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Solar Panel Help {Merged}
Hi, I recently moved into a property that already has a solar panel system installed. I have had no experience or instructions of the system. We have a Elster A100C meter/inverter installed. Am I right in saying that if the light is continually on we are using electricity from the ‘grid’ and if it flashes with a large gap…
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Project Solar / Duracell/Solar Panels
Hi All, I am looking to get Solar and Battery and had a quote from Project Solar at the weekend. I have seen that they dont have the best reviews on here, but wanted to share what they have offered and see if I should run or go for it. 4KW system fully fitted with the Boiler Dr (stupid name!!) and new Duracell Battery.…
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SENDING FIT READINGS TO SCOTTISH POWER ??
Does anyone have the same problem? Seems it is not possible to enter a FIT reading to them at the moment, there is a message stating that you cannot enter a reading until 21 april, and a link to send it via email, but that link does not work !!
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Dual Fuel Boilers (Electric + NG) to solve heating and curtailment
With the UK grid more or less solved with what has been built, what is under construction and what is committed to. We must move onto heating. There are lots of wild ideas about heating and how to use excess wind/pv rather than curtail it The solution is actually quite easy. Government just regulates so all boilers are…
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Solar PV shading issue opinions please
I know shading is an issue bringing the complete string down unless using something like solar edge. This is a photo taken when the panels were delivering 256W, the previous couple of hours producing over 2kW. Would this shading from the soil stack be enough to bring the whole array down? This NOT my system as described in…
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Enphase Enlighten
My Envoy does not seem to be reporting. Does anyone else here have missing data for the past couple of days? I wonder whether the problem is at the Enphase end.
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'Green' pension providers
I have two 'dormant' pension pots from long-ago previous jobs - roughly £30K with Scottish Widows and £7K with Standard Life. I'd like to combine these into one pot and transfer it to something 'green' (for me, that means not supporting fossil fuels). I don't want to manage the portfolio myself or anything like that, and…
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Swapping FIT/Export from Bulb to Octopus
Hi all We have a 3kW array that was installed a few years ago. Current generation payment is somewhere around 17p per kwh and export payment 5p. We are currently with Bulb for Gas/Electric and FIT/Export. The way we have our account setup means our FIT Generation/Export payments go as credit onto our gas/electric bill…
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Solar panels - are they worth it?
Hi, We are moving to a house where we could have solar panels. Are they worth buying and what about these free deals? I don't really understand how it works. As in can you run the whole house off them and when/why do you sell it back? Any help or pointers to other threads greatly appreciated.
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Best ever solar generation for March
Do you have solar panels in the UK? How did your data compare for March 2020? March for us (South East England) was significantly higher than previous years with 330kWh produced compared to an average of 270kWh over the last 8 years so over 20% above average. Quite handy as we're now working from home every day! Full data…
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Mis selling solar panels
This discussion was created from comments split from: Mis Sold Solar Panels.
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Whos greener, Octopus Energy or Scottish Power?
Looking to switch and from a price perspective its between these two. Would like to go with the one doing the most to make a difference to climate change but cant decide, grateful for thoughts!
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OLEV Grant for chargers ending?
As per title,, i have tried searching but no joy (i know) Been trying to get a few quotes in for a zappi (have PV and Iboost) price, but had a couple of quoters saying that they won't quote with the £500 grant as its ending March. I am a holding back a bit as it now transpires I am on a loop on my street (i am the feeder…
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MSE Poll: What do you buy second-hand?
Poll started 10 March 2020 It's cheap and environmentally friendly, yet some people think only new will do. Tell us - what items would you be happy to buy second-hand, if they were decent quality and cheaper? Click here to vote in the poll Did you vote? Are you surprised at the results so far? Have your say below. If you…
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Does anyone do indoor Air Source Heat Pumps?
Almost all ASHPs I see advertised look like air conditioning units bolted as an afterthought onto the side of the house. Does anyone sell units to put in your loft? As I live in a sort of terrace with no back garden, I've nowhere to hide an external unit (except possibly on the roof in the gutter behind the facade), and…
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"Looking for a PV and EV solution"
I've an ageing deisel powered Ford Focus(ten years 75k miles) which has been brilliant but am thinking to replace it. Looking ahead Electric(second hand) seems a possible choice especially as we have two vehicles, so can use the other for long distances. We are retired with a mix of local journeys for school run etc and…
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Tesla News & Discussion
For anything related to Tesla and adjacent technologies
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A year with home Batteries (and more solar and an EV)
I thought id make a new thread to share my experiences in the hope of giving a real world example of home batteries. Ive had 4kw of sse panels for over 5 years. I always had a hankering for batteries, and using a search engine i stumbled upon this forum and the discussion about home batteries. Eventually after reading for…
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Changing smartmeter to get Feed in Tariff - Shell refusing to help
I've just had 10 solar panels and a battery fitted through my local county council's Group Buying Scheme initiative. I'm currently with Shell Energy (locked into dual fuel contract till January 2021) but was recommended by the panel supplier to register with Octopus Energy to get the feed in tariff. However Octopus tell me…
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its not green to throw carrier bags away, but what do you do?
If you use carrier bags, what do you do with yours? keep them? reuse them? throw them away? give them away? or only use reusable bags? what do you do?
