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Help choosing a battery
\We're looking to get a solar PV & battery install. We're getting some further quotes for the whole system & have had some useful advice already on a range of quotes. We want to understand the kit a bit better to help our decision making. We're hoping to make a final decision soon & be done with the research! From our…
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Luxpower inverter oddity
I have a luxpower invertor which has a mind of its own switching load between batteries, grid input, and grid out put. I am on an Octopus agile in and fixed outgoing. Once, a year or so ago, the installer changed the luxpower firmware 'to work better' with Octopus.My question is, do I need to get the firmware updated each…
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EV Charger installation - restrictions
I'm looking to have an EV charger fitted onto my garage, which is detached to my terraced house. Although I do not own the car space in front of my garage, where I've parked my car for 7 years, I thought it would be straight forward to have the charger installed. But both Octopus and Ohme require a picture of my car parked…
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Home battery system
Does anyone have any thought on retrofitting a Battery Storage System linked to an existing Solar Panel system in a home. I’ve had a letter from ESE group offering a£1000 grant towards such a system but the advice I’ve had on here is to keep clear of them. Does anyone have an alternative supplier of home storage batteries…
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How Important Home Energy Assessment to Reduce Bills?
Assume
you are operating a vehicle. You wouldn't disregard the fuel gauge, would you?
Like an automobile, our world runs on energy, so it's more crucial than ever to
keep an eye on how we use it. The importance of energy assessment is becoming
more and more clear as 2024 draws near. So, what's the big deal about?
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Dabbling with solar and batteries
Please bear with me I am at the start of my journey. So far I have 4kwh of battery storage provided by 2 Delta max 2kwh units(£600 for both light use tested and still provide over 1.9kwh from full to empty) Both have a 100a solar xt60 connection so can take a decent amount of solar power. At the weekend I picked up four…
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Scottish Power SEG application
Has anyone any tips for applying to SCOTTISH POWER SEG TEAM. I,ve been trying since June to register so I can receive payment for what I have been exporting to them. They sent a guide of 13 pages to simply register and supply my bank account details. The user number and supplier/vendor number they gave is rejected when I…
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Solar panel quote review please
We've recently started looking in to solar panel systems & getting quotes. The more we've looked in to it the more confused we feel. Can anyone offer any advice or a service / person we can speak with for some impartial advice. Our aims were - to offset our energy bills so they are reduced as much as possible (& the money…
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Sunlight Reflection and Glare From Solar Panels
I am posting this on behalf of a friend. A house at the back of her has had solar panels installed and she is getting sunlight reflection from them into her bedroom. Obviously, this isn't pleasant, but she is also concerned that it might shatter mirrors that are in the room. My question is - is this normal? We have solar…
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Luxpowertek monitor
Hi I have just looked at the luxpowertek monitor app with a view to tweaking one of the settings in the maintenance section. It is not something I need to do very often so I always have to think about the procedure. I do know that you have to click the "Read" button to display your current settings. But for some reason…
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Extra solar install, how does export work ?
I have a 4.6 kW solar roof system installed 3 years ago with a 5kW export permit from the Dno. Next week a 5.9 kW solar system is going on my roof with separate inverter, by a mcs installer with a new 5kW dno Permit. It will have a seperate generation meter, I export to Octopus @15p so when my solar is installed ,do I need…
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Banks Ethics? Sustainable?
Hi I been doing lot reading on banks lately To see how ethical or sustainable they are. Trying to find banks that dont contribute towards fossil fuel, Weapons etc Am baffled all these banks have ethical scores of 50 n low Santander, Bank of Scotland, Halifax, Lloyds Bank, NatWest, RBS, Barclays, and HSBC - they have or in…
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Goodwe SolarGo 5.6.0 Faulty
I'm possibly the only person here with a Goodwe inverter as part of my PV system, in which case I'm not going to get an answer. But here goes: Goodwe have an app called SolarGo that runs via your home network. It provides rapid updates about what your inverter is doing and can be used to configure the inverter. As of 23rd…
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Octopus and Solaredge
I saw this linked elsewhere, upcoming support for some fancy tariff supporting Solaredge batteries. https://www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/kraken-solaredge-grid-flexibility/ Note the article calls the tariff "Intelligent Octopus", it's not clear whether they actually mean "Intelligent Octopus Flux" the existing solar/battery…
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Octopus Outgoing and bill delays
So we had our PV system installed in the middle last October and had the export MPAN and the "Outgoing Octopus 12M Fixed" tariff in place for the start of November.Octopus started showing the export payments on the bill starting with Decembers - although I had to get them to issue a separate backdated bill in February to…
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Solar install this week
Hi,My solar install is going ahead this week. What paperwork / documentation will I need from the installer to get registered with my energy supplier (Octopus) for SEG payments?In the meantime, I assume it's just a case of use it, or lose it for any solar generation until registered for SEG payments (may take up to 4-6…
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Battery install - not completed and cant contact the company
In April I added a battery to an existing solar system Install went OK but I want to change tarriff I havent been supplied with the completion paper work and need a Schematic Install diagram and a form completing by the installers They have gone cold - not answering the phone (sales guy has tried to help but is not longer…
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Tesla Announces the PW3
Finally! If there ever was a battery for me, this would likely be it! https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/powerwall/learn/what-expect-powerwall-3#pw-2
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Green & Ethical Investment News and Suggestions
This is a subject that crops up occasionally on multiple threads, so I thought it might be useful to have a thread where we can share both news and also investment ideas that we find. I've noticed that many schemes are as financially attractive as other general investments, so there's no penalty in targeting your monies…
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Octopus Fan Club - Discounted energy from your local wind turbine (when it's spinning!)
https://www.octopusenergygeneration.com/fan-club/ Fascinating concept but sadly incompatible with the smarter Solar tariffs.
