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Agree that for Cosy to work well over winter a battery is essential. But it need not necessarily be a large capacity. As an example, my teeny 5kWh ...
Yes, totally understand how you can manage the Vailant, and that output reduction is commonplace, it makes total sense. I like how you utilise it.Octo...
And that is precisely the point I have made following a couple of TJ's pearls of wisdom on FB. There WAS an official email issued, setting out that hu...
And that is precisely the point I have made following a couple of TJ's pearls of wisdom on FB. There WAS an official email issued, setting out that hu...
To be fair to Octopus, TJ is quoted as advising that hush mode is not appropriate to peak demand season. 😀
Yes, that is exactly my point. I am no Luddite, I have used Agile and controlled it through a beta Octopus Labs app which was actually easy to use and...
Many thanks for the link, Mars. I have read the relevant posting, it is indeed very well set out, and I appreciate that. Yet I can't help but feel t...
Many thanks for your, and the subsequent, answers tk question. Whilst not a Luddite I do like my IT to be a solution rather than a new hobby and I a...
@majordennisbloodnok Pardon my ignorance, but this means nothing to me. Should it, I wonder?
@downfield And free, according to the exchange I had with them.
@toodles Exactly my own thoughts when I read about this. It would be so much more effective if it was available to all, regardless of tariff, PV, bat...
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