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@editor I don't think the setting of the standing charge by Ofgem is adequately open to the public. When the rates were raised last month, the BBC p...
Thanks for that info @robl If your Indra V2G charger was limited to 16A export by the DNO (ie the usual limit for grid-export) then did that 3.68kW a...
The Indra/Kaluza V2G Trial 3 years ago was constrained by DNO's not approving the chosen sites for the full export rate. I think this was 7kW (32A), b...
I would buy from a UK manufacturer if this were possible @derek-m but alas this is still in the future. There is strong commitment from HMG to manuf...
Good point @chickenbig ! You need to be very careful what a supplier means by "including tax". Indeed sometimes this phrase assumes that you've sele...
Great... so we're now in a separate topic. And I have a couple of questions to fire back at @hamish-mcmichael 1: Do you have a rough idea of how man...
That need not be viewed as wasted effort @majordennisbloodnok If you've already got a good grasp on energy statistics for an individual household, w...
@hamish-mcmichael the entire market for heat-pump installations is rather like the early days of double-glazing. The main difference this time is that...
Only your Energy Supplier, Octopus, have the access rights to send the required commands and data. I'd suggest that you email them with a link to th...
Yes. Simon and I did some exploratory investigations on this on the OVO Forum last year, although much of that is held in a private area called the Te...
Hi @hamish-mcmichael and welcome to the forum. Your intro/CV is interesting... but not necessarily for the reason you were thinking of! This Forum...
Good point. Anyone else reading here, please do the same and intervene if I use a term which I don't explain. In this case I'd like to offer a new d...
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