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2 Battery or Not 2 Battery
Hi everyone For some years I've been considering solar PVs, but now I've decided to take the plunge before the FIT is abolished and now I have electric cars. I've done hours of reading on the forums about Solar PVs and I've been reading Mart's thread on Solar PV FAQs and On-grid domestic battery storage. I'm currently in…
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Cell Quality - does it make a difference?
So I have a few quotes from different companies for 4kWp systems. The big names like IKEA and E.ON are coming out cheaper than the local independent installers (e.g. £5.5k from Ikea, vs £7k from local). The local firm explains this as Superior Quality Cells & Inverter with Superior Warranty and Superior components etc etc.…
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No apples on tree
for the first time that I can remember, normally prolific apple tree has not produced any apples this year. The tree looks healthy enough. It is Ballerina, a very late fruiting variety. I am in town. Could it be the heat - it was over 90f for weeks with no rain, or lack of bees, or no suitable pollinating neighbouring…
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Buying kits online
Hi folks, What is your opinion about buying solar kits from an online wholesaler? (e.g. midsummerwholesale). They seem a LOT cheaper than prices I've received from local companies. The question is, how to find a MCS installer for panels ordered from the internet. Has anyone ever gone down this route please? Thanks
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Does anyone know if Energyhive is dead?
My Wattson anywhere / energyhive suddently stopped working on Saturday evening, having been working fine until then. I've done the usual power cycle thing to no avail. My display works fine, but the energy hive hub isn't reporting to the internet server and I get the "error 0.00 kw" display when I log into the dashboard.…
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Lift Insulation
Does anyone know of free loft insulation schemes for a family who are not receiving any benefits please? Thanks
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Cheap domestic energy storage/ time shifting
Now I have solar panels and also Economy7 I am looking for cheap ways to store free or low rate electricity. I have a small (3kwh) battery already. Storage radiators are too expensive in terms of payback time in my view but I like the idea in principle. I have been considering a 20L tea urn/hot water boiler as a storage…
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Help from Eon Please (Malc)?
I posted an earlier thread without realising that an Eon representative was on the forums and Merlin139 advised me about him. So If you do see this please can you advise on the following... My Elster generation meter is currently "frozen" - displaying a reading that is from a few weeks ago. The Inverter is working, and…
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Recycle lithium ion laptop battery
Can I recycle my old laptop lithium-ion battery in the normal battery recycle bins I see at supermarkets? If not, where can it be done? Thanks!
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G59 DNO application process
Well, against all odds and hoping for electricity prices to go up (to help with my break-even calculations) I decided to go for the solar panels and a Tesla battery. I know the battery prices probably don't justify the spend, given how much extra self generated energy I can use myself, but I hope to switch to some flexible…
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The FIT system is being scrapped!
The UK government has announced plans to axe the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme from April 2019. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation to scrap the Feed-in Tariff with no plans to replace the scheme. By scrapping the scheme, impact assessment analysis has shown that…
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Inverter fault?
I have been up in my loft laying loftboards and I noticed the fault light on my inverter. The green power light was also flickering, and as darkness drew closer the inverter had no lights on, no power. I have just received my money from the last quarter, so the last time I looked the panels were generating electricity.…
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Is there a thread for sustainable saving ie. saving the planet and money
Not sure how to describe this. I read somewhere on here lots of tips and ideas how to save the environment. I guess it was saving money at the same time. People shared tips on what they do such as not flushing every time, making your own cleaning products etc. Does anyone know where I can find this thread? I have looked…
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Solar energy payments are set to be slashed - will getting panels still be worth it?
Found this on Facebook. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/team-blog/2018/08/solar-energy-payments-are-set-to-be-slashed---will-they-still-be/ I wonder why they did not publish it in Green & Ethical Moneysaving?
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Leaving Utility Warehouse but keeping FIT account with them…experiences?
Hi, I currently use Utility Warehouse and they are nowhere near the cheapest. However, they do provide FIT payments which we need for our solar panels. I am looking to leave them and get our gas and electricity provided by a cheaper provider. Unless I’ve missed something, all of the cheapest don’t have the facility to do…
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How do I locate my FIT supplier?
My stepson's former partner set up his FIT account with a supplier when he had his panels installed. Now that they have separated he has no way of knowing who she set up the FIT account with. How can he check out who she did it with?
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Can You Place These Plastic Items? Looked but not finding...
Morning all, Well inspired originally by guilt, a long overdue wake up has seen us replace butter in plastic, squash & fizzy in plastic, sauces in plastic & slowly moving on buying fruit&veg in less packaging. And as of this week, we moving to milk delivered three times a week in glass. BUT .... I cannot find the following…
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Solar installers in Worcs
Hello, I obtained a couple of quotes to install solar panels recently and then trawled through as many threads as I could about recommended extras (like SolarEdge & iBoost) and a target price range of £1k per 1kWp. The reason SE & iBoost appeal is because one of the quotes assessed 18% shading based on the Google image of…
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Sunny portal emails?
For a couple of weeks now my Sunny Portal emails have been coming in with "no data". I logged into Sunny portal and the realtime generation info is still there, so I don't know what the issue is. Anyone else getting the same?
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Solar panel orientation
I came across this article from 2014 which suggests an E-W configuration is best for solar panels - maybe not for maximising peak PV but certainly good for the grid and maybe, of more interest, better for day to day living. (I have reproduced the text of the article in a separate post - see below - but here is a link to…
