Last seen: Aug 14, 2025
I agree. I happen to use the carbon intensity API from to get an idea of the relative greenness or dirtiness of the grid electrons at any particular ...
Not a problem at all, @johndunlop. I agree having a screen and keyboard/mouse is much easier. Let me know how you get on.
Yup, that was me. My reasoning was that when I looked back over historical figures time slots that were cheap often failed to match times when carbon ...
I have to say I would neither recommend nor warn against the inverter I have. My wife and I got it as part of a Solar Together bulk buy initiative in ...
Better and better, @johndunlop. To set up the fancy cards for the Octopus rates, we first need a wee bit of information and it's easiest to find in ...
And to echo what @transparent has said, the H in my inverter's model number (SPH5000) denotes it is a hybrid inverter, hence able to offer both types ...
For the majority of the general public in the UK, heat pumps represent a big change. Despite the fact the technology's been around for quite a while, ...
Great news, @johndunlop; I'll take that as a win for us both. Next step, as I said, is to get Octopus onto HA. Looking back at your initial post on ...
@ianmk13, Vaillant and Mitsubishi are two obvious examples of manufacturers who provide add-on modules for people wanting RS485/modbus connectivity. S...
Excellent, @johndunlop. My guess is that the HACS icon is that gap on your button bar between "History" and "Media"; I sometimes find the actual ico...
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