Recent content by northcote

hi all picked my new white mg zs ev trophy LR up yesterday I was more than pleased to see it has the sun roof. traded gen 1 in. i found paper work in glove box this am stating date of manufacture 14/03/23

Hi re octopus if you ring them thay are likely to sign you up

I have a 3.5kw solar 13kw tesla powerwall 2 battery Zappy ev charger OCTOPUS go tariff Mg zs ev car This time of year I charge the Tesla for 2 hours at cheap rate. The car 14kw about 2 hours cheap rate. And all works great. In the summer as we have the zappy The solar fills the Tesla and any...

you might want to look at the octopus web site as that offer discount on Ohme chargers

if only short term then cheaper best. I would go with Ohme as 2 family members have Ohme and have no complaints. ps both are on octopus go tariff and schedule charging

I have zappi connected to solar and storage battery. works great and with the hub can control it from outside my home network. you need the hub to get the £350 grant but it is worth it for the app and control of charging

thanks for that now ordered

hi all zappi now fitted veri happi 1 charging from solar 2 charging from octopus go tariff with timed charge 3 not discharging storage batteri

hi all zappi been fitted tomorrow as I have solar and battery storage. will be putting it through its paces over the next few weeks

hi drjat just a note are you sure you have a 100amp supply or is that what it says on your mains fuse. as my mains fuse says 100amp but on checking with the DNO my property is on an 80amp supply. it would seem that you cannot rely on what the mains fuse is labelled as. my advice to all is to...

hi zappi is not cheap but is the best (only) option for solar and battery as far as I know. biffo check with octopus as I think that will pay your exit fee. battery addition made good sense for me as I got the solar back in 2011 and on good fit payment but the export was based on 50/50. but...

hi biffo I agree a bit of a rabbit hole. overtime I have had installed 3.5 kW of solar 13kw tesla powerwall 2 on octopus go tariff currently, electric bills are running at less than £10 a month and approx £30 a month in winter bought zs 30/06/21 and charging free locally for now awaiting...

thank you all for your comments. I have also now concluded it is meant to be approx time to full charge and not current time

hi all On the screen, under where it says charging the owner manual states this is the current time. Page 154 of the owners manual. is this correct as this time is not the same as the clock on the infotainment screen. I am confused as to what this is please help me still learning about the car...

forgive unless i missed something me but how can they charge you for energy used in 2008 when the company was not founded until 2015