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Parisno
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Come to Spain;
Energy consumed 0.12€
Energy exported 0.08€
System is 8Kw
Means by the end of summer I have enough credit to last the winter, no electricity bills
Energy consumed 0.12€
Energy exported 0.08€
System is 8Kw
Means by the end of summer I have enough credit to last the winter, no electricity bills
mplayfield
Site Supporter
Very nice wish I got in earlier
Getting a hybrid electric car in few weeks, so will jump to the octopus go tariff for the cheap 7p night rate to charge car and house batteries if they need a top up. But what is the best charger? Which could potentially work with solar so it can charge the car after the house batteries and hot water etc.. Octopus have a few to choose from inc
Installation so assume they will work well with there systems and my solax inverter?
Does it need to be wired a certain way so it never tries to pull juice from the house battery? And only ever from grid (in cheap rate window) or from exported solar.
I’m guessing others here are in same situation, what charger did you go for?
Installation so assume they will work well with there systems and my solax inverter?
Does it need to be wired a certain way so it never tries to pull juice from the house battery? And only ever from grid (in cheap rate window) or from exported solar.
I’m guessing others here are in same situation, what charger did you go for?
What rates is octopus intelligent? How did you get the charger installed?
All I know it is 7p KW between 11:30 - 5:30 am so 6 hours of cheap charging. My sparky friend installed it for me.
You can get chargers from about £300 if you know an electrician who can fit it. Majority of them have options to charge from excess solar using clamp on incoming supply, or scheduled charge for cheap grid rate.
Pretty sure you need to have a cutout fitted between meter and fuse board in house if you don't have one already, you should be able to get one fitted free from your supplier.
Pretty sure you need to have a cutout fitted between meter and fuse board in house if you don't have one already, you should be able to get one fitted free from your supplier.
Thinking of going with Solax one just as my inverter is Solax so guess they would speak to each other. Octopus does not appear to support that one on there smart ev tariff but still get the 11.30 till 5.30 7p rate so not sure it matters they support it or not. Not sure what advantage there is?
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*Is quietly waiting for the inevitable moment we're allowed to burn vast amounts of fossil fuels/engage in nuclear fission again*
I love nuclear, build a million of the ****ing things I say!
Asiapinball
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Your car will probably come with a 13 amp "granny" charger that will charge at around 2.5kw every hour so on 6 hours charge you can put in 15kw overnight just from a standard 13a socket. As a hybrid this is likely almost a full charge anyway or close to it. So you don't necessarily have to spend £1,000 on a type 2 socket which are only really needed if you have a full electric car.
You will be able to charge using cheap overnight rate for 90% of your charging needs anyway. And you should be able to program your car to just charge during the cheap hours so just leave it plugged in and let the car take the charge when it's cheap.
You will be able to charge using cheap overnight rate for 90% of your charging needs anyway. And you should be able to program your car to just charge during the cheap hours so just leave it plugged in and let the car take the charge when it's cheap.