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The immediate point that sprang to mind reading your setup is whether either the charger (which isn't a brand I'm familiar with) or the vehicle itself...
The majority of my monitoring has focused on inaccuracies of the input power data, for which I can compare to verified alternative sources. Without a...
@cathoderay The FTC5 is quite old tech and current installations will likely use the FTC7 controller. The blurb for the FTC7, quoted below, simply st...
@cathoderay One instinct I have from my testing is that the Ecodan data capture doesn't measure specific input usage by mode of operation, so it's wor...
That sounds right to me, and consistent with my Intelligent Octopus Go fixed rates moving from 7p to 7.5p prior to the adjustment for 1st April which ...
If they apply the same logic to the way they've done the fixed tariff changes, then the impact should be a straight 3.5p/kWh reduction across each ind...
True, but the overall picture I referred to doesn't change dramatically when filtered for that 5-9°C range. The mean figure across circa 1,200 system...
Hi @ecoste Thanks for making it all the way through a lengthy post! Since posting that detail, I've continued to monitor the system reporting, and n...
Hi @cathoderayThanks for linking me into your post. This is not a thread that I have followed in any detail so I would have missed seeing this withou...
@agentgeorge I got this too the other day, and it's an unexpected boost for me. I'm on a 12month IOG tariff that expires in late April, but had alrea...
You can remove control directly via the settings options in the Havenwise app.
Interesting concept, but it looks to be limited to the same inverter brands as the smart Octopus control tariffs, which currently doesn't include Suns...
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