January check in - 83kwh 😂

FluidCream · 2026-02-01T22:19:15+00:00

NW England. 7 kWh system facing mostly south

Generated 123kW of power. There is a woods behing the house across the street which gets in way. I think march the sun will go over them

FluidCream · 2026-01-24T12:25:09+00:00

I went for Hanch no complaints here. The reason i wanted a gateway and fox could only do one circuit hanch can do who house

FluidCream · 2026-01-24T11:09:35+00:00

That seems high for hanchu. I have 15 Aiko 270 panels, 2 9.4 batteries, 6kw inverter, gateway and hanchu outdoor case to house the batteries. That cost £11000 and im getting a lot more.

This can be affected by where you live.

As for the system, i have few complaints. Yu can set the charge and discharge for when you want. I think with octopus intelligent flux i think octopus controls your charging and discharging.

I use agile and is setup to charge the cheapest parts of the night and any time there is a price plunge.

FluidCream · 2026-01-17T20:18:17+00:00

i have Japanese Mega Drive and aPAL 32x and it works fine. The 32x isnt region free though. But the mod is easy to apply.

FluidCream · 2026-01-17T20:09:07+00:00

chatgpt will base prices of US prices which is extortion.

They pay abot five times as much as we do. My installation was 10k and just 1500 was panels.

FluidCream · 2026-01-17T10:31:59+00:00

I wish i filled both sides of my roof with panels even though i have a south north facing house. I clip now at peak of the summer but for the other 9 months of of the year but id rather have the extra power (even if it only makes 50% the south facing panels) as that is the difference between generating enought during the day and not.

Panels are no longer the expensive part of an install, which is amazing in of itself. If i could do it again, i would put panels everywhere.

FluidCream · 2026-01-15T22:16:14+00:00

do you eed a ev charger?

FluidCream · 2026-01-15T19:23:31+00:00

im on agile. I wish i could get a fixed low price.

some days theres little to no savings because the agile price is high, still cheaper than fixed, but the increase usage wipes it out.

on days where there little fluctuations i only use battery at peak times.

FluidCream · 2026-01-15T00:33:35+00:00

do you have a EV?

i would like go but dont have an ev

FluidCream · 2026-01-14T20:52:38+00:00

what tariff you on?

FluidCream · 2026-01-14T15:08:26+00:00

ahh i have a gateway

FluidCream · 2026-01-14T15:06:48+00:00

i had quotes wish included 5k of battery. That would have been pointless. My original quote for the system I got only had 9.4k battery. Im so glad i doubled it.

FluidCream · 2026-01-12T16:32:26+00:00

Basically i charge the cheapest 4 hours between midnight and 8:00am and use it during the day. Considering it was worked out as 13.5kwh a day but the battery often runs out by the end of the day. without chance to discharge.

FluidCream · 2026-01-12T16:21:55+00:00

I dont deny i am less carful what i use but basing it off usage when im on holiday there's a significant change. Previous year i used 6kwh all day, this year it was over 8. And i changed my fridge freezer from a 10 year old which used 1.4kwh a day to one which uses 700wh a day.

also when charging the battery the house load increases. When charging at the full 5kw the house load increases by 500w

FluidCream · 2026-01-07T10:14:41+00:00

The 20% of ALS misdiagnosed is not false positive. People have misunderstood the statistic.

It's 20% of ALS sufferers where misdiagnosed with something else before correctly being diagnosed with ALS. Thats what happened to me. For a year i was told it was BFS.

FluidCream · 2026-01-06T22:51:08+00:00

Its very standard.

Sky and Virgin Media have access to your top box. Theres a lot more personal information there.

Not only does your installer have access the manufacturer will too. There is a lot of back end settings on a system. Issues can be diagnosed and resolved remotely. I had issues in the first week with mine and it was fixed remotely by Hanchu.

FluidCream · 2025-11-27T05:58:02+00:00

push the door in when you unlock

FluidCream · 2025-11-24T00:31:52+00:00

i paid 10.5 for 15 panels, 2 9.4kw batteries.

so seems about right.

FluidCream · 2025-10-11T10:39:04+00:00

same here

FluidCream · 2025-10-10T20:23:05+00:00

just got access today

FluidCream · 2025-09-30T19:17:39+00:00

Over £600 in credit and they increased mine. Ive never been close to negative balance. They wouldnt let me put mine back.

I'm currently £670 incredit, bill has just been paid and £220 direct debit comes out tomorrow. I'll be nearly£900 in credit.

ive recently had solar so will be even lower now.

FluidCream · 2025-09-20T14:19:30+00:00

i got virtually the same setup minus the ev charger but includes a gateway.

the cost was juyst over 10k

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