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How many flags do you have to wash? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

But they're not green

Hmmm... shouldn't "the green cat" driving school be using a Jaguar I-Pace?

I'd say vehicle manufacturer - that is, in effect, the power generator and the part that determines how the power is delivered and any limited protection it provides. The V2L lead is usually little more than a plug and socket, some wire and a resistor.

Might be plucking at straws here, but could it be that when you were in the vehicle the HVAC was turning on and off, and hence using much of the power?

Totally agree and not everyone can/wants to DIY like ourselves and @Barrie. My point though was the seemingly high price of @Ian Key's quote. Even allowing for £2K for scaffolding (which I suspect is not the price solar install companies will pay due to their bulk deals with scaffolding...

OMG! That's a lot. So, 460W panels are about £55 trade each at the moment, mounting rails will come to around 50%-75% of price of panels. A 5kWh battery is sub £1000. You don't mention what size of inverter, but a 6kWh hybrid inverter will be around £1000. So, a large premium for...

That's a step in the right direction and I can see how that could help in some failure situations. But, a bit like having an airbag in cars, it won't protect from every possible failure without connecting the Earth from the vehicle to ground via an earthing rod - which then comes back to my...

I'll chip in again here with some feedback to the recent questions / observations... I agree that more should be done by the suppliers of V2L-capable vehicles to advise users on the dangers and what should or not be allowed to be connected directly - i.e. without having a sparky implement a...

(y) Correct. That would be my preferred way of powering a house from V2L if one already has solar + a low-voltage battery system installed. Search on postings from @wattmatters and @Bricktop X PWR about that for more details as they have successfully done that.

Is that from @MG Clive's cheese emporium? (edited: I'm too slow!)

The question to the next answer is currently existing in multiple states simultaneously in @OriginalBigAl's mind :)

Hmm. Then it would appear you have no knowledge of electrical safety protection systems. Being in France you are fortunate that you are likely to have a TT earthing arrangement which makes earthing of self-generated power easier than in the UK where many houses have a TN-C-S system. But...

Then I'm with @salty and @Susanna... I have no idea what we are supposed to be guessing and what the rules are and what Clive did to win, apart from being a moderator 🤷‍♀️ Then I'm going to guess the answer to @OriginalBigAl next round will be Schrodinger 🐈‍⬛

Isn't that an oxymoron.... or is it a paradox :unsure: