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RE: Spotted this re. Octopus on another forum

Thanks @derek-m but I'm still unsure that I've adequately clarified the system. No one controls the offset. Each Comms Hub is implanted with a rando...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Spotted this re. Octopus on another forum

I think I haven't explained the system sufficiently clearly. Octopus cannot inform a customer of the meter time-offset because they don't know it th...

3 years ago
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RE: Spotted this re. Octopus on another forum

So we are in agreement about how this offset works. I'm glad to have that confirmed. I'm assuming that the 'issues' which @philiprsteele refers to a...

3 years ago
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RE: Spotted this re. Octopus on another forum

To allow others to follow this discussion in future, let me point out that Smart Meters can have two sorts of hardware control over external loads. ...

3 years ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

That's true. But I'm also allowing some headroom for the double-pole mains isolator, cabling, mains changeover switches, trips and the DIN-rail enclos...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Electricity price predictions

That's £2000 for the battery cells and the BMS, which is the electronic box that provides balancing and protection. I'm including an approximate amoun...

3 years ago
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RE: Spotted this re. Octopus on another forum

I'd like to pick up this point about the development of standards for Smart Devices which operate within the framework of Demand Side Response. I'm ...

3 years ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Whether you go with what installers recommend depends on how you intend to deploy the batteries. If they are configured as part of a set up which in...

3 years ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

That's the way to go @batalto The cost of lithium batteries has been steadily falling whilst energy-prices have been rocketing. That means the brea...

3 years ago
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RE: Spotted this re. Octopus on another forum

A Greed Grid is an appropriate metaphor to describe the underlying reasons for the current energy crisis.

3 years ago
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RE: And in parting...

The original intention with this list was to make it into a PP Slideshow and have it running whilst participants arrived for an energy seminar. If a...

3 years ago
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