{"id":24232,"date":"2026-01-27T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/01\/27\/did-solar-panels-and-batteries-save-us-money-on-our-december-energy-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:48:00","slug":"did-solar-panels-and-batteries-save-us-money-on-our-december-energy-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/01\/27\/did-solar-panels-and-batteries-save-us-money-on-our-december-energy-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Did solar panels and batteries save us money on our December energy bill?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PStChTdgRa0?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Regular viewers will know that we\u2019ve been living with electric radiators in our \u2018new\u2019 house. These are very expensive to run. I had two choices: replace them and get a heat pump, or get solar panels and batteries. I chose the latter. Was that right?<\/p>\n<p>I run through the figures from December 2025 and see how much we spent and saved.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50\ufe0f Join this channel to get access to perks: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCA5ITWgwaUsdwcFEEnh2WTw\/join\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCA5ITWgwaUsdwcFEEnh2WTw\/join<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2615\ufe0f Or if you&#8217;d like to just buy me a coffee (or my wife a gin and tonic): <a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/misterev\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/misterev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please use my referral links:<\/p>\n<p>\u2600\ufe0f Heatable solar installations: \u00a3150 off \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/misterev.co.uk\/solar\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/misterev.co.uk\/solar<\/a> (or quote MISTEREV150)<br \/>\ud83d\udd0b Heatable battery installations: \u00a375 off \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/misterev.co.uk\/battery\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/misterev.co.uk\/battery<\/a> (or quote MISTEREV75)<br \/>\ud83d\udc19 Octopus Energy: \u00a350 off \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/misterev.co.uk\/octopus\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/misterev.co.uk\/octopus<\/a><br \/>\u26a1\ufe0f Octopus Electroverse: \u00a35 credit \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/misterev.co.uk\/electroverse\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/misterev.co.uk\/electroverse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf9 Filmed using DJI Osmo Pocket 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40bhP35,\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/40bhP35,<\/a> iPhone 16 Pro: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4aJpOJV\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4aJpOJV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>00:00 &#8211; Intro<br \/>02:29 &#8211; December&#8217;s costs<br \/>06:11 &#8211; Electric radiators<br \/>09:32 &#8211; AlphaESS data<br \/>13:52 &#8211; EV charging cost<br \/>17:57 &#8211; Freezing batteries<br \/>18:53 &#8211; Am I happy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular viewers will know that we\u2019ve been living with electric radiators in our \u2018new\u2019 house. These are very expensive to run. I had two choices: replace them and get a heat pump, or get solar panels and batteries. I chose the latter. Was that right? I run through the figures from December 2025 and see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":24233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1147,790],"tags":[1133,786],"class_list":["post-24232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electric-car","category-evs","tag-electric-car","tag-evs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}