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Hi Fred I like you have not got home batteries but I do have solar and I understand about the V2L scenario and where your coming from, I have have experimented with it a few times with both my MGs that being the 4 SeSr and the 5 face lifted trophy, Yes you can do many things with this but it...

It appears you have not got solar yet so might I suggest you watch a guy on YouTube he’s called Gary does solar. Has lots of great and very informative videos on his YT channel I will post just on below. Now my roof is south facing and I have 3.84 kW of solar on there,so on a good day I have...

This video from Jordan is very much one you should take the time to watch if you have or are thinking of having Solar PV at you home Les

Hi Adam sounds like an ideal set up you have got there with the mainly south and east facing set up of the panels that’s great, sun comes up in the morning so you will get power early in the day and spreading throughout and transferring from east to south great, I have been trying for a while...

Love it sounds like you a great PV system and have had some excellent weather down in mid/south wales I was there myself week before last and it was very nice indeed I bet the arrays are east and south facing.wish I could get another array on the east side to go with my south facing array but...

No me also never seen that screen on my Zappi or its App Les

Hi I have got the MG5 and the MG4 and the Zappi with solar PV 4kw on most days when the sun is up but I don’t really keep a record of what’s gone where just plug it in to one or the other and let it do its thing I have said before solar PV which I have had for around 10 years before I ever had...

Hi Barry just seen this and I do feel for you, the world of solar PV as gone daft you may recall I was trying to extend my array but have been let down so many times in the last 5/6 months that I have given up now, so many wild and shilly prices and so many people tell me they can’t take on...

For anyone that is thinking of having or has solar PV, you might find this video interesting in deciding whether or not to add a solar diverter along to it as sometimes these are an unnecessary expense. On June 20th 2022 a podcast about solar and storage batteries was done on the MGEVs...

Please find below a copy of an email received by my son from Octopus energy today with regard to Solar PV export payments some of you may already be aware of this but some might not be. Les

Just a quick add on to my last post, a good thing about the Zappi is it comes with the myEnergi app, so that you and monitor what’s going on and control it from your phone maybe others brands are the same nowadays. Les.

Hi in you first point it is dependent on the charge point that is true, what its got to do with the MG4 is beyond me. Pats question is about the car any EV I think, starting and stopping the charging when using a charger that is integrated with a solar Pv system and in doing so can it damage...

Yeh the SEG tariff is I believe what you get paid for the electricity that you export back to the grid so if you use all your system produces you don’t get any payments at least I think that’s how it works with SEG. With the old FITs scheme you get a payment for what you generate whether you use...

Ok I don’t know maybe if your doing a system with batteries for storage that’s how they can have over 4 perhaps, my lad has a powerwall on he’s set up but I have also watch quite a few on YT who are well over 4KW in facts evpuzzle for one and you know the guy off the fully charge show Robert...

Yeh I had been warned about that so I rang my local DNO and was told the might need to visit the property but the installer would need to inform them and obtain permission to fit the extra panels but shouldn’t be to much of a problem. Youngest son lives in London as just over 6KW and the DNO ok...

Blue sparky is dead right more and more cars are now coming with V2L nowadays, so why would you buy a battery when you could already have some 50 plus KWs sat on the drive or in the garage, there was a podcast 20th June iast all about this very subject of solar and batteries I said there I’m...

Hi bluesparky, thanks for the posting, this was exactly why I was trying to increase my array, we did a pod cast on this very subject on 20th June and I said on that then, it was the best investment I ever made, I am now into around my third year of almost free electric for several months of...

Hi yeh your right about buying 2nd hand there’s plenty about but no not for me as it still a fair old cost to put them up and no way of know how long the might last think not as for the 300mm that’s correct also but a few of the installers have said they would not ignore that MSC ruling under...

Some of you may remember I have been asking for quotes to extend my currant PV array for a couple of months now, and have found this difficult to say the least. Having had solar for over 10yrs now I knew well of its benefits having recoup my investment in them in less than 7 of those 10 yrs, so...

Yeh me two very jealous I have 16 panels 3.84 kw but could get 4/6 more up there but FITS payments Restrict me to 4 kw but when it ends then the array will be extended if I’m still here. Les