Recent content by mikgle

Admittedly its a detached bungalow so no real scaffolding costs but my friend last August had 15 panels, a 5kW AC inverter and a 9kWh Sunsynk battery fitted.. total cost £8600. Local electrician, MCS registered. With the price of pv panels so cheap I would definitely recommend fitting as many...

I guess but for a prolonged outage with little or no solar you will be hard pushed to run everything off a 13A socket.. a gas cartridge stove is a no brainer, 1970s or not.. or even a woodburner fire, now that is going back :)

Maybe invest in a couple of portable rechargeable batteries? Paraffin heaters? Camping stove running on gas cartridges? You can get low power kettles for camping etc and a simple telephone which doesn't need a power socket just a phone line. I have one handy for such an occasion.

To be fair, it should work both ways.. if the smart schedule says its starting at 10pm, as it did for me tonight, then not start for whatever reason is not good. So it then said 10.30pm and didn't, then again 11pm and it didn't. Its still not started. Come on octopus play fair, you can't accuse...

I see, that's a lot of money to run a twisted pair to the zappi, so I can understand doing it manually.

Ah I forgot, I think you need to wire the battery ct to the zappi also.. if theres an ethernet cable going to it there may be a spare twisted pair you could use..

If you have a ct around your battery wire, it therefore has a sensor for current charge and discharge.. there is an option on the zappi settings to avoid battery drain. Unless they've changed it. A query to Myenergi may solve this conundrum. Do you have a battery symbol showing on the myenergi...

Rear wiper? Luxury, i dream of having a rear wiper 😀

85 miles range? We used to dream of 85 mile range! Youngsters today just dont believe you..

Exactly.. why would you? If youre that cold wear a coat, saves the planet 😀

Didn't know M&S sold tyres? Sounds about what I get in my MG4 SE

Can't see why you would need both on at the same time.. heating cabin for 10 mins warms up seats and steering wheel too.

Regen will be limited at 90% SoC i believe.. so its a fair notification.

No smart plugs.. has the car not got a scheduled timer? If not, just plug in near your cheap rate. I use a 16A industrial socket with a charger lead from 3rd Rock Energy.. this gives you the option of what current to use, 8, 10, 13 or 16A and also a delay start option too. Works well, mine is 10...

I would hope Octopus are different, they do have several benevolent policies eg electric blankets they give out..