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    BG or Octopus EV tariff

    I recommend Octopus go intelligent and a battery storage. I have run my house on 7.5 p power since October! The battery holds enough charge to power the house when there is no cheap power. I use the tesla power wall which is very easy to control and can charge and discharge at 5kW. The backup...
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    Zappi with Intelligent Octopus

    If all else fails re boot !!!! Hope you have a better nights sleep Fortunately I only have the Zappi to contend with as the hot water is still managed by my old i boost+ and not an eddi. Due to the nature of my house I have hardwire all the CT connections to the Zappi and the Zappi uses a...
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    Zappi with Intelligent Octopus

    Hi All working perfectly now, I set up the app on the wifes phone and all works perfectly. With regards to the Zappi 2 the latest versions now allow ethernet connections to be made, much more reliable than wifi. It should be noted that due to repositioning of the circuit boards in the zappi2...
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    Zappi with Intelligent Octopus

    No info showing on octoplus other than the standard notification settings which are switched on . I have received info about setting up standard schedules or charge but nothing else. I think my way forward will be to contact Octopus on monday and get the whole account deleted and re set up...
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    Zappi with Intelligent Octopus

    hi Thanks , this is what I have been looking for but sadly does not appear, All I get is a small windmill when I press the device tab. I will go back to octopus for some help, I had another 100% charge last night !! something is sort of working and at least filling up the tesla powerwall with...
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    Zappi with Intelligent Octopus

    My App does not look anything like yours Any ideas what has gone wrong, I have been trying to explain the problem with Octopus but no great success Hi Thanks for your feedback My integration shows a date of 30/11/23 This is why they were able to fill my battery to 100% the other day My...
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    Zappi with Intelligent Octopus

    Hi I have recently swapped from OG to IOG I have an early MG 5 so no app. I Use a Myenergi Zappi 2.1 charger which provides my communication. I believe that something went pear shaped when the app was loaded, there appears to be no way of telling the system what % charge I want or when I want...
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    Solar with battery, loving it!

    I think that is a great idea Knowing that you can keep essential items powered in the event of a power outage is very important. Also as an EV user I feel it is also important to replace the power I use if I can I am fortunate that I could fit a Solar panel system to my house that effectively...
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    Solar with battery, loving it!

    Hi I recently added a a second small array of panels to go with my older system fitted 5 years ago I have a FITs on the old system which produces 3.65MW per year The news system is smaller and produces 2.1 MW per year The second system was bought with a double Tesla wall (saved paying VAT on the...
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    Using Solar to charge your MG5

    My MG5 has been running on sunshine for the last few months I have two arrays (2.1kw and 3.9kw) plus a Tesla powerwall Last month they generated a total of 921 Kw We consumed 738Kw Imported 7Kw and Exported 176 Kw Consumption includes house use car charging and battery charging The battery...
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    Solar panels or stick to overnite cheap rate

    One advantage about having solar panels is whatever the B******* throw at us you are able to charge your car at a reduced rate beteween the months of February to October. This month I have been running on free power for 80% of the time. Like Evs. solar power systems have improved and reduced in...
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    Charging with solar & off peak electricity

    Hi I have an MG 5EV and have solar panels I have just had a zappi 2 wall charger installed, this has multiple modes of operation in particular the ECO modes which can be set so surplus energy can be routed to charging the MG rather than sending it backdown the grid. I certainly recommend the...
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