Recent content by GaryMG4

I guess that's what they mean by AC coupled. Where does your battery feed into the household power system and what CT clamps are in use? I can DM you if you prefer.

Some interesting points there. Amongst the notes on the Octopus site where they mention stand alone batteries it mentions that if a battery is added FiT may need to be informed and it is certainly the case if you replace the inverter or panels. Deemed export is based on 50% of your generation...

Like @tsedge I have been following the solar/battery/EV discussions here and have been considering adding a house battery. We have a 4kW solar array installed by the previous owner on FiT, it generates 3.7-4.2 kWh per annum. Last year EDF paid £910 in generation and deemed export payments and I...

I did see a YT video recently of a guy that was able to use an eNV200 van (chademo) with a specific charger that allowed V2H to power his house. It sounded a good solution for me as I was considering replacing out tip/fishing/horse feed car with an electric van.

True, although I tried quite hard to self consume as much of this summer's output as I could and still only managed 1.1 MWh out of the 3 generated, (no batteries!).

Sorry I forgot that unless you had been looking at solar panels prior to around 2017(?) you wouldn't have known about FiT. I believe it is possible to replace/add panels but but your FiT payments would be based on your original agreement, usually 4kW. I think if you originally had a 4kW south...

Unless you are on FiT, get paid 23p (in my case) and use it to charge, don't pay 7p overnight.

if you charge at home then if you need to stop just add enough to get you home with a cushion (unless it's free, of course)

Pretty much exactly what I did in May before my Scotland trip, worked out fine.

We have oil heating but the rest is electric and 1.5 cars (only had 2nd one for 6 months) and around 8k miles each car. Our 4kW array has generated around 4mWh (on FiT) and we self consumed around 40% of that, that's why I need to investigate a battery to try and up that.

10! I just checked ours, a little over 4 so far this year. TBH smart charge has worked fine until the last couple of months. I would turn off smart charge if I just wanted to use the solar excess during the day but the rest of the time it worked flawlessly. Since they started with the odd short...

After the 'refuel in a minute' comment I was expecting; spontaneous combustion, brakes and tyres wearing out in 5k miles, council banned from multi story etc. etc.

Happened to me a couple of times but mine was 100% pilot error. I managed to switch the lights to off with that silly little switch on the stalk whilst going from dip to high beam (or reverse). Not a nice experience with Fenland roads with deep dykes just a few feet away parallel to the road.

Our Niro has it, like the older MG EV it has a front charge port so perhaps its because there is more chance of water getting in?

We have an MG4 and Kia Niro both 64kWh batteries with a Zappi. No issues really, the upcoming 6 hour limit on IOG means each car will get around 40kWh in any charging session, which is normally plenty. I have been trying their 'greener nights' initiative which is fine but delaying the charge...