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    Making the jump to solar

    At similar age I had a ladybird book on magnetism and read about electro magnets. So I decided that if I dropped my very weak red and black horseshoe magnet across the exposed live and neutral pins of a 3 pin plug (they didn't have the insulated sleeves in those days) it would make it more...
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    Making the jump to solar

    Not quite the best day of the year here but Generation 24.4 (Earnings £5.63 FiT) Exported 5.2 Self consumption 19.2 (would have been more but both cars full) grid 2.1 (cost 91p inc 52p SC)
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    Variable IOG price increase from May 1st

    Over the last few days my SC as been about the same as I have bought from the grid, and that's without any battery storage.
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    Making the jump to solar

    This is what I like to see on the Zappi. !00% green and that's with 70% green set on the Zappi, according to the web page it was actually 99.6% green.
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    Making the jump to solar

    Yes not a bad day, 12 in car, but I didn't get back home until 1:45.
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    Variable IOG price increase from May 1st

    Isn't hindsight wonderful.
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    Octopus Go Intelligent new 6 hours charging limit

    According to my price increase email this will be coming to the App in early May, or at least the option to stop the charge once the 6 hours of smart charge have been used. It doesn't explain how they would bill it if you don't set it. I wonder what it would do for my last calibration charge...
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    Variable IOG price increase from May 1st

    Agreed, more incentive for me to max out my solar(fit) usage.
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    Variable IOG price increase from May 1st

    Email from Octopus at 17:00 today. It also mentioned the 6 hour cap coming soon (early May) plus another 1p on the standing charge.
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    What’s the very first CD you bought / got?

    Groundhogs Thank Christ for the bomb was another fave from that era.
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    What’s the very first CD you bought / got?

    My 1st classical Cd was probably Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky (courtesy of listening to Emerson Lake and Palmer version), Rachmaninov 2 on vinyl prior to that.
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    What’s the very first CD you bought / got?

    Astronomy Domine was my introduction to Floyd, courtesy of an English teacher although first purchase was Dark Side of the Moon.
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    What’s the very first CD you bought / got?

    I'd forgotten about those, my first job after school had one. My contribution was A night at the Opera by Queen, and I still have the vinyl disk to this day. No idea of first CD, possibly something by Fleetwood Mac. First vinyl album was Dark Side of the Moon but prior to that my cousin and I...
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    How old are you? [2026 Edition]

    Well you should see the portrait in the loft!
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