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    Aurora watch

    I think that's due to some clever stuff in the iPhone night mode. We only had to step into the garden to see this, although I wish we'd gone out to the coast. I really like the 'ghostly green mist' you've caught in your photo. We don't reach solar max until next year so there's plenty of time yet.
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    Aurora watch

    It made it all the way down here, picture straight from iPhone
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    The great big insurance rip off

    Was Aviva now Allianz part of LV, Esure was cheaper but didn't have legal cover.
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    The great big insurance rip off

    Just had my renewal through, £333 last year £515 this year. A bit of searching and Ive settled for £350 with £20 back as a voucher so I am reasonably happy.
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    Extending Slow charger lead

    I know what you mean, plugged in today while I was out and about, added 13kWh to the car spent a total of 6p according to the smart meter.
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    Extending Slow charger lead

    You can use a good quality 13amp extension lead there's quite a few posts elsewhere about what to use. I occasionally use one from Screwfix, just do not use a coiled lead, it must be fully extended and rated for continuous 10 amp plus.
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    Welcome back warm weather

    Was that downhill? Last year on hols in Yorkshire the trip into Pickering from the cottage registered 7.3, downhill all the way, needless to say the return trip corrected the average.
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    Circular reasoning

    Here in sunny Norfolk I've added 31 kWh this month (2 charges) at a total estimated grid cost of £1, those sunbeams are doing there job here.
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    EV tariffs

    11 months and 7.7k miles into my EV journey I am still unconvinced that I need a a 7kW charger. I decided to try a winter without before committing. I've spent a total of £22 on public charging in the last 6 months where I've wanted and extra top up due to longer trips on consecutive days. I'm...
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    EV opposition in the media is ramping up

    He's on my blocked list so I don't even see the click bait thumbnail.
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    MG 4 error rear drive assist

    I get this occasionally, usually if I attempt to drive before the system has booted correctly. I just ignore it as it normally clears in a couple of minutes.
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    EV opposition in the media is ramping up

    I don't waste my time with these videos any more, I'll block them from appearing in my recommendations. I don't bother responding to the idiotic comments that appear in EV reviews either after all you can't argue with stupid.
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    1st day of free solar charge

    That may be case now, I'm fortunate enough to have bought a property with solar already installed and in the FiT scheme on the middle rate of payment of around 21p kWh. Today, so far we have paid for a total of £2.55 (8kWh), but I've put 8.2 in the car, done 2 loads of washing and drying, cooked...
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    iSmart 2.0 app woes [merged - all discussion in here please]

    Looks like the usual Friday maintenance, I've been getting network unavailable since mid afternoon.
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    Circular reasoning

    My panels have been in for 9 years now so I'm fortunate to be on the FiT scheme. because the panels were there when we moved in I don't have an idea of our actual consumption, only what I have to pay for. When we moved here the FiT payments covered our total electricity bill but the hike in...
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