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The pond at the Hamworthy end of Upton park is in a sorry state and the lack of rain has left the last bit of water with so little oxygen that the fish are dying. Some plucky kids and their mums have waded in to save some. Just a few of the dead fish are lined up in the foreground. They were concentrating on saving the live ones so many more still in the muddy water. They tried phoning various agencies without any sensible answers so they felt that something had to be done. What a fantastic effort. I take my hat off to them. 👍 Upton Fish.mp4

I too had mine installed years ago and has the original FIT tariff (50+p per kWh). The smart export guarantee/SEG hardly worth doing as it pays 4-5p per kWh exporting to the grid, bear in mind a 4 kw system will only generate around 20-25 kw in a cloudless day at peak of summer, so unless you cover every single inch of your roof with panels you will never recoup anywhere close to what you paid out. You are better off installing an iboost to use the excess power to heat your water. I recently had 3 x 6.5kw growatt battery installed for 10k. I only had it for about a month, but it's working really well, my past consumption was about 6kw per day with help from the panels, now it's around 1 kw daily. Obviously in the autumn/winter/spring when the panels aren't generating as much electricity the usage will increase, but I'm planning to sign up to an EV tariff after the summer so I can charge the batteries off peak to use during the day. I reckon I can recoup the cost in about 7-8 years.

We have had a smart meter for at least a couple of years, no need to send in meter readings since, one less job. As for the display it has been used to check how much an appliance is using occasionally, particularly when on standby. The most satisfying thing is see it say 0 watts used when boiling a kettle on a sunny day, we have solar panels! FYI over the year the solar panels generate more electricity than we use.

If it's on it's using power. If it's off it's not. How flipping smart am I ?????? 😄

Flatfish Comp 2022 1st Frank Happy Hooker 2lbs 2nd Jerry Loobie 1V 1lbs 14oz Charlie Alfresco 1lbs14oz 3rd J2 and Stuie 1lbs 8oz Top ladies Veronica 14oz Wendy 14oz Well done everyone who got out, stunning weather, let’s hope it stays like it for a few more Competitions!!!!!! Ray Competition 6-7th August