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Change bottle gas central heating & hot water to solar & electric - advice please
Hi all, I have a small property in a high up rural location, 2 bed semi bungalow with a log burner but the main heating is gas powered central heating for the radiators and hot water. There is no mains gas so I rely on the expensive 2 gas bottle system installed before buying it. With working away its usually only used for…
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FIT feed in tariff increase for 2026
I am aware there is some debate on whether increases will continue but its gone quiet. Are there any updates on this?
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How accurate are your PV generation figures?
I was impressed by some of the generation figures reported on the “talking ‘bout my generation” thread in December. I am curious, however, how accurate some of these figures might be at this time of year. I have noticed this month quite a wide variation between the figures recorded by my inverter app, my generation meter…
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Tesla Powerwall 3 set up.
Hi, I thought I would start a new thread for Tesla Powerwall set up discussion.
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Solar Panels with Battery - Advise on options and questions please
I have been thinking and finally decided to get the solar with battery following yet another increase in prices. It will only get expensive! If not cost I know why not many having this and it's because everything is so confusing. So I very much would appreciate if you can help please? The house is a semi detached property…
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PicoStream: Micro scale (2kWp) Hydro power generation for the UK!
Great to finally see an inexpensive, simple to install and commission hydroelectric power solution that will work well for UK properties with streams flowing through them! Looks like the cost is < £10K but is yet to be confirmed. Install time is 4 hours and DNO approvals take < 2 months. Assuming consistent flow and…
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Electricity Tariffs for Battery owners
Hi everyone, forgive me if this has been asked before but I haven't been able to find a relevant response. Do any of the suppliers offer a suitable tariff for Solar and battery users. I used to be on EonDrive as they accepted Solar users with battery storage, but now they only accept EV owners. I can see some off peak…
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A Shade Greener ongoing issue
My late mother’s property was put into trust after her passing and my son lives there as per her wishes. He has tried for years to get access to the account on a shade greener but they have never given him access. So we have never been able to monitor the account and electricity generated. He has now switched energy…
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Solar & Battery System Requires Internet Access: Set it on a Guest Network?
I'm about to get a solar and battery installation, and having read about the software, it needs to run on my WiFi. Not a problem, but then, I understand that others (such as the installer) may be able to access the system to assist with setup and running.That being the case, i'm inclined to put the software on a Guest WiFi…
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Solar, is it worth having a battery in my case scenario?
Hi, I have room for about 13 x 460w Aiko panels with a 10 Kwh inverter (and that's the plan), I've been allowed 3.9 Kwh export by my DNO and I use 3200 Kwh average electricity a year. I currently don't have a heat pump or EV. Is it worth my while having a battery at this stage based on my usage please (I've been quoted…
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Solar panel advice
Morning all, I've been thinking about installing solar panels as we need to do some minor roof repairs and will have scaffolding for that (makes sense to do any solar at same time). I'm based on the south coast (hampshire) and we have had the rear extension built now (not showing on Google satellite map yet). The house is…
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Iboost Diversion to Grid
Hi , I want to divert all solar to the grid as it is more profitable using the old meter I have . There is an offset limit of 500w on my iboost+ . Is that the max I can export to the grid.
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Eon Next demanding more proof of solar ownership
We moved house 18 months ago and successfully transfered the feed in tariffs to us. E-on Next have been paying us the rather small amounts due but today I have received an e-mail saying that want a second document proving we own them or they won’t pay us anymore. The options they give is a letter from the previous owner…
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Finally my Sunny Boy inverter has died
Hi All, After nearly 14 years ( November 2011 install ) this morning our inverter has died, or so it seems. I noticed that the light that normally flashes to show that our Immersun is diverting excess generation to heat our hot water wasn’t flashing even though we had full sun on our panels. A quick check of the Sunny Beam…
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SEG tarrif Scottish gas not supporting this installation.
Through Scotland home energy I have recently had solar panels and battery fitted to my home along with smart meter. I tried to sign up to the SEG tarrif but a message comes up saying this installation is not supported. Can anyone throw any light on this? If there's an answer out there before trying to contact Scottish Gas…
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Recommendations for Solar Installers
Hi Am about to move house, to a new area where I don’t know any tradespeople. House is electric only with an ASHP and I’ll be working from home, so one of the first things we want to do is to get Solar panels and a battery installed (batteries weren’t a thing when I had my panels installed on current house). I have been…
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Help with changes to current set up
Hi, We bought a house last year with solar and battery set up and I am keen to get some help to work out some changes please. Existing system:4.86kw Solar PV comprising of 12x Black JA Solar 405w panelsGrowatt 3600TL Inverter (in attic)MyEnergi Eddi hot water diverterFox ESS 3.7kw (non-hybrid) AC coupled battery charger…
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Panel generation vs Meter reading
Hi, Just a quick confirmation. I have a PV system installed which says the panels are generating, say, 10kwh in a day. My generation meter only registers approximately 50% of this. I expect it should read the same 10KWh, or marginally less. Am I correct? The readings are at night when the battery has drained. If I am…
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Gridpay vs. Octopus
I have been selling my surplus solar power to Octopus for several years. I also have a Tesla battery that Octopus drain at peak times and recharge with off-peak electricty. Last week myenergi (makers of Zappi chargers) have invited me to export my power to them via their Gridpay app. I can't find any comparison of Gridpay…
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Smart Export Guarantee:- No Payment During Set Up Time
Hi All, I installed solar at the end of May (using Effective Home.... decent experience btw). I was accepted by British Gas Smart export guarantee scheme in August. In the time between the install and acceptance for SEG I exported nearly 900 kw of electricity to the grid. British Gas say that I will only be paid by them…
