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That's exactly the way I saw it anyway, it won't affect those of us who charge between 23.30 and 05.30, 6 hour window. The new ruling is to stop the clover clogs who are taking advantage of the cheap slots, of which I've seen very few where we live. Guess if you've got a much larger battery...

Ah thanks @GaryMG4 , I'd heard of FiT, but never absorbed the details, I didn't fit my solar system until 2021, a late lockdown project for me I guess and well after the best deals had disappeared. My own system has a huge lead acid battery bank of 24 x 2 volt aircraft tug cells, around 45kWh...

Now that makes better sense John @johnb80 , we have to constantly read between the lines on this type of forum due to people not fully explaining what they are trying to say, or perhaps not reading back what they write :ROFLMAO:(y):) In this case my neighbour should perhaps buy an EV, they are...

I'm not fully understanding why you would want to charge an EV during the day using solar power if you are being paid a FiT (feed in tariff) of 23p/kWh to feed power into the grid!! Surely a decent overnight cheap tariff to buy electricity in @7p (Octopus Intelligent Go) and sell back to the...

Never charge on Solar, let solar charge any batteries for nothing, instead pay back into the grid @15p/kWh and buy overnight at 7p/kWh.

Since the many conversations regarding battery equalisation on this forum, I now equalise about once a month to maintain optimum (hopefully) performance, but instead of letting the battery drain to below 20% or lower as recommended by some, this takes a lot of power from the grid and runs out of...

I had an MG4, now have an S5, I use the MG app to set up my charge schedule, or just plug in and leave for smart charging.

HaHaHa, so FTF are you doing discussing slick economy? :eek::ROFLMAO: Joking mate! just give me the stiff finger if I stand out from all you cuffy scrunts hiding in the hedgerows.(y):ROFLMAO:

Couldn't agree more @stevedee , I don't, (or can't) want to workout the exact savings of clean vs dirty, from mud picked up along roads, it's obvious to most of us, but totally agree with carrying additional weight, even a charge cable, and I wonder how much a dirty car wastes in both weight and...

I don't actually understand what you are trying to achieve, by "hood" (USA) do you mean bonnet (English) perhaps? If you mean you want lighting in the engine area, connecting directly to the battery seems a possible solution, but would need to be switched in some way. For simplicity and...

I think as @Ian Key suggests, the word theory is key here, I like to keep my cars clean, whilst other's don't wash their cars for months, prime in my mind is keeping the car looking nice. But obviously a clean car is definitely going to be more efficient at gliding or cutting through the air...

Me neither Steve - inquisitive - wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people: :);)(y)

Exactly the same software version as mine @stevedee and all the others, including Portugal!

My multi-meter is a low cost version @stevedee, but tested against my neighbours (electronics engineer's) it's pretty much spot on, at least as you infer, within the bounds of acceptability in this instance and probably + or - 0.1 volts is close when considering a couple of volts differential...

My S5 conundrum kinda semi solved According to a notice on the driver’s screen when turning off the power, “12v battery level is critical” as photo. To check 12V battery state of charge (SOC) in the car, touch car icon bottom on the infotainment screen and then touch STATUS, 12V BATTERY still...

I like MG @MG Clive they make some really nice cars, but with a "tincy wincy" amount of additional input from MG they could be GREAT cars Clive!

It's a mystery @Coulomb, you are absolutely correct, the normal resting voltage of a 12V lead acid battery is in the region of 12.6 volts. I wonder if anyone else has measured their 12V battery without entering the car to activate the startup procedure? In my mind it's somehow, rightly or...

I only get the message of low 12V battery when the car is in "ready mode" of course, but what I don't understand is with all electrics turned off, my 12V battery is reading 13.9V. I purposely left the car unlocked overnight, by switching off at the infotainment screen, I opened the drivers door...

I'm on my 2nd EV (MGS5, MG4 previously) Using Intelligent Octopus Go, giving 6 hours (11.30pm to 5.30am) to charge the car with the excellent Ohme Home Pro 7kW EV Charger, we also run any other high usage utilities during the cheap 6 hours, like washing machine and dishwasher etc, all at cheap...

Exactly @emmrecs. I've noticed my S5 Custom Pilot wont save driving in Eco mode, not sure if it's standard or another anomaly, but it's not something I use regularly. Another thing, I regularly get a flash message telling me the 12V battery is low, but it's far from low, measured today @13.9V...