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@mike-patrick Can I use my cheap charging period for anything other than charging my car? Of course! During this four hour period, any el...
@mike-patrick I've only seen EDF which use a specific charger. The rest seem to do it by making the tariff at midnight to very early so people don't h...
@mike-patrick honestly it's no work. The solar inverter controls everything for me. Excess power, diverts to battery then it just draws from battery b...
@boblochinver I expect I have a bigger set of panels than you - 8.4kw of panels and I also had 7kwh of battery, which I expanded in July to 14.2kwh. ...
@boblochinver so far this year generated 6,700kw, we have used 4,227kw, but only purchased 836kw - battery supplied 1,391kw (33% of total demand). F...
@derek-m I am waiting for my Octopus Go smart meter so I can take advantage of their Go tariff. 5p for 4 hrs a night and 15p for the rest of the day. ...
As a note to everyone I've adjusted the weather compensation downwards as it was a collective opinion it was too high. We shall see how it fares with ...
I signed up for octopus last month: Octopus Price Promise July 2021 v1 Fixed term ends 30/09/2023 Tariff rate: 18p/kWh Standing charge: 23.06p/...
@rv3 when in doubt - double check with the local council planners
I believe the planning permission applies to the sound from the unit Planning permission, rules for air source heat pumps:As part of Permitted Devel...
@derek-m We've considered MVHR before, however I've seen that the gains are pretty negligible in terms of cost vs payback. Given our main room is the ...
@derek-m we already have 200mm of rockwool between the floors. It's more just an issue that the top of the house is super insulated so hangs onto heat...
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