Recent content by GaryMG4

I do have a battery mower that works well but the main patch of grass, I wouldn't grace with label of lawn, is left uncut until June/July and the battery mower won't cope with it. At this time of year the petrol is more likely to go in the 30 year old Rav4 that we use to tow the roller around...

I do admit to a little smugness watching the Chelsea tractors pulling into the petrol station and pulling out again when they see the no diesel sign. I did draw the line at pulling in in my EV and filling a can for the mower though.

About the time the solar/battery system was commissioned?

Wasn't there also an issue with dodgy Chinese fuses not having the quenching sand inside?

I agree but I do wonder how many brands are no more than the name slapped on a cheaply made product with an inflated price. Does anyone know if MK is still a brand to be trusted? Incidentally I looked for any regulations relating to output power but only came up with an AI generated description...

Yes that's the guy. Part 2 doesn't say much.

Both the OEM MG and Kia EVSEs run at 10A continuous, which I believe is the legal limit.

Half the £53m will go to a 'mate' of someone in the government to work out how they will distribute the money and the rest will go to people on UC arriving in august.

I guess there's no way to separate battery export from solar. I did a similar calculation of deemed export (FiT) vs going to SEG, which I believe some companies demand if you add a battery to a FiT solar. I could be around £300 a year better off (less now at 12p), but SEG prices appear to be on...

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The 'official' MG EVSE would run at around 2225W +/- 50W so pretty much at the 10A limit they are meant to run at.

I ran my EVSE through a Tapo, to record usage not to do the switching. It has overheat protection but never reported anything in the almost 2 years of using it.

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...