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Not at all. Many people simply won't need home backup. We don't need it. It is nice to have, but that is not the reason I bought a Tesla Powerwall. Fu...
Institutional investors have not faired much better. Of the 3 solar funds listed on the FTSE stock exchange, Bluefield Solar Fund (BSIF) launched in 2...
I agree, for their target market of renters with no solar, they are great and most will consider full home backup a luxury given the price differentia...
Are planners able to mandate co-location of BESS for new solar sites, and would that help solve the GRID issues by effectively turning them into a ste...
Agreed, these plug-in systems are little more that a portable battery into which you may be able to plug in and run your fridge/freezer during a power...
Do you have the Tesla One App configured that the installers use? If so, you can connect directly to the PW3 over it's internal WiFi controller and ru...
The Tesla Gateway sits between the incoming supply and the CU, so I would postulate that Pair A go to the Gateway with Pair B returning from the Gatew...
I'm sure @transparent will give you a more qualified answer, but I would expect to see either (i) an RCBO, or (ii) a MCB and an RCD (which when combin...
@chandykris Yes, I saw there is a savings session tonight, at 8-9pm They are 'paying' 137 Octoplus points = 17.125p, so not too bad. Unfortunately...
I agree, there is no clearly best/targeted tariff for fully electrified households with EV's, ASHP, solar and batteries. Have you requested this to ...
They will be entitled to constraint payments to cover their losses, but you are right that investment would evaporate overnight if the goalposts were ...
@papahuhu getting back on track (no pun intended!), I can report that my effective export rate on Flux is averaging around 75% higher (~21p) than it w...
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