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  1. mikgle

    Solar Power - Why people ignore your advice

    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...
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    Circular reasoning (Rolfe's solar energy system)

    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 :)
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    Circular reasoning (Rolfe's solar energy system)

    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.
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    MG4, Zappi and Octopus Intelligent Go

    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...
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    MG4, Zappi and Octopus Intelligent Go

    I see, that's a lot of money to run a twisted pair to the zappi, so I can understand doing it manually.
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    MG4, Zappi and Octopus Intelligent Go

    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..
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    MG4, Zappi and Octopus Intelligent Go

    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...
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    Preheat cabin

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

    Overnight charge in garage not freezing. 80% 185miles

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

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

    Cold weather motorway mi/kWh?

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

    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.
  13. mikgle

    Regeneration is limited please use the brake pedal.

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

    Granny Charging

    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...
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    MG4, Zappi and Octopus Intelligent Go

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

    MG4, Zappi and Octopus Intelligent Go

    A good case of using AI for monitoring..
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    MG4, Zappi and Octopus Intelligent Go

    That would be unfair on the large number of ev owners who can't share the API but are using the system fairly.. if they have the ability to monitor and prevent unfair usage then more piwer to their elbow i say.. its always the few bad apples which spoil the barrel.
  18. mikgle

    MG4, Zappi and Octopus Intelligent Go

    They don't need a ct clamp on the feed.. the evse itself monitors how much charge its providing!
  19. mikgle

    MG4, Zappi and Octopus Intelligent Go

    If that's true then octopus has changed their mind, and policy..
  20. mikgle

    MG4, Zappi and Octopus Intelligent Go

    I don't think so but its octopus who controls the charge in any case, based on the car model it was registered with.. interestingly, octopus groups car makes into categories which allow different levels of interaction, Ford and Tesla being the best one, others are more limited.
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