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Octopus Outgoing and bill delays
So we had our PV system installed in the middle last October and had the export MPAN and the "Outgoing Octopus 12M Fixed" tariff in place for the start of November.Octopus started showing the export payments on the bill starting with Decembers - although I had to get them to issue a separate backdated bill in February to…
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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…
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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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Outdoor Housing for Battery and Inverter
I have run out of viable space (that Mrs will let me use) to house my inverter and battery for when my solar arrives next month (GivEnergy). So have been looking at alternatives. Originally looked at stainless steel and GRP kiosks but that was going to cost me nearly £1500. So now i am thinking just making a 2m x 1m x 0.4m…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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RICS - Open cell spray foam
So I've seen this https://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/news/rics-launches-guidance-on-the-use-of-spray-foam/ And I guess that's their "latest advice" What do people here think of that? I take it as there's still no definitive answer from mortgage vendors as an industry They've mentioned what Nationwide say but there's no…
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Bottle and can return scheme
There is to be a plastic bottle and aluminium can return scheme in England, I understand it will commence in 2024 The scheme does not include glass, but there will be a requirement for councils to do curbside collections. How many don't recycle glass now? There has been news stories about the problems of the Scottish…
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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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Adding panels to a house which already has an older FiT array.
I'm wondering whether I lose my FiT payments if I install another solar array with seperate inverter & meter on my property? I know I can't add onto that meter but assume I can have another meter and export through my current energy provider (shell) and not my FiT service provider?
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E.ON Next - request for solar meter reading not received for March
I usually receive the request for a reading on the 1st of the month (so 1st March, 1st June, 1st September and 1st December). I have not yet received the request for 1st March 2023. Has anyone received their usual request from E.ON already? I'm not overly concerned given this is the lowest yielding quarter by far but I…
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What happens to petrol and electrical items which are junked?
Council recycling centres must take in a lot of thrown out household and garden items that could be repaired such as petrol and electrical powered garden equipment, electrical powered household items (from toasters to dishwashers, computers, hair dryers - you name it!). What happens to such items? I can't help but wonder…
