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Thinking of getting a battery to help with energy bills but not having solar panels. Has anyone else considered this?

Hi all, It's been (almost) a year since we upgraded our solar install and added the Powerwall 3 battery, and the numbers are in for June so I thought I'd take a look at our numbers for the first year. The PW3 was actually commissioned on the 11th July 2025, so we are not quite a full year and the full 365 day numbers can…

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I started this thread so we can discuss green and ethical food and how it can save money as well as providing better nutrition and regenerating our soil and ecosystems. Meat:- Food animals that are "fed naturally" as in grass fed cattle offer better nutrition than grain fed, steroid enhanced animals pumped full of…

Hi everyone, I’m considering getting solar and have a quote through the Solar Together scheme — where installers bid in a reverse auction for the work. I’d really appreciate your views on the quote! Background We’re in our late 40s and plan to stay here long‑term. South‑facing front roof (see image below). Annual…

I am new in the solar world and if you folks could give opinions on this quote from https://electrifusionsolutions.com - both value for money and quality of proposed components? EcoFlow Ocean Pro - generation from the system 5011 kWh 14 x 485w Longi X10 Himo Artist Black N Type Mono Panels ( 25 years product warranty/ 30…

https://octopus.energy/blog/streams/ Seems like a way to get more than 6 hours of low EV charging rates. No way to predict when the additional cheap rate hours will occur but the whole household's import benefits from the lower EV rates. I expect this is designed to take advantage of the negative pricing that is taking…

Hi all, I've been a lurker for a while but signed up to the forum today as we are in final throes of purchasing a new house. As part of choice of house, we wanted to install a solar and battery system on the property. We will also be looking at if it is a suitable property for replacing the gas boiler with an air source…

Thought I'd share some real world data from my own roof and my immediate neighbour's roofs. These are 4 X LG 400W bifacial panels, originally installed in 2019 and recently repositioned in a row on our ENE aspect. Average generation across the last month was 59KWh. Note how the panel (1.3.8), with one side unrestricted…

Hello all, I hope you might be able to help me – I’m looking for advice on a property I don’t yet own to assess its potential for solar panels. The property is in NW England, and although the property is south-facing, the roof is, well, let me show you…. This is the south-facing rear. The estate agent's drone shot. The…

Hi, I'm thinking about a Sigenstor system. 20 panels across 4 roof aspects (N,S,E,W), all with different shade factors. I'm thinking of a 8 kW SP inverter to allow 3 strings of panels. If my DNO is limited to 3.6kW, do I have to have a 3.6kW inverter or can o/p to Grid be throttled to 3.6kW. If o/p throttled to 3.6kW, does…

Hi Folks, In June 2022 I’ve had a Lux ACS 3600 and 4 x Uhome LFP 2400 batteries installed at my property (supplied and install by competent person) to store the surplus solar energy from an already installed roof top solar array. The system I thought had been working fine and was configured for 90% depth of discharge (DoD)…

Very interesting development. Two offerings coming next year: 1) Nook - For renters and flats: A compact, shoebox-sized 2kWh battery that you literally just plug straight into a standard wall socket. No drilling, no landlord permission. It stores cheap off-peak energy and can be stacked . "You can stack up to five of them…

been charging our EV overnight on 🐙 ‘Greener Days Forecast’ for the last couple of months and today got our email from 🐙 saying we had charged 4 week long streak on greener days so received 80 octopoints - which equate to 10p - obviously aren’t doing it for the money 🤣 but it’s good knowing we are charging when the grid is…

I have a consumer unit, the meter and the mains input cable located at one end of a long house and another consumer unit in the garage. Distance between them is 24 metres with a 100amp cable connecting them. Can I place the battery and inverter in the garage. Solar panels could be directly connect to either end of the…

Just had this email I want to let you know that on 31st July, we will be officially retiring Greener Nights. This isn’t really an end, but more of a graduation. If you’re short on time, here is the quick summary of what’s changing and why: Greener Nights ends on 31st July: You have one more month to earn rewards under the…

Hi guys and thanks @ArtyJ931 for signposting me here. This is being written in a rush as I have to get to work soon, but having decided to go for solar, we arranged two meetings with companies. One of these came recommended through some sort of clearing company, the other seems to have bought our phone number off said…

After Octopus paused my discharge yesterday , to help the grid, today it has not allowed charge by1330 and the battery percentage is 18%. Bearing the mind that if , I get max solar before 1600 I might get up to 80% by then I can't help the grid at 1600-1900 indeed I could eventually end up buying power at peak rates.…

https://octopus.energy/smart/flux/ After 3 months of new/ return sign ups being paused, it is good to see. applications to Flux being processed. Still not as lucrative as Intelligent Flux but I am told it’s “one step at a time towards normalization”

https://octopus.energy/help-and-faqs/articles/charge-pack/ I suspect larger batteries may benefit much more than the £12/ month minimum.