Last seen: Aug 19, 2025
@irmartini Ive looked into this further and I think that the minimum 5kWh solar production is in fact the battery charge as it is DC coupled and the s...
@transparent Well they sound promising, SOC isnt crucial to me, but its nice to have. Im hoping to get a timber frame shell up early next year and the...
@transparent It was really the SOC I was interested in 🙂 but with a bigger battery that wouldnt be so critical. I suppose it wouldnt be the end of...
@raiph OK Ralph, we do indeed have very similar systems on the same tariff, so the good news is you should be able to get your bills to something appr...
@transparent At the time, it was very difficult to get a solar installer and the one who did reply only fitted either Solar Edge or Huawei. The 10kWh ...
This graph is more similar to yours, unfortunately I cant show my battery SOC 🙁
@ Ralph Hi Ralph, welcome to the forum. To take some advice from the great Douglas Adams, DON'T PANIC! Its great you have a good monitoring system...
So not being one to rest on my laurels, it occured to me that I should be able to get a more accurate prediction of my energy usage from Octopus using...
@judith Ive just had a quick look and I think its its saying 1.5 kW per 5 kWh module
@irmartini Ive spread my bets with and additional East and West orientation in addition to the original South facing one 🙂
@rod Well as long as you are boxing the pipes in, I suppose a closed cell expanding foam might work well. Dont use an open cell one though, I tried th...
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