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by SimonSays
Tue Apr 01, 2025 4:48 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Octopus saving sessions coming 1st Nov
Replies: 1821
Views: 477504

Re: Octopus saving sessions coming 1st Nov

DFS today with every single bid rejected. Is today's DFS actually a DFS without any savings?
by SimonSays
Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:09 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: CT coils for ME3000 inverters in parallel
Replies: 5
Views: 307

Re: CT coils for ME3000 inverters in parallel

The master inverter is trying to minimise the current in it's two CT clamps, up to it's 3kW limit. When the load is beyond the master inverter's capability, current will appear in the slave inverter's CT clamp and it'll start discharging to try to reduce that to zero. So the master inverter is carry...
by SimonSays
Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:00 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: Starting out on my heat pump journey
Replies: 117
Views: 27812

Re: Starting out on my heat pump journey

But it’s just nice to find someone who is bothered and gets all the import export stuff.previous plumber I tried 3 times to lag the pipe work on his 3rd visit after saying the useless polystyrene lagging was sufficient he said you can get the black purpose lagging ( don’t know the correct name) whi...
by SimonSays
Fri Mar 28, 2025 2:33 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Cleanish Grid currently!
Replies: 1
Views: 135

Re: Cleanish Grid currently!

I don't think we're quite close enough for a power hour on Sunday morning, but it does look close.
by SimonSays
Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:25 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Octopus Flux tariff from April
Replies: 13
Views: 532

Re: Octopus Flux tariff from April

NoraBatty wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 6:55 pm
Interesting they will bring out Fixed term Octopus Go soon though.
I guess Octopus have to try to stop customers leaving to join EON Next Drive v6. On the Bookface I see lots of people claiming to be moving to EON.
by SimonSays
Mon Mar 24, 2025 1:55 pm
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: Mono vs Bifacial ?
Replies: 26
Views: 5008

Re: Mono vs Bifacial ?

I now have some north facing bifacial panels - 3.6kWp worth of 8x 450w DMEGC panels - to complement my south facing monofacial 3.2kWp array (yes, tiny in the scheme of some of your arrays, but it's all I can fit). All panels are on a 30deg pitched roof. The bifacials typically outgenerate the monofa...
by SimonSays
Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:25 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: My Pylontechs for Sale
Replies: 21
Views: 870

Re: My Pylontechs for Sale

nowty wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:21 am And more on their way. :twisted:
I thought as much!
by SimonSays
Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:41 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: My Pylontechs for Sale
Replies: 21
Views: 870

Re: My Pylontechs for Sale

Those batteries will be an excellent deal for someone. Have you bought the cells to replace them?
by SimonSays
Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:19 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Octopus saving sessions coming 1st Nov
Replies: 1821
Views: 477504

Re: Octopus saving sessions coming 1st Nov

Opportunities to rinse are few and far between lately.