So im toying with the idea of getting a plug in solar kit from http://www.pluginsolar.co.uk/
The instructions seem simple enough, its basically wired into a fused socket (which they provide) on an existing circuit.
Couple of questions:
1. If I can put this onto an existing circuit, can that existing circuit say be in the garage (the garage has its own mcb garage consumer unit via an armoured cable to an mcb fuse on the main consumer unit)
2. What happens if the electricity generated going into the garage exceeds its current usage (currently there are a couple of electric devices), will that extra electricity simply flow back into the main consumer unit and be used by the rest of the household?
3. And if the flow electricity can indeed go from a garage consumer unit back into the main consumer unit, rather than say plug in solar, could I simply go for a solar inverter, housed in the garage, with DC /AC isolators, which then feed into a spare fuse on the garage unit, which in turn feeds back into the house?
I had a stupidly high quotations, and because I work from home each day, I thought having a "cheap" plug n play solution could reduce my daytime electrical usage.
Many thanks
Brian
The instructions seem simple enough, its basically wired into a fused socket (which they provide) on an existing circuit.
Couple of questions:
1. If I can put this onto an existing circuit, can that existing circuit say be in the garage (the garage has its own mcb garage consumer unit via an armoured cable to an mcb fuse on the main consumer unit)
2. What happens if the electricity generated going into the garage exceeds its current usage (currently there are a couple of electric devices), will that extra electricity simply flow back into the main consumer unit and be used by the rest of the household?
3. And if the flow electricity can indeed go from a garage consumer unit back into the main consumer unit, rather than say plug in solar, could I simply go for a solar inverter, housed in the garage, with DC /AC isolators, which then feed into a spare fuse on the garage unit, which in turn feeds back into the house?
I had a stupidly high quotations, and because I work from home each day, I thought having a "cheap" plug n play solution could reduce my daytime electrical usage.
Many thanks
Brian