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Octopus Outgoing Tariff & Deemed Export
Just had smart meters fitted by Octopus. Solar panels South facing Installed 2011 2.07 KWp Being paid £0.0425 deemed export. Thinking about going onto Octopus Outgoing tariff that would pay me .15p / Kw export. From Octopus FAQ's You may find you are still better off keeping the Deemed 50% than switching to Outgoing…
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GivEnergy new install - how do I stop grid export?
Hello, I have this new solar system installation, Givenergy and it seems to be sending to the grid all the time. The battery is 60% charged for example, right now, and it's still sending to the grid. I don't have a tariff of any kind yet so I am not making any money, I am just sending free stuff to the grid. Is there any…
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Advice on solar panel please
Hi all, just had a quote for solar panel and wanted to check with the members here for their views please as I feel out of my depth here. Details of quote: Nominal 7.4kWp (18 panel) solar PV sytem, using premium, high efficiency panels (TRINA VERTES DE09R.05-410)Vertex 410W all-black panels with a high quality Solis 6kW…
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Solar inverter over voltage reports.
I wondered if anyone else had come across this. Today I noticed a lot of alerts from one of my inverters and on digging into the data I see these are over voltage reports. The faults caused my inverter to shut down numerous times. Are these related to the grid voltage being too high or is it something to do with the…
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grey water tap?
Hi, just moved into a property that has a septic tank, also in the garden there is a do not drink grey water tap. Tap hasn't been turned on for months so wondering where the water is stored or does it come directly from the septic tank? Unfortunately previous owner has left us no details of system or layout, would there be…
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Givenergy vs Huawei
I was due to have a solar installation in a few weeks with an 8.2kwh Givenergy battery. Just been notified that there are shipping delays and have been offered the choice of waiting another 4-6 weeks or having a Huawei 10kwh battery and Huawei hybrid inverter for an additional £1k. Does anyone have experience of the Huawei…
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New PV solar install arranged, heating upgrade advice please - solar compatible hot water tank
We are getting solar panels installed in about 12 weeks, a 5.3ish kw system from memory and will also have a givenergy 9.5kw battery. We live in a 1930s semi on the south coast with a south facing aspect. This is part of a larger renovation, and an extension to the side may require us to move the exisiting gas system…
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smart export payments
By generating electricity, you’re making Britain greener. That’s because all the electricity you don’t use at home feeds into the national grid, contributing to the total amount of renewable power. You’re paid a set rate for this power through your Feed-in Tariff contract, based on an estimate that you export 50% of what…
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Frequency of active electricity tariff changing?
My friend tells me that he knows someone who [actively] changes his tariff on a daily basis, possibly more frequently, in order to get the best rates for import and export of electricity. Can this be correct? I did not know that this was even possible. edited to add [actively]
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Tumble dryer - efficiency label
So I've got an A+++-10% tumble dryer. Ie: a regular one would use 195 kWh (Based on 118 cycles) but this uses 10% less First of all, the newer labels are based on x kWh per 100 cycles which is much easier to deal with, compared to having to look at the product sheet, and working out your own usage that way Secondly, I've…
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V2H and V2G
Inspired by a post from ASavvyBuyer listing a V2H charger (link below) on the domestic battery thread I thought it might be useful to have a separate thread for V2H as this technology now looks as though it is taking off. https://wallbox.com/en_uk/quasar-dc-charger I have expanded the scope of the thread to discuss V2G as…
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V2H?
I've just had a massive quote for unexpected repairs to my car that are needed get it through its MOT, so I may be getting an EV sooner than I had anticipated. If I buy a Nissan Leaf and the right sort of charger, does that guarantee I can then use V2H? I really like the idea of using the car battery to power my home,…
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Solax Battery User Mode
Hi I have Solax AC-3.6kW inverter with two Solax Batteries one master and one slave both 5.8kW, all working fine in Self Use Mode, do I have to change to Force Use Mode to utilise Octopus Go tariff, to charge the batteries at 0030-0430 hrs... at the cheaper tariff rate of 0.075p, I have set up the two charge time settings…
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Consider avoiding this firm
I should like to leave a review for Effective Home. We checked them on Trusted trader and they seemed okay. But we didn't read all the bad reviews. Before you choose Effective Home, read the one-star reviews. They took our money last summer, did one day's work, at the same time causing hundreds of pounds of damages, then…
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Octopus ECO7 Tariff On/Off Peak Times
I have just changed from Octopus Go over to Octopus ECO7 according to Octopus my off peak time is 00.30 - 07.30, I have SMET1 smart meter, according to their site BST it changes to 01.30 - 08.30am, dumb question do I need to reset my Solax battery and Podpoint EV charger
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Advice Needed Chasing Fraudulent ‘Teak Plantation’ Companies
My father invested £82,025 in three teak plantations and one bamboo plantation in Costa Rica between 2012 and 2014. This is on top of about £2million that he has lost due to investing in other ‘cold callers’ who, as far as we can gather, are also fraudulent organisations but getting ANY form of help from Police, FCA,…
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PV Production Curve
This may or may not be of interest! Each year I'm fascinated how the PV production curve develops through the year and of course especially at this time of year when we see it improve quite dramatically. For this graph I took maximum productions levels for each date since my install (Nov 2015) i.e. I'm trying to ascertain…
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Number of solar panels to aim for with this roof setup?
Hi All, Been following the various solar posts on here for a while and looking more closely into taking the plunge on an install. Have a got a few quotes in and they seem to follow a 10 panel + battery standard (this is before any site visits so understand it would be quite general), but before refining it a bit more I…
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Solar, battery or Ripple plus air pump in near future question
Hi All So, like others looking at solar. I am moving house ( to 4 bed detached) South east england, have a hip roof (square house) so can face south /south east , not shaded that I can see. There is 4 adults in the house and I dont see 2 of them (older kids) leaving in near future. My wife works from home and I can also.…
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Help with British Gas Seg application
I'm trying to apply for the Seg tariff through British Gas (can't use Octopus as no MCS but have Flexi Orb) but I am getting slightly confused by the application form. You can view the form here....…
