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Smart meter and Solar PV system issue
Who's got solar panels AND a smart electricity meter?If so, when your solar PV system is exporting electricity to the Nat Grid does your IHD display a reading? i.e. the IHD always shows a reading and differentiates between drawing electricity from the Nat Grid and exporting energy. Our IHD always just displays '0' (zero)…
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Open cell spray foam vs alternatives
So, pending review, mortgage companies may be fine with open cell spray foam. https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2022/10/27/rpsa-retracts-spray-foam-guidance-pending-review/ Let's say that mortgage companies find that - Open cell is fine - Closed cell isn't fine Which is potentially likely given open cell is…
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Difference in output between two sets of solar panels
Hello, We have had our solar panels for about 2.5 weeks now. We have 9 panels on the front of the house (SE facing) and 6 on the side (SW facing). There is no shading on either set of panels. If I take yesterday as an example, the set of 9 on the front averaged 266W across the day. The set of 6 on the side averaged 55W…
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Powerwall 2 Prices
In an idle moment yesterday, I emailed a local company to ask about the cost of a second Powerwall2 (battery only: no Gateway). I was quoted £10500 plus VAT. Was he having a laugh? He offered delivery in March. I should add that I have no interest in getting a second Powerwall 2 at that price.
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Ground-mounted solar panels and assorted questions
There's an area of my property about 20 feet from my house which is large enough to place some ground-mounted solar panels. Naturally a small trench would need to be dug to accommodate the cabling, also battery purchase and installation, remove my old oil-fired boiler and replace with electric (if this is a suitable…
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Why MCS?
I know I will take some criticism for this but there is nothing I can do after the event. I had a Solar install late last year but it wasn't by an MCS installer(which in hindsight was a mistake but thats another story) So I'm now trying to pursue options to get the Seg tariff but generally they require the MCS certificate,…
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SEG form question
Hello, I finally received my G99 approval from DNO and looking to join British Gas SEG. Filling out their form and there is one question I don't understand (google of no help) 'For Anaerobic Digestion (AD) OFgem Reporting Start Date' - "Date Required" Anybody understand what that means? I also require an export MPAN…
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New Solar Panels SEG
We recently had some solar panels installed and would now like to sell back any energy we are not using. Is it a simple case of deciding who offers the best rate and then applying on their website?
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Tado vs Netatmo - Octopus
Before being on Octopus, Netatmo was a bit of a no brainer They've seriously improved their UI, and they're a genuinely good competitor to Tado with zero subscription required I've since seen that Tado "works with Octopus" Given that's the case, that shifts things a bit in terms of money saved What would people here go…
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Solar: using a best providers, quotes and key considerations
Hi there, I'm trying as a novice to assess the best value for money solar system. So far had quotes from two firms and waiting on PowerPac. One quote was £12,250 for a regional firm 6 years operation * 12x Mono PV 385 watt Panels, 1 x 6.5 kW Growatt storage batteries, 1 x Inverter, all installation/kit. * 25-year panel…
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Solar batteries
Hoping for some advice. We recently had some solar panels installed with 2 uhome lfp 2400 batteries. We have ordered more batteries , but just wanted to know if we can put the batteries on their back on the floor. Front of the batteries facing the ceiling, as this would be more convenient for us. Love having solar panels.
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Octopus Ready inverter (batteries)
So there are inverters out there that are compatible with Octopus Energy, to take advantage of the very rare times that there's plunge pricing How much energy could you actually pull into say a 3kWh battery, for half an hour, directly from the grid? They do very rarely have say a negative 2.2p rate
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Solar repair
Hi , We have had a solar pv system since jan 2014, I have recently noticed that one of the panels has gone down, we have Solar edge inverters so that could be the issue as all the other panels are working normally.We are in Hampshire and I am finding it difficult in finding a local company to come and have a look, our…
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Portable Power Stations
I have made reference to my portable power station in other posts but as I believe these are very useful bits of kit for some people I thought a separate thread might be a good idea. In case any has not come across them a PPS consists of a an MPPT charge controller, a lithium battery and an inverter. Their primary use is…
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Leased panels - opportunity for battery
We bought a house with leased solar panels. The company that owns the system were impossible to contact during the purchase, so I hold no hope of getting any co-operation from them. They get the FIT payments, but we get use of the solar power for free. The lease prohibits us from making any changes to their system. Am I…
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Batteries full, solar production stopped
Just a quick question. While waiting for octopus to process our SEG I noticed for the first time yesterday that the Solar production had dropped from 3kwh to 300w when the house draw was low and the batteries were full. I was expecting it to maintain production and send back to the grid free of charge, Is this normal?
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In laws new solar panels confusion
The in laws had free solar panels fitted recently by the local council. All working great and are really happy. The confusion we have is they were told by the electrician that he had set the meter up and added something to it to export to the grid and they would be getting 5p for anything they have exported. They haven’t…
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Is a Halogen or Ceramic heating more cost effective to run in a single room?
We are looking at getting a new heating for a bedroom. We have a small oil one in there, but it takes ages to get going, and Halogen and Ceramic heats up almost instantly, so is already more cost effective. Ceramics stay hot for a while after, whereas I read that Halogen if turned off, suddenly lose the heat. I think…
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New solar and battery system help
We had a 15 panel 6kW solar system with Solax X1-Hybrid inverter and 6kW Triple Power battery system installed on December. We are on an economy 7 tariff with our energy company, so we charge the battery from the grid at night to enable us to use cheaper energy before the solar is active in the morning and on cloudier days…
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Smart meter apps showing solar export, hugo, bright & loop?
Just wondering if anyone with solar had tried one of these smartmeter monitoring apps like hugo, bright and loop? You see them on TV. Do they show your export data from the smart meter? Or do you just get consumption? Thanks
