Mike Thornton

Semi-Retired Property Investor, Baritone Choral Singer, Tesla/EV fanatic Sustainable Energy Advocate who enjoys Cruising, Road Trips and Travel

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@OctopusEnergy @agile_phil Sounds a great idea for my tenants, but how safe are these? A friend had his house burn down because of his tenant using a ecig charger catching light to his bed. Where can these be kept? My home batteries are safely kept outside on the wall
as designed.

[Kathryn Porter @KathrynPorter26]

@Keir_Starmer thinks he won a huge mandate in 2024

He got a huge Parliamentary majority on a small share of the actual vote

Surely it's time to redraw constituency boundaries so each vote carries equal weight?

This should be an exercise done every 10 years once the census results are in

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@SawyerMerritt https://t.co/h2J6BYauOM

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@InstaVoltUK Install a smart EV charger at home that can connect to smart charging tariffs like Octopus Intelligent GO to pay as little as 7p kWh, or 2-3p per mile.

https://t.co/7W74zuO4Hf

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@TeslaOwnersUK That’s certainly a decent drive. I’ve only made it as far as Gibraltar 😎

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@RSymonsLTD Would it not be cheaper to lease a new one?

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@g__j sorry to moan Greg but its been 2 months trying to solve my complaint. Need a final response. You aren’t billing daytime units for my analogue Eco 7 meter which is working fine. Mgmt is claiming it’s faulty and forcing a smart meter on me isn’t acceptable. Aleezer is aware.

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@LizKershawDJ @Telegraph You are talking complete shite. Where do you get your data from? I’ve been driving EVs for over 8 years now and would never go back. Have you even driven one?

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@TheSolarShed 16kW peak, not 16kWh! Doh

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@TheSolarShed That’s a great target. Do you drive an EV?

We have 16kWh of panels generating 14.4MW a year, 90% of the 16MW we use.

Almost enough to power 2 EVs for 20k miles, our ASHP for heating plus 2 solar diverters for hot water.

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@Rodney_1878 @MartinSLewis Have you considered renting out a room instead? Not for everyone I know but there is still a £7500 rent a room allowance which gives you up to £625 a month tax free.

https://t.co/I8tqu1tSDh

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@Tracy787878 @Rodney_1878 @MartinSLewis True, but I would add that only the mortgage INTEREST has a tax credit of 20%, not the repayment part. Check your mortgage statement for interest part and add 20% of that as a tax credit.

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@TwoBitDaVinci @Boeing Be safe😫 Look forward to seeing you at Everything Electric.

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@QuentinWillson Heathrow Hilton T5, 24 Tesla Superchargers here, very busy site as well with high throughput. Shameful indeed!

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@JordeeBrompton You certainly won’t be very anonymous with that ;-). I prefer mine…🙄

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@GRIDSERVE_HQ Lands End? I drove 866 miles from John O Groats in my M3P in a day in July ‘21 so don’t let the fear of range anxiety hold you back from choosing an EV

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@bobbyllew @shortword We had rain this afternoon, Monday was highest so far. How much PV do you have?

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@EVPuzzle Same clipping issue here - 3.6kW Solis inverter on a 4.44kW peak array. Highest daily output since installed in Jan 2022. We maximised the number of PV panels but install deadline meant we stuck to 3.6kW DNO limit. Great performance as roof is almost perfectly south facing

[Mike Thornton @Eprojem]

@EVPuzzle 81.5kW - best since August. Combination of colder days with lashings of sun. Today is also looking good so hoping for another.