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WILL (I'll throw my mother under a bus to win) is my predicted winner.

tonight will be fun 🙂

Take care good freind, our thoughts are with you. SteveN

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I was not suggesting you stop ALL updates, just the one causing your issue! Have a read here, this is what I intended. https://www.itechtics.com/hide-update-install-windows-10/ SteveN

So it appears that the 'stubborn' update was causing the problem. Can you remember which one it was? From memory, not sure how/where, but you can select individual updates and flag them to be ignored/not installed. Anyone else jump in here?? SteveN

Just a thought, but as this started after a windows 10 update, can you not just remove the update?? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-uninstall-a-windows-update-c77b8f9b-e4dc-4e9f-a803-fdec12e59fb0 SteveN

I wish, Currently paying £250 + £66 / month for G + E. and that IS with the solar panels factored in!

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Unless you 'tick' the Republican box, the ballot paper is deemed 'spoilt' !!!!

I was on my way back to work after being at a good friends funeral! 😞 A **** day all round really!

My 2d. Truss has done the same as Boris, promised those that vote for her what they want. So to those in the Tory party, promises of tax cuts. As for the consequences, pass.

What size solar/battery have you installed?

Thanks, I didn't know that detail, also you missed 3-mile Island However, If trapped steam/Hydrogen can cause the top to blow off the containment vessel then a nuclear weapon could do the same. All you want is for a nuclear equipped country with a madman at the top. You can't control a madman (or woman). Yes, sorry I am playing devils advocate a bit, but at the moment I would put nothing past Putin.

My understanding is that the Solar installation side was killed off to a large extent when the feed in tariff was cut, probably about 6-8years ago. When the FIT was introduced a typical 4kw system cost £20k+ so only a few could afford it. They were rewarded with a FIT of approx 45p/kw generated + ??p/kw exported on a 25year fixed contract, by 2018 this was reduced to 4.41p generated + 5.99p exported (my actual rates). The FIT system was canned in 2019. So when the prices dropped to a point where the general public could afford to buy, the rates dropped off a cliff.

The problem with Fukushima was they put the emergency generators/pumps below ground. So when the Tsunami overwhelmed the defenses they were stuffed!! My fear with nuclear is the potential for escalation, if one went bang! in a big way how far would the blast wave extend? then the fallout? As was pointed out to me earlier. The UK processes nuclear waste from around the word into new usable fuel. But this can only be done a finite amount of times until there is high level waste which has to be dealt with by encasing in glass, which is in turn put into vessels and these vessels are stored in water ponds above ground at Sellafield!!! Why in ponds above ground? because not one regional council will allow underground storage in their area.

Thanks for the link👍 "EV batteries are either repurposed or recycled at the end of their lives. Retired EV batteries can be reused for storing energy in places such as factories, shopping centres or even homes, helping reduce the pollution caused by disposing of electric car batteries at the end of their life." Something I read elsewhere was that most domestic battery systems use 'used' car batteries, and they quote a charge cycle of 3000 over 10 years. Now this would be on top of anything that has happened during it's life in the car!! Personally I think EV's (& the original batteries) will last longer than 8 - 10 years. Like petrol or diesel powered cars the level of maintenance and 'care' will have a big impact of a vehicles life. here's a question: can an EV's charge/discharge history be retrieved from the car's memory?? like mileage, can it be 'forged' ?

"the batteries are supposed to work 'for the life of the car'" Where did you get this from? can you post a link? I am NOT aware of any car manufacturer who guarantees the engines in their car for the life of the car. I am also NOT aware of any EV manufacturer who guarantees the batteries for the life of the car. Your perception of a vehicles life is not necessarily the same as the manufacturers! FYI I drive a 17 year old diesel car, which has the original engine and also owes me nothing. Does need a new set of tyres tho 😞

Yes it will reduce the life of the batteries in years/miles, I accept that. But if I can save say £1500/yr of my now predicted £5000 energy bill and plan to trade in the car after say 3 years, that's a saving of £4500. Will the car depreciate by an extra £4500? It's a tradeoff. Also need to factor in that I don't have to purchase the batteries/charger for the home, circa £10,000 at current prices for about 7Kw of batteries.

Lithium is the current 'favored' technology, used in Tesla Power-walls etc with a charge cycle of approx 3000 I don't know factually but I think cars have a similar charge cycle life as Tesla use the same batteries in the power wall as their cars!

Kia are one of the few that have embraced this very technology, as it requires the car to have a specific charge/discharge equipment. A little reading here https://www.homechargingstations.com/ev-bi-directional-charging/ How can they void the warranty, if they install the required technology? It's like fitting the wheels and voiding the warranty if you drive forwards!!??

Our rise is estimated to be: Current £2750 after Oct 1st: £5090, Ohh Duck (85% increase) here https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/what-are-the-price-cap-unit-rates-/#tool

As above, with the capacity you have in the car you could be almost 100% off-grid, especially if you shop at Lidl/Aldi 🙂

if you are buying an electric car, you will probably be getting one with a battery capacity of 45Kw or higher. Typically solar batteries are itro £1200 for a 2.4Kw batt'. Now you can't take your solar batteries to Lidl/Aldi and plug that in a charger for free like you can your car!!!

Just one comment on this, if you are considering an Electric car then you can use the batteries in the car to power the house, Just need a suitable charger. As for the rest CM, I'm in exactly the same position as you, but only for 4 years so our FIT is lower 😞