxNtrorQ&lc=UgyPTN2d89tBByfm4Dx4AaABAg.9CrcYe7x50b9CsC6DnPJKw

In London, I was quoted 12k by UKPN for a straight 10m run from the pavement to our front door. That didn’t include any ground works on our side. Go figure.

 

[John-SJW]

LOL, try living in Scotland for a while!

The long days in Scotland ensure the sun shines for longer when it is stronger. Even on overcast days they still produce electricity.

 

[pc1966]

In London, I was quoted 12k by UKPN for a straight 10m run from the pavement to our front door. That didn’t include any ground works on our side. Go figure.

Not that surprised.

Openreach, based on figures I heard mentioned, charges something like £120/m for putting in fibre on hard (tarmac, etc) surfaces, down to something like £35/m for soft ground. That really adds up!
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Doh! I read that as 100m, so yikes that REALLY adds up!

 

[DPG]

The long days in Scotland ensure the sun shines for longer when it is stronger. Even on overcast days they still produce electricity.

I think he was intending that to be humorous.

 

[John-SJW]

A good video on the new Tesla Powerwall types of batteries. I think we can expect new homes to be built with solar tiles and Powerwall batteries, with EV chargers. Sparks will need to get up to speed with this technology.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdo_DIJJxWA&pp=wgIECgIIAQ%3D%3D

 

[Zerax]

The sun shines on all roofs. It is a no-brainer to have solar tiles.

Yes... agreed... IF you're a multi-millionaire who's hobby is shouting about how 'green' you are.

For everyone else, small scale domestic PV panels/tiles are still uneconomic... it's far far cheaper to buy your electricity from the grid.
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You may be all be involved in wiring up these solar roofs. Hopefully soon. Looks good.

No... we won't.

You'd have to have 2 main things happen first...

1) Small scale domestic PV systems need to be economic... I.e. costs go down, or grid sourced electricity goes up. My best guess is we're maybe 15-20 years away from this.
2) The whole MCS system needs to change to allow it as an economic option for small companies. No sign of this ever happening... it anything it'll just get worse.

Just a word of advise... don't believe everything that Bobby Llewellyn says... he's a fanatic who is highly selective of his facts and deliberately avoids anything that detracts from his personal point of view.

 

[John-SJW]

View: https://youtu.be/jB6jyy0Joq8

I gave this earlier in the thread. Looks very affordable to me. The concrete solar tiles are 50% extra for a roof - that will diminish over time.

Domestic PV systems are dropping like a stone. See the Tony Seba vid I posted, and grid electricity will go up for sure.

People forget that the UK converted the whole of the country from town gas to natural gas in about 10 years. From discovering gas in the North Sea in 1965 to finality. That is the gas pipes to the shore, the receiving stations, the new cross country pipelines, the gas regulating equipment, the decommissioning of the many town gas plants, new meter equipment, all appliances converted to take the new gas. Converting for EVs will be child's play in comparison.

Costs of solar PV has dropped like a stone, and still dropping



I don't need the advice of someone who has viewed anything new as some sort of lies.