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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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2.8 O's?? Here today:D16 Sanyo Hit 250s.4kWp SMA 3.8kWp inverter. SW roof. 28° pitch. Minimal shade. Nov 2011 install. Hybrid car. Ripple Kirk Hill. N.E Lincs Coast.0
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3.82 O's for us today!!
Edwink
*3.36 kWp solar panel system,10 x Ultima & 4 x Panasonic solar panels, Solaredge Inverter *Biomass boiler stove for cooking, hot water & heating *2000ltr Rainwater harvesting system for loo flushing *Hybrid Toyota Auris car *RIP Pingu, Hoppy, Ginger & Biscuit *Hens & Ducks* chat thread. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=52822090 -
Recent scores/doors etc:
Sun 4.36 ho's
Mon 5.2
today 3.32
Passed 400 kWh for the month today, 34 more for target.4kWp, SSE, SolarEdge P300 optimisers & SE3500 Inverter, in occasionally sunny Corby, Northants.
Now with added Sunsynk 5kw hybrid ecco inverter & 15kWh Fogstar batteries. Oh Octopus Energy too.0 -
... I take it that you've seen their Smart Gateway T&C's then ... ( http://www.ovoenergy.com/smart-gateway/terms-and-conditions/ ) ... reads a little like - whatever happens it's never our fault, charges apply for returned non-faulty units, it's never yours and we can ask for it back for any reason & at any time and don't be surprised if repeated high frequency data access effectively creates a broadband DOS event !! ....Oscargrouch wrote: »:T:T:T Best way to go; I'm sure you will not be fobbed off by their response.
HTH
Z"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
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Another nice day yesterday, got 30.1kWh or 5.39 Os.
Mart.Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 20kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.
For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.0 -
... I take it that you've seen their Smart Gateway T&C's then ... ( http://www.ovoenergy.com/smart-gateway/terms-and-conditions/ ) ... reads a little like - whatever happens it's never our fault, charges apply for returned non-faulty units, it's never yours and we can ask for it back for any reason & at any time and don't be surprised if repeated high frequency data access effectively creates a broadband DOS event !! ....
HTH
Z
Be of interest to see how your consumer rights of cooling off periods come into play.....
2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
... I take it that you've seen their Smart Gateway T&C's then ... ( http://www.ovoenergy.com/smart-gateway/terms-and-conditions/ ) ... reads a little like - whatever happens it's never our fault, charges apply for returned non-faulty units, it's never yours and we can ask for it back for any reason & at any time and don't be surprised if repeated high frequency data access effectively creates a broadband DOS event !! ....
HTH
Z
T&Cs are my professional expertise
The Smart Gateway is the little box that link to the router by ethernet and to the Smart meter by Wi Fi. The T&C are a lot of fuss over a little box that probably costs £5. Of course, it is potentially Ovo's differentiator from suppliers who supply the in house display device. At the moment nothing works except that the Smart Meters act as Dumb Meters.I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".0 -
Ah, so you obviously knew about their position on smartmeters and deemed export before applying for one and would have considered the financial impact of the change ?? ....Sterlingtimes wrote: »T&Cs are my professional expertise ...
... one question immediately springs to mind ... when we applied to register or FiT payments there was a question on whether or not we would require FiT export units to be paid on a deemed basis, so that must form part of the FiT contract which was entered into at the time ... now, considering that the FiT provider and the energy provider are not necessarily linked, what agreement was made (/referenced) on the energy contract meter change (smartmeter) T&Cs which overrides the existing, and separate, FiT contract ?? .... Not my area of professional expertise, but having been involved in loads of high value project contracts, that's where I'd have started ....
Regarding the 'Smart Gateway' not communicating with a server - is any part of the communication initiated remotely which could require local router firewall rule changes, or are there any port forwarding requirements, or are there any bridging rules between the wireless and wired connections in the router - what about DHCP/fixed addressing or the unit being in a DMZ ?? ... all considerations before assuming that the unit is faulty ...
HTH
Z"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle0 -
Regarding the 'Smart Gateway' not communicating with a server - is any part of the communication initiated remotely which could require local router firewall rule changes, or are there any port forwarding requirements, or are there any bridging rules between the wireless and wired connections in the router - what about DHCP/fixed addressing or the unit being in a DMZ ?? ... all considerations before assuming that the unit is faulty ...
HTH
Z
It would appear that the Smart Electric Meter talks to the Smart Gas Meter, but that it is the electronics in the Smart Electric Meter that will not talk to the Ovo server. The technician thought that a signal strengths of 10 out of 25 was sufficient to connect to the remote server. He was unable to spend time waiting for the meter to communicate via 3G radio. He did talk about the possibility of returning in 6 weeks to fit an aerial and that involves breaking the seals.
The Electricity Smart Meter then connects by radio to the Smart Gateway. The Smart Gateway in turn connects by ethernet to the broadband router. Then the computer connects via a browser to MyOvo.
I rather suspect that the server to which the Smart Gateway connects would send out signal via 3G to the Smart Meter.I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".0 -
Regarding the 'Smart Gateway' not communicating with a server - is any part of the communication initiated remotely which could require local router firewall rule changes, or are there any port forwarding requirements, or are there any bridging rules between the wireless and wired connections in the router - what about DHCP/fixed addressing or the unit being in a DMZ ?? ... all considerations before assuming that the unit is faulty ...
HTH
Z
I'd find that quite surprising with the number of devices that manage to communicate fine without requiring the user to fiddle with ports and mess with dhcp or static addresses?
Just think Wattson, Owl plus others for measuring and every inverter out there that allows remote monitoring?
@Sterling - do you get any money off for allowing them the free ride on your broadband?!4kWp, SSE, SolarEdge P300 optimisers & SE3500 Inverter, in occasionally sunny Corby, Northants.
Now with added Sunsynk 5kw hybrid ecco inverter & 15kWh Fogstar batteries. Oh Octopus Energy too.0
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