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@andris I am on Octopus Go and also Outgoing Octopus. I see on the Octopus website where they have conflicting information. They have an image that sa...
After seeing umpteen negative price slots again today, I wanted to take advantage and get some green charging done. On opening the Podpoint app last n...
@jamespa I got some confusing responses too and hence decided to just bite the bullet and fix it. Frustratingly, the day I fixed I was offered 7p, but...
@batpred Unfortunately, we were on Octopus Go variable and decided to move to Octopus Go fixed thanks to geopolitical chaos, and ended up at 9.5p per ...
@toodles But surprisingly Octopus are not giving any free electricity tomorrow (for non agile customers) like they used to give last summer and even u...
Thanks @toodles .We used to have an induction when we lived in London. But somehow got this gas hob when we moved. And didn't switch for 13 years unti...
Thanks @toodles @jamespa, good to know it was easy to get it done. I communicated with Octopus a few weeks ago and they send an email asking me to con...
@batpred I assume you plugin the battery on a wall socket, charge, then unplug and run the dehumidifier as if it's a portable battery that you take wi...
@editor That's good to know about the 10kg weight. At that weight, you could easily move this around and even use this as a backup power option for th...
Keeping the electrical circuitry complexities aside, I wonder whether such small battery storage systems can be used in niche usecases. For example, w...
@editor Good to know that this will work alongside an existing PV and battery system. Adding additional battery storage that's not connected to the ex...
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