Mike,

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:44:08 +0100, Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:

> Some people have "night storage" heating to take advantage of the cheaper off-peak rates, 

Yes, my house has one night storage heater, which is probably why Economy 7 was installed by the previous owners.  When I did use it, the heater 
didn't do much more than stop the window above it freezing over, so it's been switched off for several years.  But I heat water with an immersion 
heater, which operates on off-peak juice, and the tank stays hot enough through the day.  Over the last quarter my peak : off peak usage has been 
about 2.1 : 1 - it would be nice if it was the other way round, the bill would have been 25% lower.

> but I was just wondering if off-peak charging of batteries and using an inverter during peak hours would be viable?  Initial costs would be pretty 
high I guess.

They are!  :-)  I've been trying to get a scheme like this going for some time (with a bit of solar to help out), but the charger/inverter seems to have 
arrived with a fault (from Taiwan, so I can't just post it back) and I'm swapping emails/photos/videos with them, trying to sort out the problem.  I'll let 
you know how it goes!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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