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Assuming the work goes well. Assuming the fuse gets upgraded. Assuming the spark can be persuaded to do the final installation of the AC Inverter (they are going to have a look). Assuming no problem moving suppliers (as alleged smart meter has self-lobotomised itself) then hopefully fine!!

Having a visit from the DNO on the 11th and they say they will do the fuse upgrade at the time if they can. Spark coming to do the work next Friday so hopefully should be all nice 23mm wiring in place before then with cable direct to the consumer unit. Can't get the supplier in to do anything...

As a final point on this spark came round and has recommended upgrading to 100A and rewiring the whole lot to a single consumer unit using RCBOs and a surge protector.

Difficult to be accurate as I am thinking of it more as a 3 part mutually beneficial thing with agile tariff, battery and EV. On the EV side depends on how often it needs charging. Currently don't drive that much but when it becomes only a couple of quid to do say a return trip to the coast...

The reasons we are going for a battery now are: Better use of the solar When no solar can take advantage of variable tariff to save money The variable tariff allows cheaper charging of an EV Less worry about using electrical appliances in the peak period. I am a nerd and enjoy spending time...

You can. One of the reason I went for the model I did is someone has written an automated program to do that for you. Even if you can't buy at zero, if the lowest if 5p say, the average outside the peak period is 9 and the peak is 20. If you load the battery up (if needed) at 5p and discharge...

I ran some simulations a while back based on historical agile data and my solar data. Obviously contained a number of assumptions so not sure how accurate it would be in terms of calling it 'properly costed'.  Possibly some of the more interesting graphs on that site are the long term max, min...

Interesting thing about these tariffs is it makes having a battery system a viable option even for those people without solar as you can cover the expensive period by timeshifting power from a cheaper period that will take 30 to 50% off the electricity bill. For us the combination of summer...

Their website here https://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/electricity/fuse-upgrade appears to imply its a standard operation but possibly not then? As it says " Our expert will visit you to advise what is possible at your property." I have messaged them to get someone out to look at it to see what...

Actually with the Agile tariff the cheapest periods are often mid-afternoon before peak period starts at 4pm (usually), which makes it useful for topping up the battery before the peak period (e.g. see today's here: https://twitter.com/energystatsuk/status/1285594671645970433/photo/1). Also for...

Going from a 60A fuse to 100A fuse so current 80A RCCB one assumes is going to be too small.

In Cambridge so UK power network the DNO. Tried a number of sparks but most end up at the 'We will get back to you" stage that never happens and with various things a bit up in the air I have not got round to rehassling any of them but will try again. You can charge the battery from mains as...

I am trying to but want to get a better handle on what to ask them. Tails from meter go into this block that links in the solar: https://photos.app.goo.gl/dmnWKoQUN3Njk6HHA Ongoing cable goes through this RCCB: https://photos.app.goo.gl/KyDwMWit95uasE6o6 Into this block that then goes onto...

Hopefully this is the right place to ask this question. Apologies if not. We need to get our 60A main fuse upgraded to a 100A fuse to handle the addition of battery storage and EV charge point. Due to various rules it appears we need someone from the power supply company, someone from the...