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You probably want www.smart-energy.octopushome.net For Givenergy systems there's a dedicated help page - looks like you set the rates / pence-per-kwh at which you want to import into the battery or export, for the Agile tariff. Looks straightforward in the screenshots but it is a beta service (if no...

Right, a quick follow-up on my journey to checking I'm not mugging myself by buying a big battery. Following advice from members here I thought I would change the heat pump settings to see how much benefit I can get from time-shifting consumption just by doing heating and hot water at mostly-cheap r...

Thanks again for the advice everyone. :) Yes, the solar has micro inverters, which help. And yes, the ASHP is on low constantly, it’s never “switched off”. Ideally I’d like a battery with a charge rate of 6 to 7 kw, just to ensure I grab as much cheap import as possible, hence looking at the Givener...

Many thanks for the Pylontech suggestion @joeboy. What hybrid inverter options might be worthwhile?

Excellent and interesting ideas @sharpener. We have a honking big hot water tank at IIRC 45 degrees. I must check when the heat pump is set to produce hot water. No room for a bigger tank sadly. Thus far all advice has been to run the ASHP continually because more efficient to maintain heat in the s...

Many thanks for the kind and helpful input everyone, it is very much appreciated. The “business case” is essentially an attempt to do more rational man-maths. I know I need a battery, but what is it actually worth, in kWh and £££, and just how big would I need it to be? For pricing I was comparing m...

Thank you JoeBoy. I have skimmed some of that thread before registering. However I do feel that a DIY approach is likely to be beyond my skills, hence stating that I would prefer not to go that route in my post .

Hello all. I would appreciate your help in identifying battery options as well as checking that my business case / rationale for battery sizing makes sense. Background First some context. We built a house in 2008-9 with a highly insulated, high mass structure, and underfloor heating fed by a Daikin ...

Hello all. Registering here to learn from the experts - this seems to be a highly knowledgable and active community! We built a modestly sustainable house in 2009 with massive insulation, underfloor heating and a Daikin 16KW air-source heat pump. We couldn't afford PV during the build but added 5.6K...