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Last seen: Nov 3, 2025
@transparent you are right. I'm an idiot. 3.606v going in on the multimeter
Apparently the PSU has 2 modes. It's in constant current at the moment. But it shows no voltage? I checked and the cells obviously have a charge and v...
@transparent I hooked up the power supply this evening, but I think I've done something wrong. I set it to 3.6v and 10amp, but when I connected it the...
@transparent just waiting on my power supply to arrive. Here is my setup. It's a touch "ghetto"
@diverted-energy I expect they also pay significantly more into the Exchequer than they are perhaps getting back?
@transparent ordered a small adjustable desktop power supply - 30v and 10a - for my top balancing. Should be here tomorrow.
@diverted-energy who in their right mind would be turning on hot tubs at 34p/kw?! That is probably several pounds a day to run.
@editor my gas meter is being removed next month. I'm not paying that standing for gas I dont even use!
@prjohn I literally have one of these from back in my uni days. Mine is a selk bag /p>
@derek-m I am not suddenly going to be firing up the bitcoin rigs and hot tubs overnight. My power use will probably be the same as ever. However give...
be interested to see what they come back with. Given its a government rebate they are claiming I would expect them to just carte blanche the whole thi...
@prjohn my tariff at peak times is higher - just under 40p/kwh, so 6p higher than the 34p cap. I've messaged Octopus to see what they say. As noted ...
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