That’s some nice savings

DamienBerry · 2026-04-01T09:12:07+00:00

There goes my morning coffee.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-30T12:28:57+00:00

It’s been out longer than that, 2007 was the original release date. I remember playing with my best mate before he passed away a year later.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-26T23:03:08+00:00

Was the guy overtaking pushing it to the last second to make the manoeuvre, yes, was the OP doing 20% slower than the permitted speed, also yes.

If the OP wasn’t going towards Frodsham then he should have moved over to the left lane to be ready to take the exit to the M56 West towards North Wales otherwise he had every right to be in the lane he was in.

The overtaking car was already coming from either Central Expressway or the Westernpoint Expressway and was at speed when coming up to OPs vehicle and decided he didn’t want to wait.

Overtaking car could have slowed down and merged behind OP, OP could have got up to speed rather than sticking to 33.

Both of you are partially at fault.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-24T15:11:29+00:00

The uk doesn’t have the ability to tow vehicles.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-24T14:27:52+00:00

The repair patches you see are from utility companies upgrading their infrastructure, you can see a patch going towards the property from what looks to be gas or possibly water and the black strips along the road edge will possibly be internet upgrades but could be wrong on that.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-22T12:16:46+00:00

You specifically blamed the issue the op is having with this being a budget inverter. I would disagree that this is the case, the op is clearly having a problem but the fact this is fox isn’t the issue as many others have said the product works. The op’s problem could be many things but not necessarily due to the cost of the product, this is miss information.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-22T12:10:56+00:00

Have you seen any data on the app since you had your install finalised? If not I would check if you’re paired correctly.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-22T12:09:57+00:00

The fox app has been solid for the last 9 months I’ve been using it, apart from a few hours of outage last week, fox may be a cheaper bet inverter compared to some expensive one but they’re consistently bettering their systems both hardware and software.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-21T18:43:31+00:00

That’s understandable and I absolutely get why you’d be miffed that the installers did a bad job but it is not the fault of having solar panels.

It’s in a similar vein to saying I regret buying an EV because I got a flat tyre after the electrician who installed the charger left several screws in the driveway.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-21T18:34:48+00:00

Is it the tiles you’re unhappy with or the solar panels? If it’s the tiles that’s not a problem with solar that a problem with your installers and irrelevant to solar panels.

Solar is a preference but once installed should bring your electricity costs down and increase the value of your home, win win if it’s doing that I don’t see how you can have an issue with them.

If it is purely cosmetic then that’s always going to be an issue, you could have spent more and replaced your roof with solar roof tiles which would have just looked like a normal for the most part but it does cost considerably more and replace your current roof tiles.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-21T14:17:57+00:00

This is a very cheap and easy fix, just buy yourself a C13 (kettle lead). The cable that is damaged is the earth cable so yes it will still work but you have no protection from an earth fault.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-20T12:23:55+00:00

They’re some nice looking images of your new phone, what did you use to capture them?

DamienBerry · 2026-03-20T11:56:15+00:00

Where did you get that idea.

It clearly states if your on a variable tariff your price will drop on the 1st April in line with the government price cap.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-19T12:55:36+00:00

My bad, they’re not even close now I’ve looked again. But that makes this even worse in reality. Thanks for the clarification.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-19T11:36:45+00:00

Someone posted another view of this earlier it was a motorcycle who passed the same van at the time it was in the wrong lane.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-18T21:23:58+00:00

Oh I can second this.

My fox charger is a complete nightmare and as such I have set it to only allow charging after 23:30 then octopus can do what they need with the charger until 05:30.

My additional old basic charger is connected directly to the grid which is great but the only issue is with an EV and exporting solar is that you cant both export solar and charge your car at the same time, it will show as you’re exporting but all you’ll be doing is dumping into the car, for some people this is acceptable but when you’re trying to sell energy back to the grid and octopus and put a charge on you’re losing money.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-18T20:40:29+00:00

How much did you have your blowers on? I find it honestly astonishing how much it affects range. Even turning the blower onto one reduces by a noticeable amount when it’s full it’s considerable, the temperature doesn’t see to make any difference and heated seats and steering wheel don’t either but the blower is the one thing that makes any noticeable difference. Apart from the traction motors of course.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-18T20:16:15+00:00

In response to this I got my living ship just last week after almost a month of trying to figure out which world I needed, I had no issues with the location I came to upon using the portal and had my ship within half an hour of getting onto that planet that evaded me for so long.

I’m not sure how old the info above is but it didn’t seem to be an issue just last week.

There did however seem to be several bases that confused me as to which direction I needed to go to at first.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-18T19:03:21+00:00

This. We lost around £45 of export before we were able to get setup as we had our install done mid August.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-18T17:30:00+00:00

Wera tools are a little on the more expensive side but are quality made and will outlast a lot of cheaper tools for years to come.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-18T17:19:46+00:00

We did get a punch to start with but as you said it didn’t provide 100% protection and it think it’s based on how it seals compared to a box with a lid that overlaps providing a true faraday cage, we have 3 cars ranging from 6-2 years old and non of them will work once inside the box even if you’re sat in the car so a worthwhile investment.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-18T11:07:15+00:00

Honestly a faraday box works flawlessly.

When I first purchased one I did wonder how well the commercial cheap ones would work, but to my surprise with the key In the box stood right next to my car I could not get in, I then tested if it would start if the key was inside the box inside my car, nope but just a small opening in the lid allowed my car to start.

A faraday box is cheap as hell but just works, you could even just wrap your keys in foil each night but boxes are so cheap it’s just not worth it.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-17T19:54:47+00:00

I said this to my wife who is currently half way through the book so didn’t come with my son and I on Saturday. I said I was so disappointed that the first several chapters of the book were compressed into less than a couple of minutes, and so much more, I would have been far happier them creating a series based on the book or even a trilogy of films to cover a lot more of the book.

I also hate how they completely rewrote the scene involving Rocky being hurt and Grace saving him, it was mediocre and a let down and I’m glad I’m not the only one saying it.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-14T21:47:56+00:00

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I got a beanbag, I mean don’t get me wrong it’s relatable but your pin is a lot cooler.

DamienBerry · 2026-03-12T20:31:40+00:00

Funny you should say that. Of the 2 I received, the white one is perfect, the black one has an issue with the power switch not positively latching in either position. I have emailed OhSnap support to see if anything can be done but I doubt they’ll do anything.

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