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Ive just had a conversation with Chat GPT and made the decision to sign up for Octopus Charge Pack. My Huawei battery isnt easy to automate and I woul...
This might be escalating a bit. Ive managed to source a bundle of 10 Huawei optimisers for £180 and while my intention was to resell the ones I didnt ...
@old_scientist Thats good to hear. I may have sourced some cheap optimisers too, so potentially i might be able to have more panels.
So after consideration, I think it makes sense to go ahead with the installation of extra panels. The next consideration is how many and what type? My...
@etchedpixels Yes, the Luna battery modules are pricey and I had considered whether to try and resale to change them. Picking one up second hand wa...
@transparent @jamespa Ive just done some modelling and my newer additional East/West panels were estimated to produce about 2738 kWk per year. Each...
Thanks for the link. 🙂 I dont think the panels have to have optimisers, that was the advice of my installer for the roof they were mounted on. Im ...
@transparent I hadnt really thought that far ahead, but I did buy a crimping tool for when I added an extra second hand battery module (it was a barga...
@transparent The fit generation meter does not measure output from the newer system, so adding to that shouldnt affect fit payments. The inverter is...
@jamespa Thanks James. The FIT system is totally separate from the additional system, so any changes to the latter wont change its output in any case....
@batpred Thanks. Im hoping the installer will provide one soon, but if not I might try my luck with this one and see what happens. 🙂
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