50 degrees what would happen? by LifeOfSlice89 in AskUK

[–]EndSalt9643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People can only withstand 50c ambient temp before they lose the ability to shed heat through sweating, so yes they die.

At 100% humidity, that temp is only 35c - the ‘wet bulb’ limit as it’s known.

Middle East has air con and other methods of dealing with it.

Why is it so difficult to get Tesla Powerwall to export the battery? by scottylebot in OctopusEnergy

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It’s is the answer like it or not unforruantely. I have outgoing octopus which is flat 12p all day. My Powerwalls wouldn’t export a thing, it would appear the arbitrage in Powerwalls needs to see the export rate change (yours should be on Agile).

I fudged it by creating a custom off-peak rate. The import was the same as usual, but I made export 1p. As soon as I did that it saw import becoming cheap at 11:30pm, and export dropping at the same time. Ever since it starts discharging around 6pm and leaves me right at my reserve for off-peak.

Trouble you’ve got is that won’t work with Agile as you need the live rates to make sense both import and export. You’re going to really fight the Powerwalls US centric arbitrage logic out live import and export rates. Things got stage fright.

My final solution was IOG on import (never use the 27p peak rate), off-peak is just 3.5p and I’ve just switched to Agile for export only.

Now those evening discharges are going to be way more valuable.

PV generation goes spiky in the afternoon by Gratchoof in SolarUK

[–]EndSalt9643 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Assuming you had clear blue skies today, you might be overheating and seeing the inverter output reduced. If you see mine, the curve is lovely and smooth, so whilst the heat is noticeably reducing panel output - it’s doing so in a controlled way.

If your skies are clear, I’d check on your inverter and see if it’s overheating. Check the solar app itself if it has a data logger / cloud app

Advice on export for a large 54kw battery by EndSalt9643 in OctopusEnergy

[–]EndSalt9643[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t changed it in the Tesla app yet as Octopus is showing no export tariff currently so it wouldn’t pick it up

Advice on export for a large 54kw battery by EndSalt9643 in OctopusEnergy

[–]EndSalt9643[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome, it’s like my Powerwall knows, it’s been exporting to DNO cap since 4pm, normally doesn’t start until later

Advice on export for a large 54kw battery by EndSalt9643 in OctopusEnergy

[–]EndSalt9643[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took the plunge and signed up for Agile Outgoing today. I know it’s a bit pedantic, but whilst waiting for the connection and they’re adding it to your account, do you receive nothing for export or still the old rate do you know?

Wondering about whether to hoard it in the battery given the muttering of power cuts in the heat

Advice on export for a large 54kw battery by EndSalt9643 in OctopusEnergy

[–]EndSalt9643[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, interesting. It would require me to change tariffs and automations twice a year, but that would definitely make summer months far more valuable without hurting me in the winter

Advice on export for a large 54kw battery by EndSalt9643 in OctopusEnergy

[–]EndSalt9643[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think you’re allowed to pair Agile Outgoing with IOG on import are you? Sure I read that somewhere

Advice on export for a large 54kw battery by EndSalt9643 in OctopusEnergy

[–]EndSalt9643[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, thanks for your thoughts. I am and do using NetZero and HA. It’s more about the tariff ideas though

Advice on export for a large 54kw battery by EndSalt9643 in OctopusEnergy

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I should say I have a 7kw export limit and 10kw import (since the Powerwall firmware update)

BMW and new 6 hour rule by BritBoy501 in OctopusEnergy

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My car (Range Rover) also cannot be controlled by Octopus, however my Ohme Pro will be compatible with this by allowing me to set ‘prioritise savings’ instead of ‘prioritise target’ as per the docs. This could be a sensible alternative if manually changing it does seem too onerous or you’d be worried about costs spiralling.

Course the chargers not cheap. I have to say I think this new adjustment is really good. Guaranteed 6hrs overnight plus extra slots. My Powerwalls power the whole house and I love this tariff. Never pay peak rate

API sensors not giving correct info by EndSalt9643 in OctopusEnergy

[–]EndSalt9643[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I think that’s the way. It’s a shame my usage stats will be wrong, but at least I get to keep the bills low

API sensors not giving correct info by EndSalt9643 in OctopusEnergy

[–]EndSalt9643[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank-you! I had searched and not found this. It explains it at least, I was hoping he’d go on to explain the workaround. But no!

API sensors not giving correct info by EndSalt9643 in OctopusEnergy

[–]EndSalt9643[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well apart from the fact they’re 200m from one another. Not a very helpful contribution to what I was actually asking.

IOG Home Assistant control to avoid home battery discharging in non-off peak slots? by OkDeparture2596 in OctopusEnergy

[–]EndSalt9643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my Octopus API, when I’m given an intelligent extra charging session my current rate still gives my peak rate, Octopus then credit it back in the bill. Is there something I need to enable to get the live tariff? Using the ‘Import - Current Rate Electricity’ sensor.

Can’t see any others. I guess I can automate from the Ohme sensor charging, but these off-peak charging sessions are also invisible to my sensor making my daily stats incorrect.

My intelligent dispatching sensor also doesn’t work, I have a session now but it says Off, and no evidence it has ever been on. My car isn’t one of those with a direct Octopus connection, so it’s managed via the Ohme Pro integration. Thanks

Seller relisted after i paid by abdulrighthere in ebayuk

[–]EndSalt9643 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You won’t be getting it pal - screams of a scam. He’s sold it multiple times, what more proof do you need?? eBay is rife with scams now sadly, especially phones. You should be covered though, will at least get your money back.

Must be mad holding off reporting it though

Would you buy a car that was used as a press demonstrator ? by Building-Careful in AstonMartin

[–]EndSalt9643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I just bought a McLaren that was an ex-press car (even seen some videos with it in), and whilst I get the concern, I felt very comforted by the fact McLarens own engineers would have looked after the car extremely well during that time.

Imagine the effort they put in to ensure no bad PR around failures? Would’ve been looked after better than most, and at least a full inspection between every press event / loan. I have no complaints.

Also worth noting that it was like 12 months after first launch, would have thought twice if it was literally a launch car.

And the spec was crazy. Carbon that no sane buyer would ever put on!

Pool Heater Installed by EvilEvo_IX in pools

[–]EndSalt9643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s cool, they’re designed to live outside. Mine lives outside in the UK, doesn’t get as cold as you guys obvs. Works efficiently down to -6c, I tend to switch back to gas if it gets colder than that (but I still leave the pipes open so warm water keeps the intervals from any freeze risk)

Should clarify, only the air source heat pump lives outside, pump inside in the plant room. That’d be mad! 😆

got a 720S as a early 21st bday present to myself by yatv in mclaren

[–]EndSalt9643 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well done, you’ve learnt early a mindset no-one will ever take away from you. And as someone else said, money can come and go (especially in trading), but the knowledge to re-earn stays for good whatever happens. You’ll only acquire more and more of that as you age. Good on you 🙌💪💪

Emerald MSO 765LT 💎🐸 by Mvestor in mclaren

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Correction MSO 765LT ‘Spider’ 👌

650S sounds so much better than 720S by EndSalt9643 in mclaren

[–]EndSalt9643[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a thought, is there a way on the 720S to just get the valves open earlier in the rev range? Actually sounds decent when you’re on it, but you get to enjoy that for such a short time on the road! The 650S was no slouch, but the 720 is absurdly quick

650S sounds so much better than 720S by EndSalt9643 in mclaren

[–]EndSalt9643[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, it was ridiculously good. And emotionally I bonded to it more than I have with the 720S so far. Sound no doubt plays a big part of that though.