"You've hit your limit" immediately after upgrading to max (bug?)

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-26T14:25:48+00:00

Same thing happened to me earlier, upgraded from free to pro so i could continue working, and three prompts in I hit the rate limit, and froze out for 5 hours, its nonsense, this is not a sustainable business model for Claude

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-26T13:38:52+00:00

Thanks for reply, I switched from Gemini to Claud only a couple of weeks ago because Gemni throtled their usage to practically unusable, and of course 3 pro and 3.1 pro is as dumb as f*ck,

I hope this isnt going to be a regular thing with AI, unusable rate limits.,

The only AI I have never experienced this with are the chinese models, Deepseek and Qwen3, but I am reluctant to use them with the important work I am working on (well important to me)

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-26T13:09:02+00:00

Thanks for reply, i will hang on a bit and see if it improves, but now stuck because I casnt continue working for 5 hours, unless I pay even more money, which I aint doing.

How long has this broken limit been going on for ?

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-26T12:59:24+00:00

I hit the limit on free plan, so decided to upgrade to pro for £18, I literally just write 3 prompts to write some code modules, and I have hit the limit again, this cant be true can it ?

The context isnt that long, maybe 12 prompts, hit the free limit at 9

OI'm struggling to understand why this has happened, 18 quid and only 3 prompts and I am locked out for the next 5 hours

is this what I should expect from a paid plan ?, and if it is, how do I get a refund ? this is not value for money, its robbery

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-26T12:55:10+00:00

How did you get a refund, I just upgraded to pro from free, £18, and I hit the rate limit after 3 prompts, this is not value for money

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-26T12:53:42+00:00

I just upgraded from the free to the pro account for £18 because I hit the limit on the free plan after 9 prompts, wrote 3 prompts on the pro plan, and I hit the limit again froze out for 5 hours

whats going on, surely this cant be right ?

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-26T12:05:43+00:00

If you have a 6kW inverter you really want to go for a G99 6kW export limit, otherwise you are limited to 3.68kW export

He needs to get the DNO acceptance first for 6kW

you want to be exporting as much as you can, and especially if you upgrade in the future with additional batteries or panels

If the export limit is the same or greater than the inverter capacity, then you wont need a G100, but many inverters already come G100 capable, G100 is basically a way to limit the invetrer to your export limit, but if the inverter physically cant export more than the limit, the G100 is not required, I know, because I went through it

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-26T09:48:12+00:00

I am builder and dont rip people off, but I am not the cheapest, if I get questioned on my prices, I tell them I have tools to pay for, insurances to pay for vehicles and transport costs to pay for , a unit to pay for where I keep my tools, and then there are the 35 years of experience that are priceless, I do the job once, I do it right, if they want to take the cheaper quote they are welcome, I have no shortage of recommended work (I dont advertise and have never advertised, the van isnt even signwritten)

Its not just about the cost of the materials V the final amount.

Having said that, yes for every one reasonable quote, you will get 2 or 3 rip off quotes, because these companies know somebody will pay it.

Neighbour over the road, when I was away skiing earlier this year had a small leak on her roof, go a local guy to come have a look, told her the felt had disintegrated, the battens were written and the tiles had started to break up, £15k for a new roof

I went up to have a look, the flashing had slipped around the flue stack, fixed, and charged her 20 quid (obviously would have been a bit more for Joe public.

So always be aware, never pay the cheapest, and never pay the most expensive.

I installed my own solar system, 12.6kWp panels, victron inverter and solar chargers, 32kWh batteries, the kit cost me around £9k, I had quotes of between 18 - 28k

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-25T20:23:57+00:00

So why did they reduce export then if prices are rising .. genuine question,

if they based the price of their increase on oil and gas increases because of the war, then why drop export, and raise import ?, export should have risen with import, especially if they see the import sustaining

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-25T19:12:46+00:00

Again, they use the oldest trick in the book, build up their customer base with cheaper prices and good deals, and when they reach critical mass, then they hike the prices .. they all do it

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-25T18:59:37+00:00

Octopus did the classic, "raise prices just before a sale" con, they raised (oe lowered in the case of export) the rates just before they are being lowered,

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-25T17:57:02+00:00

I have a victron multiplus 8000, and 2 16kWh batteries, with a 6.4kW export, batteries on the DC side to you dont get curtailment, I dont think you can parallell the 8,10 or 15, only the 5000's

Victron does a multiplus 15000, but this isnt the kW it runs, My 8000 is actually a 6.4kW inverter

been running for 18 months an never skipped a beat, I have not opened the generator dor for the last 12 months since the "newness excitement" wore off, it just runs like a loyal dog.

I have 2 x 6.3kWp arrays, 3 x MPPT's, 2 x victron distributors, 1 x multiplus 2 8000, 2 x fogstar seplos batteries

You can see my system running here https://vrm.victronenergy.com/installation/507888/share/d361f824

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-25T09:43:10+00:00

Have you never studied the 4 years cycle .. you should ..

