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by SporranMcDonald
Sun Jun 22, 2025 11:42 am
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Octopus Free Power Hours
Replies: 294
Views: 58952

Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

I'm going to use this session for the hard part of a Blackcurrant Jam session. i.e. the sustained boil at temp >= 104 deg C. I'll set the inverter to Charge the battery, which is already 100%-ish. This is intended to stop the battery discharging and ensure the full load is taken from GRID. Hot jam b...
by SporranMcDonald
Fri May 23, 2025 9:47 am
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: Ripple energy "strike off"
Replies: 214
Views: 58768

Re: Ripple energy "strike off"

I attended tonight’s GF webinar which I think was very informative and helpful. Thanks for this summary. . . . I registered to attend the session, but simply forgot, despite multiple reminders. :whako: I thought the BegbiesTraynor Administrator's Interim Report was worth a skim, but not mentioned h...
by SporranMcDonald
Sat May 10, 2025 2:09 pm
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: Ripple energy "strike off"
Replies: 214
Views: 58768

Re: Ripple energy "strike off"

I have occasionally been logging into the Ripple dashboard to check whether 1st Energy have complied with my request to Delete-my-Data. I sent that deletion request about two weeks ago. Yesterday the Ripple dashboard still showed my personal info, but turbine-output-info appears to have stopped upda...
by SporranMcDonald
Sat May 03, 2025 7:41 pm
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: Ripple energy "strike off"
Replies: 214
Views: 58768

Re: Ripple energy "strike off"

Thanks to jonc_uk for editing out [ above, in this topic ] the personal email of the Graig Fatha committee person.

The personal email address was misused by 1st Energy in an email to ex-Ripple customers.
by SporranMcDonald
Thu May 01, 2025 10:55 am
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: Ripple energy "strike off"
Replies: 214
Views: 58768

Re: Ripple energy "strike off"

GF Coop : An urgent response to the 1st Energy email sent to all (former) Ripple customers. My BOLD & high-lighting . . . . Dear Fellow Members of Graig Fatha Co-op, We're aware that you've probably received an email from 1st Energy / Ripple today. We had no prior warning that 1st Energy were pl...
by SporranMcDonald
Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:25 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Octopus saving sessions coming 1st Nov
Replies: 1893
Views: 588768

Re: Octopus saving sessions coming 1st Nov

Thanks Stinsy . . . . . . I don't think I'll bother with the SS ( much as I would like to help support grid demand, I prefer to give the batteries an easy life ). . . . .
by SporranMcDonald
Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:06 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Octopus saving sessions coming 1st Nov
Replies: 1893
Views: 588768

Re: Octopus saving sessions coming 1st Nov

Please remind me of the £value of 96 Octopoints - it's been a long time since I've bothered to force export for an SS.
by SporranMcDonald
Tue Apr 22, 2025 7:29 am
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: Solar Panel Cleaning
Replies: 19
Views: 3754

Re: Solar Panel Cleaning

. . . i have bought this. https://i.postimg.cc/4YSW9mjW/IMG-9180.png Thanks for this info . . . . I had a look on Ebay, but found no current Bayersan products available & no trace of that Ebay Seller. The Bayersan.co.uk website exists with a very full range of products. However they appear to b...
by SporranMcDonald
Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:58 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: CT clamp direction battery only storage, no PV.
Replies: 3
Views: 781

Re: CT clamp direction battery only storage, no PV.

Bash wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:06 amDoes your Easton meter show the watts consumption as a - figure
Here, the "Active Power" (W) display shows a credible Wattage number.
by SporranMcDonald
Mon Apr 14, 2025 9:37 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: CT clamp direction battery only storage, no PV.
Replies: 3
Views: 781

Re: CT clamp direction battery only storage, no PV.

My Eastron CT clamp (arrow) is pointing towards the GRID.

It is clamped on the LIVE ( brown ) . . . . . [ Consumer Unit ] -> [ CT clamp ] -> [ Dual-pole Isolater ] -> [ Smart Meter ] -> [ Main Supply Fuse ]