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Home Backup
How To Calculate kWh Usage for Your Home
Can you imagine life without electricity?
From keeping our homes warm (or cool) to cooking and keeping our food fresh to watching TV…
Modern life runs on kilowatts.
Do you know how much electricity your home consumes...
Solar Energy
What Is a Solar Carport and How Does It Work?
Have you ever seen a solar carport and wondered what its purpose is and how it functions?
If so, you’re in the right place.
Solar carports can help you get the most out of a solar...
Featured
What Do Volts, Amps, and Watts Mean? Electricity 101
Electricity terms often get confused: volts, amps, watts, and ohms.
What do they all mean?
Understanding the difference between them (and how they’re related) can help you better understand how your electrical devices work and make...
Blackouts
How to take advantage of Octopus Energy’s Power-Up programme with EcoFlow power stations
To avoid wasting a surplus of renewable energy, Octopus Energy and NPUK have developed a programme offering customers FREE energy when solar and wind energy sources are flush.
The programme, known as Power-ups, offers customers...
Solar Energy
How to Convert Volts to Watts
Once you get into the basics of how electricity functions, it won’t be long until you need to understand volts and watts.
If you want to learn more about electricity besides just how to plug...
Solar Energy
What Size Solar Battery Do I Need in the UK?
Several factors need to be considered to determine the right size for a solar battery in the UK, including your household's energy consumption patterns, the power output of your solar panels, and your specific...
Solar Energy
AC vs DC Current: What’s the Difference?
The terms used to measure the electricity that powers modern homes and businesses can be confusing and a bit overwhelming.
Watts, volts, amps…
What do they measure and why?
Understanding the difference between these terms can be...
Off-Grid Power
What Are the Ideal Components of a 5kW Solar System?
Are you considering a switch to solar and need 5kW of AC (household) electricity output to run your appliances and HVAC systems simultaneously?
One of your first big decisions is whether an on-grid or off-grid...
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