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Octopus price reductions
New prices for Intelligent Octopus from midnight tonight - off peak 7.5p/kWh - peak c.38.5p/kWh Go has also been reduced - off peak 9.5p/kWh - peak c.38.5p/kWh
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Green Central Heating Boiler/Hydrogen Boiler/Air Source Heat Pump - which one and how
I had a quote from British Gas for a Worcester Greenstar regular CH boiler. I have a month to make up my mind about whether I buy it from them. I am assured in writing it is more efficient than my Potterton which is 20 years old and will not last forever and it is anyway inefficient. The total cost is £3,599. I would…
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Pensions
I have 2-3 different pensions and my FA is telling me to transfer them all with Fundment so, I can draw on them when i need some money, I realise that this fund could go down as well as up but can anyone tell me if an annual charge of 1.5% is the norm.
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Tomato Energy
Hi all, Anyone had any experience of this company? Supplying energy and/or solar panel installation? I've had a guy around and the solar panel/battery storage looks interesting, but there are very few online reviews. Any response gratefully received. D.
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Anyone Having problems with First4Solar (Leeds)
Anyone else having problems with First4Solar not responding re orders; We ordered and paid our deposit in June 2022 - still waiting for panels etc to be fitted. Daughter ordered and paid deposit in September 2022 - still waiting. Looking on Trustpilot and google reviews it appears the were ok until the end of 2021.
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Advice on whether to go Solar
Hi all, I am in the process of getting quotes for solar panels and it's hard to know whether to go ahead or not. I constantly think I will miss out on new technology, however I am missing out on savings. Some info on usage, I use 4600kW per year (est) and 2 people in a 4 bed house and both WFH. After some quotes, it is…
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Noddy/stupid question about octopus agile
Apologies if this is a stupid question, but from what I can see the “peak” price for agile currently is the same as the all day price on flexible, while the SC is a bit lower. Is it a not a “no brainier” because there is a risk of it going above that as prices fluctuate?
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Eddi alternative?
Have been quoted £500 for installation of an eddi alongside our intended solar panel installation. Thinking about this, is there such a thing as an immersion switch which can be controlled by an app? Just thinking that it might be a cheaper option to run the hot water heating on a more manual system utilising cheaper gas…
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Photovoltaic solar on 1930s semi
Hi, I am a total novice and am looking for some advice on what would be a good solar setup for our house which has limitations which makes it feel a bit suboptimal…would be grateful for any thoughts. 1930s semi approx 6m wide facing east-west with approx 45deg pitched roof, with hip to gable loft conversion Front: east…
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Ever decreasing circles - which solar setup to go for
Like so many others I'm trying to make a decision on what solar route to go down. Our current annual consumption for electric is about 3100, in a 2 adult home, one working from home 3 days a week, other retired. No electric vehicle, no plans to get one at this point but may be a long way down the track. Struggling to chose…
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Another quote price and equipment verification
Morning all, octopus via open Solar quoted me for the below kit. We don’t have an EV and think this covers our 9kwh per day on av and 4000 kWh or so per year consumption. What do you think of the 12300 price tag and the kit? Is the expected lifetime and warranties good enough? Haven’t had any other quotes and this stage…
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How are solar panels fixed on
I just viewed a post online, where the solar panel bracket was clamped to a roof tile. I am guessing that they are also bolted to the wooden roof beams. How easy are they to remove, if they fail?
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Best Octopus plan for Solar PV only?
I’ve recently had a 4.7kw SEE/WSW arrays installed, with no battery or hot water diverter. Getting an EV (arrives November sort of time). Any other solar only people out there with advice on best Octopus plans? Would Flux be worth it? Annually we use around 2.6kw (more when EV arrives), I think the array should generate…
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Small wind turbine?
I have solar panels which are great but would like some generation when the Sun is not shining. Is there any such device even if only 10 to 50 w ? Any other generation ideas?
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Project Solar Again
I know there are a number of threads on this topic but could not find a recent one. My husband called them unbeknown to me and I would have cancelled it if I had known it was Project Solar. The salesman said he would need a couple of hours at least, luckily we told the person who booked the appointment we only had an hour…
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solar panels with our without battery, advice would be greatly appreciated
hi, I am hoping to get some advice as I started contacting solar panel installers last year and only just recently had 2 appointments. We live in the North East of Scotland and they are so busy wait times are long. Two quotes now in and comparable in cost but one company I did not get a good feeling about and decided to…
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Inverter Output Higher than Panels and Inverter Spec
Our 3kWp panels were installed in 2011 and we had a 3000W SMA SunnyBoy inverter fitted as part of that. The output regularly reached 3000W over the summer months but never exceeded that. Our inverter failed in March and has now been replaced with a Growatt 3000TL. I've noticed on a number of occasions the output showing on…
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Solar warranties
Hi all , Can anybody help me out regarding warranties on solar systems when purchasing property with systems already installed. The property has a system installed by project solar to which I have all paperwork/receipts etc and the FIT is all transferred over and has been running smoothly up until now we’re the system has…
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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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How are you using your appliances with solar?
I have a 3.2kw system, with a 3kw battery In the winter I had my washing machine finish before say 8:30am and then I'd pop them outside to dry. They wouldn't be truly dry, so when I finished work I'd pop them into the tumble dryer As the sun is now out a lot more, I've been waiting for the battery to have enough power,…
