Haha indeed. Hopefully the phase lasts for long!
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It does … till it does not … see, a baby girls is just too precious, the boys just sooo much fun.
Then the toddlers … cute
Then teenagers … O. My. WORD!!! Boys THEN are so much easier …
And no cuddles from your precious little girl my man, NONE. All of that goes to the boyfriend/s!
And next moment … she’s married …
Man, how OT is this! But fathers and daughters. I’ve spent many a night sleeping under pink blankets in order to keep the little one out of mommy’s hair. Sure, you wake up feeling stiff and half-rested, but that is SOOO much better than having that death-warmed-over look on the wife’s face.
Haha! But is it really OT? We are discussing hot water here?
Man my shoulder is broken, I swear. And my neck…
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Get a TENS massager. R750 is all worth the shoulder and neck fixes afterward. And much cheaper than solar.
Hot Water INDEED 
Back to my system… this was today’s PV curve with batt power on top:
I am probably losing 3-4kwh due to the 3pm shading, combined with too low inclination, and 15 deg off north. So if I move these panels to the rear roof, And mount them at a more steep inclination I should get quite a bit more out. But I will need about another 25m cable run, with some more losses at the 32A I am drawing from the panels.
Is it not an idea to put a Fronius in?
Enjoying this thread immensely guys, thanks!
So guess what I did last weekend? Went and bought a geyser blanket to help reduce those standing losses. 
I have a 150L horizontal geyser (also with a 2Kw element after TTT’s recommendation) which is outside on my roof. It is isn’t completely exposed being situated in a brick enclosure with a nutec board covering the opening on top. It is also under a 2nd corrugated iron roof that also keeps some of the elements at bay.
So it is heated by PV during the day (11h00 - 13h30) and is still piping out for evening baths. Morning showers however is done with the grid
So it is still a little early to tell, but I believe this blanket has shaved off close to 30 minutes of heating time. Used to take about 2,5 hours and it seems now only 2 hours.
Will keep monitoring to be sure. I don’t have any way of monitoring the temp, which would’ve made it a lot easier. So I have to catch it when it switches off on the VRM portal.
So if this extra 30 minutes will also apply in the mornings with grid usage (can’t see why it shouldn’t) then I will reduce my electricity bill even more.
But thanks again for all contributions on this fascinating topic, especially stratification which I found very interesting!
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My understanding is that the only need for dual elements is to accommodate different voltages…
I’ve seen dual elements with 2 x 1500W elements, both 230V. The idea is that you can use one, or both, or drive them from alternate sources. I think Voltex used to sell one. If you google for it now, you won’t find it. Seems the idea fell out of vogue.
That’s good to know.
@Ironman started this thread last year and it would be good to know if his questions were answered…