Recent content by GaryMG4

Funny enough I was wondering how the round trip efficiency would effect arbitrage with the reduced rate and how low Octopus would have to go before you got below the break even point. I guess you could look back over the figures for past year and substitute 12p for 15p to see how much you might...

The renters grant for 75% of the cost of a wallbox has been extended until 2027 and maxes out at £500 from April.

Had a Zappi installed by Octopus just over a year ago, works fine. It's a bit dated looking, then so am I. I chose the Zappi for the solar integration (the Ohme didn't have that at the time) which is working well. I do seem to have an issue with IOG smart charge/MG4/Zappi where the MG4 will...

Latest quote from our local oil club is £1.34 +vat for heating oil!

Is the problem that you could be drawing 32amps into the ring main from the grid then adding an additional 3 from the micro inverter which would then exceed the rating of the cable but the mob wouldn't detect it?

FWIW I used the MG supplied EVSE for the first 2 years of ownership without any issues. The plug was never more than mildly warm and none of the various sockets used showed any signs heating. I mostly used it in the daytime soaking up the excess solar so was on for 6 or so hours, 4 hours...

The illegal route, I think to show how easy it would be if allowed. He said the follow up video was to show a simple battery addition to smooth the output.

Coincidentally I watched a YT last night which showed the EcoFlow micro inverter plus 2 panels from city plumbing, total cost < £300 to give 800W max into a 13amp socket.

Looks like more AI slop.

I was trying to reduce the inrush current to see if that was causing the failure.

Certainly the case with the Kia EVSE, it powers up ok, allows you to select a charge rate but even at 6A it lights up charging then stops within 15 seconds. The MG EVSE doesn't have an option to lower the charge rate, it just doesn't even light up.

Happening here (cloudy), 4kW array producing 400w!

I think that would be the red line, get rid of the pint and there would be anarchy. despite the fact that English beer sold in the supermarkets mostly comes in 500ml bottles or cans, draught beer must come in pints.

Just to add to the confusion a US gallon is 8 pints, the same as Imperial gallon, but a US pint is 16 fluid ounces rather than 20 on the imperial system.

when I started it was 33p a gallon.