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Does size matter?
Looking for advice/views from the hive mind - I'm considering the viability of solar panels, but only have room for a small array - 6 panels on a S-facing roof with no shading. 2 person household, home all day, all-electric except for GCH. Current usage is 4000 kWh pa. Location Somerset. I'm assuming some panels are more…
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EON Solar Panels Quote. Is this a good deal?
Eon have offered me (interest free) 12 solar panels (5.22 kWp) at a cost of £7000. They have also offered me 5.1kWp batter for a further £3480 making a total of £10,480. We use approx. 3400kw during the day and 6800kw at night as we do washing, dishwasher etc then. Don’t know anything about Solar so wondered if some kind…
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Solar and battery solution ...or is there better?
I am getting close to pushing the button on this system, we use around 4500kw a year and are based in Bucks. This proposal gives an estimated 5.22kW: 12x435w Jinko Panels, 2x5.12kWh SunSync Battery, SunSync 5kw Inverter, Bird Barrier, 12xTygo Optimisers. This has 6 panels on the East and 6 on the west-facing roof, with…
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Expanding Existing Solar System and adding battery and keeping fits payments
So I currently have a 2KW system, had it about 7 years and was one of the last to get fits payments. I know that the system at times generates more than we use during the day. So adding a battery makes some kind of sense if it generates enough, however the inverter isn't capable of DC coupled charging (which means the less…
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EV charger and tariff
Not sure if this should be on the Green or Motoring page, please move if required. I purchased a new to me Mokka E yesterday. It has a fast charger but we do not have a charge point as yet. I was expecting a 3 pin charger to be provided but must have misunderstood. We will only be travelling up to 100 miles per week and…
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Octopus Intelligent Flux - disabling export during peak period
Hi, Just reaching out to see if anyone else who is on Octopus Intelligent Flex is also seeing regular instances where Octopus are either: 1) Rate limiting the output of your battery 2) Stopping the export completely Both during the peak Flux period. The second point also has the knock on effect of forcing you to import…
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Where do I start - solar or heat pump?
After an eye wateringly expensive energy day on Wednesday, when it got very cold, I am starting to look at options to invest now - while working - to recoup the benefits once retired. The house is largeish, Victorian so no cavity walls to fill, single glazed sashes (with secondary glazing on bedrooms), 10' ceilings. The…
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Roof and Panel advice needed.
I could be moving into a new house, and I would like to put solar on the roof as it is electric only (Air to water heat pump heating). What I don't know is what parts of the roof are worth putting panels on. The roof is like this (see below) with a 40° slope at ~latitude 50°15. Is it only worth putting panels in areas 1 &…
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DIY Solar Battery Retro fit
I have a Solar Edge 16 panel system with optimisers and I am thinking of adding a Sunsynk 5kw AC coupled system As a retired Electrical Engineer install is not a problem but I am unsure about the setting up of the additional AC Inverter that would be required As anyone have any knowledge of how easy they are to set up and…
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Solar panel/ battery advice
I have 16 solar panels and 1 battery. We have a water tank and boiler . As I understand it our solar panels have a solar boost box which is connected to our emersion switch and our water tank. This enables us to heat our water via the panels. So therefore we are not using our boiler system to heat our water. However we…
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Huawei FusionSolar app disabling solar charging
I have a Huawei home storager battery and use the FusionSolar app (on Android) to manage and monitor things. I've also got the engineering access code for logging into all the more advanced settings as well. Does anyone know how I can prevent my solar array from charging up the battery? I wish any surplus solar to be…
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Complex issue with SOLAR PV
Hello All, Installer has installed Solar pv while they lost MSC Certificate after I signed the contract. The flat roof and pitch roof installation has been incorrect as per MSC. Now, Pigeon is getting trapped inside and not able to come out. Meanwhile, I have received a full refund of payment. Now pitched roof installation…
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Good Energy - changes to FiT
Recently received an email from Good Energy regarding the Feed in Tariff t&c changes and updates: Which is fine.However, reading the summary in the link gives more detail that will affect lots of Good Energy customers...https://www.goodenergy.co.uk/ge-fit-scheme-terms-and-conditions/ Specifically these sections - how many…
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Octopus launches V2G tariff for EVs
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/octopus-energy-launches-uks-first-vehicle-to-grid-tariff-evs-2024-02-15/ https://octopus.energy/power-pack/ If Octopus was public company, I'd buy stock. This is exactly what the EV market needs (Hopefully more EVs will be approved soon)!
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Fogstar Home Batteries (Domestic <30kWh ... etc)
HiTalking to some friends at the weekend & it was mentioned that they had a number of quotes for a home battery system to add to an existing PV setup (~5.5 kW.p) , with the main contender currently being a Fogstar rack mounted ~30kWh unit, which I mentioned was probably far too much storage (probably >double) for their…
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Smart Meter
I'm currently with British Gas and they are constantly trying to get me to have a smart meter. We have a 4kW solar PV system with iBoost installed in November 2015 and receive the relevant FIT payments with 50% deemed export. No battery storage and no EV. I've resisted having a smart meter so far because of the all the…
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Growatt Battery Setting Help
Hi all. Now that the days are starting to get longer, although not long enough yet, I'm looking for some advice in regards to the battery settings on a Growatt. Since the Solar and battery has been installed, I've been charging the battery using a cheap overnight tarrif (Intelligent Octopus) and then discharging the…
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Dual sun Solar Panels
Hi. I am currently considering installing solar panels on a house we are refurbishing and I wont lie I am a bit unsure about who to go with and what types of solar panels as, when i check online they say the best panels are Sunpower and Solar Evolution, but i just want solar panels that are going to last and that work. I…
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EV Road Tax - renew in March
If you have an EV & the V5 is in your own name you should renew the tax in March 2024 or 2025. This will mean you get zero duty right up to 03/26 rather than paying £180 VED from whenever your tax expires after 03/25. Go onto the DVLA site as usual & tick the box that to say you haven't got the reminder. It'll ask you for…
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Feed in Tarif FIT table 2024
Anyone got a link, yes i have googled it and got a downloadable table that does not work.