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I used the V2L and monitored it, found the car used so much power to convert the DC from the battery to AC for the home that at the end of the day there was almost no saving, even having charged the car on Octopus GO at 9p per kWh my power bill for February was almost the same as last year...

It works! Happy days

I am with EON but the deal is specified by the government so there is not any difference between providers.

I made a mistake I get 68.4p per kw FIT + 4.8p generation payment for 50% of what I generate. This FIT payment was for people who installed solar before mid 2011 when the first round of incentives was announced. Just received over £700 for the previous 3 months Happy sunny days

MI had my solar in(4kw) Ooops! I had 4kw solar installed in 2011 and it paid for itself in 5.5 years I am also well over 60 and still have 13 years of Index Linked Feed in Tariff, charging the car, hot water and getting FIT payments . Happy days If your solar was installed prior to 2011 you...

Two months on, my proposed and installed method of charging the car from the solar panels is working extremely well and proving reliable. I have just been away for a week and have come back to a fully charged car (20 to 90%). I do already have a surge protective device in the consumer unit to...

It is free miles as I have had the panels for eleven years and they paid for themselves in around 5 years. Happy days!

I have used a current monitor which the measures the pwer coming of the solar panels and when 2.2 kw are generated it switches a DIN rail contactor with an adjustable off time delay set to 1 minute (to allow for small clouds as I have found that continuous rapid switching on and off confuses the...

I have been looking at ways of charging my EV when the sun shines on my solar panels, I checked out Zappi etc and was quite supprised at the price of £800+ So I installed an adjustable current monitering device that switches on a contactor when the solar panels reach 2.2kw output (4kw fitted)...

Self-Powered Sensor Switch 40-400Hz AC Current Adjustable Flameproof IP30 Models: BEMG30NO Normally. you will need a contactorOpen £13.83 Available on Ebay, there there is a cheaper version on ebay which looks similar but is rubbish and this one is also din rail mounted. You will need a...

I installed an adjustable current monitering device that switches on a contactor when the solar panels reach 2.2kw output (4kw fitted) at that point it turns off the 1.5 kw immersion heater which is also current controlled. I used to be running about switching the granny lead on and off when...