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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...
There are seven negative price half-hour slots tomorrow. Would be interesting to see what's the electricity mix. I would assume a lot of wind but also...
@majordennisbloodnok Haven't dabbled with HA yet. But depending on the usecase, could be a summer project in the making!
@jamespa That seems to be the case. As gas prices are volatile at the moment, to fix for 12 months for peace of mind, we are having to pay a slightly ...
@agentgeorge We have the 6.5 kWh GBLI 6532 model, so it isn't the modular stackable option like the APX or AXE models. This model was going out of pro...
@editor The Shine app is a bit basic and has this issue with time when clock changes. Other than that, it's a pretty solid product. Even the roundtrip...
@agentgeorge We have a Growatt battery system as well, and unfortunately I have had to change the inverter time when clock changes. Funnily enough whe...
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