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Still not set up with Octopus Flux
Hi everyone Hoping someone might have advice on this. April 2023 Had solar panels installed by Project Solar UK and advised best to switch to Octopus (was with British Gas), so could get onto thier Octopus Flux tariff for the export of electricity back to grid May 2023 Received all necessary docs from Solar installation…
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0% VAT on Battery Retrofit installs from 2/2024
Great news for PV only system owners who are considering storage options at a later time! Credit is due to policy makers for fixing this/ a several other glaring gaps!
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2nd inverter and solar panels
Hi , I currently have a solar power system consisting of a Growatt SPF 4000 inverter, a 6.5 kW Growatt battery, and 4 kW of solar panels. I'm considering expanding my system by doubling the number of solar panels. My question is whether I can simply add more panels and a secondary inverter, or if it would be more…
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Is anyone using wind to generate electricity - if not why not?
I am curious as I live on the coast and I can stand in my front garden and see hundreds of wind turbines out at sea. I can honestly say it is very rare for there not to be a slight breeze even in the best weather and it's often very windy in the winter. I'm just curious as to why domestic wind turbines are not more popular…
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Tesla launches Powershare - Bi Directional Charging
Early days but very exciting to see Tesla get behind V2H. https://electrek.co/2023/11/30/tesla-releases-powershare-bidirectional-charging-on-cybertruck-only-so-far/
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Which Octopus Tariff During Winter?
Hi We have recently had solar panels and a battery installed and currently on the Octopus Flux Import Tariff. We should be on the Export Tariff shortly as I have finally got an MPAN Export Reference, but of course now there is little chance of any export! Unit rates Electricity: 26.85p per kWh Gas: 6.82p per kWh Standing…
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Solar and battery system – battery nowhere near stated capacity and installer does not want to know
Looking for some advice on what to do here. We had a solar and battery system installed in February: Afore Inverter, 10 panels, 2 x 5.1kWh Pytes 48R100
batteries. There were a number of issues* (I’ll put some of those in post
#2 with a spoiler), but by far the worst is that the battery system holds
nowhere near the…
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What does the BUS involve?
Looking online, I see that you get a grant of up to 7.5K for a heat pump, yet I'm not sure if that's just for a heat pump itself, or also say if it covers any piping, tank or radiator upgrades too? My initial plan was: - Super insulate where possible - To have larger pipes given they're microbore - To replace my radiators…
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Should I charge my battery today?
Solis inverter and 9.6kw Pylon batteries. Our Octopus Tracker tariff for tomorrow is 13.2% higher than today. Is it worth topping up our battery today, or will the loss not be worth it? TIA
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Solis force discharge?
asking for a friend - is there a way to set the solis inverter, to force discharge to grid ie. it is currently paying a good export rate, i want to dump my battery to grid… is this possible? anyone know how if so? there are plenty of solis owners on here i think!
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Going green(er) with a Viessmann 200W (& heating efficiency home improvements)
Following the success of our heating gas saving measures, we've decided to install polypipe underfloor heating on the ground floor of our semi-detached, paired with a new 19kW Viessman 100-W compact heat only boiler. Reasons for going with Viessman boiler are: 1) Ability of the boiler to modulate down to < 3 kW (1:10…
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Lux 3600 ACS Inverter and 4 Greenlynx Batteries Settings for force discharge
Looking for some advise on the best settings for force discharge And was told the batteries could be set the cut off (SOC) to 0 but when it gets down to 15% it starts charging and showing in Yellow as the attached photo.
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Inverter issue - Serious?
Was surprised to see no generation this morning when it was a lovely sunny morning here.Checked my solaredge panel and it's got this error - Is this a big issue? Just waiting for the wife to get home before I contact the solar company.
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Good Energy deal?
Sign up to Solar Savings to earn 15p per kWh for the electricity you export. For the average home that exports 50% of the power it generates, that amounts to £213. That's over £100 more than the same home would get on the best-paying FIT export rate*. I am skeptical of any offer that implies a win-win situation. For some…
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Uhome LFP 2400 Battery
Good Morning, I had a Solar system installed this year comprising Luxpower Hybrid Inverter LXP-3.6K, and 2 x Uhome LFP 2400 batteries. All working well. I obtained 2 new Uhome 2400 batteries and with the help of the technical support, and the manual for settings they were installed. Unfortunately the 2 new batteries never…
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Solar plus Battery Quotes
Good Morning All I've recently received quotes from three installers and wondered if you good people could comment as to the costs and equipment quoted for. For context we are a four person household, using 5500kWh per year. Kids are early twenties so we'll have them at home for a few more years. Wife and myself expect to…
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Solar & battery quote
Hi, Looking for some input on cost of our intended PV system... South coast,18 panels on south facing (165dg) roof, no shading. All electric, annual usage 6000kWh (when being very, very tight with electric heating and DHW!), new smart meter, currently Octopus flexible. No EV. We have been looking at various PV systems over…
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Solar Battery Fault, BuyBack ?
Collective folks, I wonder if I can get some advice please .. I have a 4KW Solar solution on our house, and an 6.4Kw/hr LG Battery. The system is 8 years old, so I have 2 years of warranty left on the syste, but in August, the BMS (Battery Management System) Developed a fault. This is where things became complicated, as my…
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Solar: DNO confirmation?
I had my solar panels hurriedly installed in March 2019, just before the end of the FIT scheme. Recently I looked back at the paperwork: MCS certificate, yes, DNO confirmation No. What I do have is a copy of a form G83/2 SSEG INSTALLATION COMMISSIONING CONFIRMATION. This tells the DNO that my installation complies with the…
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Scottish Power SEG
Is anyone here with Scottish Power SEG? I'm currently with Octopus SEG paying 4.1p and that is the best I can get since I am on an EV tariff and not keen on their flux tariff, next best paying SEG is Scottish Power SEG which pays 12p which is 3 times more than Octopus. Only things I don't like about it is they pay once…
