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Solaredge with battery
Hello, Has anyone else out there got a SE inverter and the SE energy bank ? I was trying to look at the generation but the numbers don't add up and was wondering if it was my setup or SE not being able to produce the right numbers. For example. On my app it tells me I have generated 27 kwh so far this month but if I addup…
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Battery only vs alternatives
Hi As a reasonably heavy electric user with an awkward (south,east and west facing) roof and no pv etc, I've long had the opinion that a battery only install could be the best solution for us. The 13.5kwh of a givenergy AIO would cover 1 days usage most days charged up from IO or Agile depending when we get on the EV…
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How do you guys keep track of ROI on your panels / battery?
I wanted to keep track of how much money I'm saving by having solar panels and a battery, was going to just create a spreadsheet with monthly data but I was wondering if there is an easier way to track the savings? Or if there's a prebuilt spreadsheet anywhere? Thanks!
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Would I really need an EV Home Charger?
I am thinking about buying an EV and wondering why I would need a Home Charger. There's already a pair of external sockets on the outside wall of my garage so I could plug an electric car into one of those and charge at maybe 3 kW. A Home Charger would give me 7 kW. If I average 150 miles a week and can get a modest 3…
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Weird Reading on my Smart Meter Home Display
At about 5.00 to 5.15 pm or thereabouts my home display shoots up to 0.6kw for energy used on the "now" setting. See photo below. I don't understand why as all that is on is a few LED lights, couple of laptops, one fridge and one freezer and normally it is about 10 watts (when no other appliances on like oven, air fryer,…
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Help request - Uhome lfp2400 battery issue
Hi, First time poster here - please be gentle :) I have a 6 battery system which I stupidly decided to take into my own hands and move into a rack for better storage. the 6 batteries are connected to 2 luxpowertek acs3600 inverters and have been working fine ever since I moved them into my new house a year ago. When it…
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Energy Efficient Appliances: Upgrading to A rated white goods
In our quest to minimize our household consumption, we have replaced our decrepid old CDA SC222 A rated electric oven for a AEG BPE948730M A++ rated unit (35% off I might add). The hope would be to minimize grid drawn consumption over the life of the appliance. That said, we couldn't find an apples to apples comparable…
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Electric car: does the "B" setting improve economy?
At present I have a hybrid car. This has a "B" gear which, in my understanding, effectively gives me engine breaking, I only use it when going down a very steep hill. I'm about to get an electric car and this has a "B" setting which supposedly gives you more regenerative breaking. I can't figure this out, why would you…
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solar quote in sheffield
Hi, I was hoping someone could review this quote and give their opinion on this system? I've been in contact with a few solar installers and they seem to be quite high ~8-11k. If you know of an installer in the Sheffield area I would happily give them a call to see if they can do any better. I'm not a fan of the givEnergy…
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Octopus Energy tariffs??
We now have solar panels and a battery, and looking at a tariff that will allow us to "sell" excess energy to our provider, and top up our battery over winder with lower price electricity. Having been on the Octopus website I am completely confused about which tariff does this?? Help!
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Does solar PV increase the value of a house?
Hi everyone. I used to have solar pv in my previous house and I thought it increased the value of a house. Now I'm not sure. In my opinion, it may increase the value of low value house but for a high value house, I don't think it makes a difference. Is the value to a house different if a battery is also installed? What are…
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Who runs my solar panels?
Hi all, Really hope someone can point me in the right direction. I recently moved into my house which has solar panels on the roof. I hadn't noticed them when we purchased the house but when I did I thought happy days. However I have no paperwork for who owns them, runs them or anything. I did find a business card in the…
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Boiler upgrade scheme: Gov grant to rise to £7500
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/boiler-upgrade-scheme-changes-to-grant-levels?fbclid=IwAR0iVMWY4-ow0qoJhAsqEPebGCKeZahjE5Fwsv7kzYoNpe950fMT-yf9sfs
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Solar panels installed 2010 - whether to switch from E.ON to Octopus for Feed in Tariff etc payments
Solar panels installed 2010, so currently receiving 68.3p per kWh FIT plus 50% x 4.25p export from E.ON. Octopus seems to be offering 15p for the actual export on its Outgoing tariff, plus the same FIT of 68.3p of course. Any experiences of the Octopus tariff? Looks to be beneficial at around seven times the E.ON rate…
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Any comments on solar pv quote?
Hi everyone. I have received a quote for solar PV in my house. Any comments appreciated. a 4kw Solar PV system with a Growatt 4.2kw Inverter and 12 DAH all Black 405 Wattt Solar PV panels. 12 X DAH Solar All black 405 Watt Panels. (25 Year Warranty)1 x Growatt 4.2Kw TL -3 Dual MPPT Inverter ( 10 Year Warranty)8 x 4 metres…
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Solar PV with or without battery?
Greetings, everyone, After dedicating over a month to researching Solar PV systems, I'm nearly ready to make a decision. I owe my progress to some wonderful individuals who generously shared their time and solar expertise with me, especially one from on here! Currently, my inclination is towards a 7kWh optimized system.…
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Solax battery firmware
Last week I noticed that my battery was only charging to 80%. I wondered whether the BMS had implemented this as we'd been on holiday for a couple of weeks so the battery wasn't discharging and spending a lot of time near full. So I spent a week hoping it would revert back to normal. But it didn't. Today I phoned the Solax…
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Are the plastic lids and tops for bottles recycled?
Are all lids for bottles, jars etc recycled e.g. plastic marmite lids, coke lids, jam jar lids etc etc
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Octopus Go Export Rate Increase
Email today to inform Octopus Go Export rate to increase to 8p/kWh, which is great
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Uhome battery soc
Hi we went online with our solar and Battery storage on Friday We have a Lux 3,6 hybrid inverter, and two uhome 2400kwh batteries. Until today the weather has been very overcast, and the batteries only got up to around 50% soc, so by the time we went to bed they were down to around 9%. however when I looked on the battery…
