On-grid domestic battery storage 5 December 2016 at 4:57PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Green & Ethical MoneySaving 2.2K replies 208.6K views

mickyduck55

Cannot find my posts.. but I bought an inexpensive battery reading cable from Amazon to use with Batteryview which did not work... I then bought the proper cable for about £40 including delivery which also "DID NOT WORK" straight out of the box, I had to install drivers and some software SO maybe the cheaper cable does work with the correct drivers etc installed.  My son has butchered the original to try getting it to work so cannot try out my theory

htsoft

mickyduck55 said:

Cannot find my posts.. but I bought an inexpensive batter reading cable from Amazon to use with Batteryview which did not work... I then bought the proper cable for about £40 including delivery which also "DID NOT WORK" straight out of the box, I had to install drivers and some software SO maybe the cheaper cable does work with the correct drivers etc installed.  My son has butchered the original to try getting it to work so cannot try out my theory

This is what I made - thanks to Irek for sharing the drawing and his code:

And it works, plus it's so much easier to have a look at the data whenever and wherever I want.

chamelion

This seller is raking it in... 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PylonTech-2-4kWh-Lithium-Ion-Battery-Solar-PV-Pylon-Trade-price-VAT-invoice-/253819674918?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

Sells hundreds of these each listing and lists a few times each month. 
Prices have been going down, maybe making way for the new 2000c model? 

gabitzul

chamelion said:

This seller is raking it in... 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PylonTech-2-4kWh-Lithium-Ion-Battery-Solar-PV-Pylon-Trade-price-VAT-invoice-/253819674918?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

Sells hundreds of these each listing and lists a few times each month. 
Prices have been going down, maybe making way for the new 2000c model? 

WOW, that's cheap! If I did not already have three and had more space in the under stairs cupboard...

Solarchaser

chamelion said:

This seller is raking it in... 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PylonTech-2-4kWh-Lithium-Ion-Battery-Solar-PV-Pylon-Trade-price-VAT-invoice-/253819674918?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

Sells hundreds of these each listing and lists a few times each month. 
Prices have been going down, maybe making way for the new 2000c model? 

That price change is very recent though,  its not been like than for long, but yeah maybe we are finally seeing the price go down.... everyone else on ebay hasn't got the message yet though 

Verdigris

Watching YouTube items on batteries and solar I get the distinct feeling we are still paying well over the odds for kit.

chamelion

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224382247745?ul_noapp=true
down to 700. 

mickyduck55

For those of us with a smart meter and Octopus .. they have now added the wheel of fortune for us. Previously it was only offered when a meter reading was submitted

ASavvyBuyer

mickyduck55 said:

For those of us with a smart meter and Octopus .. they have now added the wheel of fortune for us. Previously it was only offered when a meter reading was submitted

Unfortunately, not for all of us. I found out on Friday that it had been added to some accounts, but not ours.

mickyduck55

ASavvyBuyer said:

mickyduck55 said:

For those of us with a smart meter and Octopus .. they have now added the wheel of fortune for us. Previously it was only offered when a meter reading was submitted

Unfortunately, not for all of us. I found out on Friday that it had been added to some accounts, but not ours.

I did query it a few months ago when I had my smart meter installed.. dont worry too much I have never "won" anything