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Is it worth getting 2 extra solar panels?
Currently we have 16 solar panels and a 5kwh battery. We are on Octopus Agile. We have space for two additional panels. We recommended the installer to friends in village and they are going ahead. I contacted the installer as he is in the village on Monday and he quoted £1000 for supply and install. We have been very…
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Shell migration delay
Is anyone else trying to migrate from Shell Energy to Octopus Energy? I just sent this complaint to them as the takeover was in November and it's now February and I still haven't been migrated across! I understand that Shell Energy is now owned by Octopus Energy from November 2023. I am one of the many customers that is…
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Any Solar only & EV users out there? Octopus questions
Anyone have solar only (no battery) and an EV? Best plan on octopus? my thoughts are: - Agile & agile outgoing over winter (Sept to April) - Flux over summer its pretty close TBH over the summer- but less stormy so less super low/negative, and hardly use any import over the summer (70kw + 100kw EV avg), so import rate…
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One benefit of High Inflation?
Seeing the BoE inflation forecasts yesterday made me think about the impact on the FIT rates paid which are based on December RPI. Last year was around 7% increase but from the forecasts it would seem that we're likely to be looking at 15% or more for RPI by December so next year could be quite a massive jump in the rates…
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Sunsynk hybrid inverters
I'm considering a Sunsynk inverter to go with my solar/battery installation, as they have islanding capability. Has anyone got any experience of them? How easily do they interact with other makes of battery and with Octopus TOU tariffs? They don't appear to be on the Octopus approved list, yet.
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Eon offering £100 goodwill for mis selling battery capacity, fair?
I purchased 12 panels and a 5.2 kwh Givenergy battery from Eon, at the time of the quote I was told that the battery had a usable capacity of 5.2kwh. I have recently had a email from Eon advising that they made a mistake and the battery only actually has 80% of it usable capacity, which they now quote as 4.2kwh They are…
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EV charging map - filter by price
Does anyone know of an EV charging map website that allows you to filter by price? Thanks
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Solar panels + battery
I’ve recently had solar panels fitted, I would like to know if it is working as it should, can anyone give me an idea of what I should expect. I have 6 panels facing south and five facing east with a 5.2kwh battery.
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Panels vs Inverter - how much oversizing makes sense?
Hi, I'm trying to get an idea on sizing, if we give up on anything more sophisticated and just stick to G98 limits. Suggestions from installers range from 4.2kW to 6.8kW, all using a 3.6kW inverter. Are there any tools or rules of thumb to estimate how many hours per year, or what percentage of the time, a given…
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AEG launches panels with 23% efficiency and a 40 year warranty
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/01/26/aeg-launches-23-3-efficient-abc-solar-panel-with-40-year-warranty/ Blimey! Now that's a panel!
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Can a G99 agreement be taken on by a different installer
Hi, Scenario is that one installer started the process with SSEN (our DNO) and reached the stage where our proposed project was approved. Subsequently the deal with that installervis virtually dead due to series of delays caused by their design errors. If I end up ditching them and turning to an alternative installer, does…
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Fishy phone call about my solar
I had a phone call today from a company that claimed to have "taken over monitoring your solar installation". I wasn't aware that there was any company providing monitoring, so that's the first thing that smells.Apparently a fault has been reported by the monitoring, but I cant check it on my Solar Edge dashboard and they…
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Luxpower hybrid adding battery
Hi all, I've just tried adding a 5th pylontech battery to my system, I balanced the batteries overnight, the plugged everything in and turned on, the lux server recognised the 5 batteries but refuses to charge or use them, also the inverter now doesn't seem to see the solar production, has anyone had this problem, I…
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Octopus Flux - please help with my settings
This discussion was created from comments split from: My Solar setup, am I using it efficiently ? Luxpower ACS3.6.
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Solar IBoost+ experience
Last year when we had solar panels installed we also had a Solar IBoost+ fitted to heat one of the two hot water cylinders in our house. (We have a biggish house so have 2 separate hot water cylinders at each end to cut down losses from long pipe runs.) I love the IBoost in principle but in practice there were a few…
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Solar panel location; East & North facing pitched roof Vs South facing Flat roof
Hi, I live in an extended dormer bungalow with unusual shaped roof- limited pitched roof, lots of south facing flat roof. I have been given a quote by GSL for 9 panels on the pitched roof (4 East facing, 5 North facing). They don't recommend panels on the south facing flat roof due to difficulties of mounting them on flat…
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Is a wind turbine suitable for my needs?
Firstly, I own a small field that adjoins my bungalow which is surrounded by other large fields belonging to farmers, so installing a decent free-standing wind turbine shouldn't be a problem. Wind in my fairly exposed location isn't in short supply either. Digging a trench for cables shouldn't be an issue either. I do of…
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Carbon Offset Payments
My son is obtaining quotes to have a solar system installed. He has received a link about getting payments of 10p per kwh for all of the energy that he generates but would have to pay to have a monitor installed. He has not gone as far as finding out the cost of the monitor but is bit wary in case this is a scam. Have any…
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Solar + Battery quote
I'm down the path of finding a reliable Solar PV and Battery installer in my area. I have had a few prices, but there always seems to be a catch somewhere along the line I have a firm quote of £14,700 from a local installer who actually visited, so it's not likely to go up which is my concern with the online quotes I've…
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FIT rate increase 2024?
Any idea how/when this will be calculated. Last 2 years have been 7.5 and 13.4% so hoping for another good one.