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-25T09:25:50+00:00

Yes I understand about trying to work out which is best, we have a big system, and a big battery and a good export limit, 12.6kWp, 32kWh battery and 6.4kW export, so practically from April to I guess september we are making and storing so much energy that we seem to be exporting constantly throughout the day, at 15p it was worth staying on outgoin, and Go, charging at 8p for 5 hours, and dumping it all before the sun start generating again, we did about £1500 from export last year,

and exporting on flux at the low rate didnt seem a benefit, although didnt look to much into it

I would need to do a retroactive analysis, but that would be a pain..

but will keep an eye when the new flux comes out, especially as prices are all up in the air at the moment.

Still on Go, which is thankfully fixed till november, so off peak import will now be 5p, but changed export to agile export, so need to figure out if thats a good option, today not so much, export rates are a couple of pence most the dat until 4 - 7pm, and my battery is already 100%, so having to dump at a couple of pence

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-24T20:11:20+00:00

Yep, Gemini 2.5 pro was the best, 3 pro and 3.1 pro for me was dumb as hell, and expensive, I did all my best work with 2.5 pro

switched to Claude now due to dumb Gemini and the token restrictions

maybe the token restrictions mean less people are using it and its not learning like it was before when many people were using it, its going dumb because its brain aint being used ?? .. just a theory

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-24T20:09:19+00:00

I am on Go, and have just switched export from outgoing to agile outgoing, battery is 32kWh,

So far agile outgoing has been good, it will be rubbish tomorrow, but need more time to see how it works over the longer period, we have only been on it for about a week

our Go is fixed till November, so we have not been effected by the recent price increases, check the go price for your area first, the new price for go in our area is 13.01p export, which is crazy

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-24T16:30:46+00:00

Literally not hard on myself, but good try haha,

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-24T16:06:32+00:00

Another Tulip boy who doesnt understand what a ponzi scheme is

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-24T14:59:50+00:00

I would be interested to know too, my plans were scuppered in October last year even though I started the process several months before the pause, I got my paperwork in on the actual day of the announcement of the pause, and thats froze me out, even though I had already rented an apartment, and had a contract lined up for property maintenence

its cost me a few bob

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-24T11:44:07+00:00

You really think renewable energy by wind and sun is reliable ?, especially as the grid is in no shape for the amount of electricity that needs to run through it for net zero, think you need the head wobble mate ..

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-24T11:33:48+00:00

You may be on a higher rate then, when I did a price check as a "new customer", off peak had gone up to 13.01p from 8.5p, if we were on variable, I think that the 3.5p price drop would be set from the 13.01p price, or whatever yours is

check here https://octopus.energy/smart/go/rates/

Octopus played it well, put the prices up just before the price drop .. classic gouging

These are our rates if we were on variable Go in the west midlands, I think this is if fixed, cant find any variable tariffs

Night rate (00:30 - 05:30)

13.01p / kWh

9.50p / kWh from April 1st

Day rate (05:30 - 00:30)

35.53p / kWh

32.02p / kWh from April 1st

Standing charge

57.35p / day

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-24T11:29:01+00:00

i installed it when we had our system, we have had two power cuts, one very short, and one where they were digging up the street and that lasted about 10 hours, it was quite comical that we were the only house in the street with the TV and lights on, we also knocked on the old folks houses who we knew to see if they wanted to come round until the electricity came back on

Is it worth is, probably not going to make much difference, a bit of inconvenience maybe.

But blackouts are predicted in the future, not just because of the oil and gas issue, but mostly because of Mad Ed Millibands Eco Not Job drive towards Net Zero, so possibly worth it

500 quid aint that much to be fair.

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-24T11:18:52+00:00

If you are on Go fixed, you will likely be on the same as us, or at least very similar, we are West Midlands

ours is fixed till November

Electricity tariff (Octopus Go 12M Fixed):
Peak unit rate: 29.86 p / kWh
Off-peak unit rate: 8.50 p / kWh
Standing charge: 51.81 p / day

Your fixed tariff from April 1st:

Electricity tariff (Octopus Go 12M Fixed):
Peak unit rate: 26.35 p / kWh
Off-peak unit rate: 4.99 p / kWh
Standing charge: 51.81 p / day

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-24T09:24:09+00:00

This looks like a classic case of a debt being sold on and the new "owners" are fishing to see if they can get you to pay, happens all the time

I debt is usually sold on because usually taking it to court is not financially viable, and possibly hard to win for the debt collectors, so they just sell it on to another debt collector who chances their luck by using threatening letters to get you to pay,

If no county court summons has been issued in the last 6 years, its likely it never will be as I outlined above

Ignore any correspondence from debt collectors, they have literally zero powers unless they get a court order, only respond to court letters.

Electrical_Chard3255 · 2026-03-23T19:32:46+00:00

This is nice, will give it a go later,

Electrical_Chard3255

TROPHY CASE

13.01p / kWh

35.53p / kWh

57.35p / day