ᐅ Air-to-Water Heat Pump: Current Consumption and Data

Alessandro schrieb:

then I’m all for kicking Zaba out of the thread for distorting the competition :p

I decided not to provide an update. @Bookstar asked for it, he didn’t want it any other way.
But joking aside. We are definitely keeping an eye on electricity consumption. I fight for every dishwasher and washing machine load my wife wants to run while drawing power from the grid without solar panels.

It’s a give and take, though—I don’t interfere when she decides to buy two large raised garden beds from biohort. That way, everyone gets what they want 🙂

Zaba12 schrieb:

I decided not to give an update. @Bookstar asked, and he preferred it that way.
But joking aside, we are already monitoring our electricity usage. I’m battling to limit every dishwasher and washing machine load my wife wants to run while drawing power from the grid without solar panels.

It’s a give-and-take situation, though—I don’t interfere when she wants to buy two big raised garden beds from Biohort. That way, everyone gets what they want. 🙂

But is it really a carefree life if I have to think about when I’m allowed to do laundry and when not? I mean, I run the dishwasher because the dishes are dirty, not because the sun is shining.
That’s exactly why people build their own home—to be somewhat free, without subtenants, noise inside the house, or dirty, worn-down stairwells.
I respect your efforts to save energy, but it does sound a bit unusual.

seat88 schrieb:

But is it really a carefree life if I have to think about when I’m allowed to do laundry and when not? I mean, I run the dishwasher because the dishes are dirty, not because the sun is shining. That’s exactly why people build a house — to be somewhat free, without roommates, noise in the house, or dirty, worn hallways. I respect your saving measures, but it does sound a bit strange.

Well, I don’t know. As long as he’s not patrolling the house with a stun gun, it could actually help to raise awareness and teach others, like children, early on that not everything is endlessly available.

No, both are wrong. I know that feeling. You get increasingly caught up in it, and it’s fun. It’s like with my electric car. I don’t care at all whether I charge at home or for free at Aldi. Still, I drive all the way to Aldi on low battery and get as excited as a little kid when the charging station is free. People are hunters and gatherers. Such behavior can’t be explained by reason 😀

seat88 schrieb:

But is it really a carefree life if I have to think about when I’m allowed to run the laundry and when not? I mean, I run the dishwasher because the dishes are dirty, not because the sun is shining.
That’s exactly why people build their own home—to have some freedom, without roommates, noise in the house, or dirty common areas.
I respect your savings efforts, but it does sound a bit odd.

What’s the difference with home automation, photovoltaic system, battery storage, and Wi-Fi dishwasher and Wi-Fi washing machine? Here, the BMS (building management system) decides; because our appliances can’t do this, we control it manually.
You just have to make use of the opportunities you get; otherwise, you won’t achieve a reasonable level of self-sufficiency. If your wife deliberately turns on the oven only after dark to bake a cake for the next day, then you wonder why it wasn’t baked when the sun was shining. It’s the same with the washing machine and dishwasher.

I can understand that; it’s the same at our home.
At noon, the energy goes into the grid for 10 cents, and in the evening, the washing machine and dishwasher drain the battery.
By now, I’ve more or less given up.