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  1. ACarneiro

    Twitter and the Chief Twit

    Hahaha! Touché! 😄 (although I doubt I would vote for Daniel Kawczynski even if I were allowed to vote in UK general elections). But it's a serious question, though. The words "extreme", "far" and "radical" are used quite often these days, applied both to the left and the right, and I am not...
  2. ACarneiro

    Twitter and the Chief Twit

    I’m not trolling, why would you go on the offensive like that? l just don’t quite understand what “radical conservatism” means. I’m quite a conservative kind of person. At which point would my conservatism be considered radical?
  3. ACarneiro

    Twitter and the Chief Twit

    What does "far right" actually mean, though?
  4. ACarneiro

    Tesla Alternative?

    There’s a CAN port outside??? 🤦🏻‍♂️
  5. ACarneiro

    New Highland UK - stalks

    Hah! Very good.... although Boeing's issues are a lot more complicated. (Or, actually, probably quite a simple story of greed and hubris, come to think of it....)
  6. ACarneiro

    New Highland UK - stalks

    Interesting link, thank you for that. I really can't see a problem in having a precautionary approach to safety-of-life systems. Look at the aviation industry. VERY precautionary approach to change and yet innovation still happens.
  7. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    Words live by ;) (Until you get married, apparently)
  8. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    Oh, I'm up to my eyeballs in Powerwalls and I heat and cook on electricity. But I spent a ridiculous amount money on PWs because I kinda really wanted to (and my paranoia gets somewhat controlled by the added level of energy sufficiency and flexibility). If I happen to get lucky and make a...
  9. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    Of course it’s based on opinion, I never claimed otherwise. So are about 90% of the posts on here… And I’m a firm believer that “if it’s too good to be true then it probably is”. I stand by my comment that it probably wouldn’t be sensible to make long term decisions for a significant capital...
  10. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    Based on "it's too good to last". It is not reasonable and certainly not wise to make long term calculations based on the expectation of us to being able to sell at twice the cost that we buy for a long period of time (although, of course, not impossible).
  11. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    You’ll need some awfully creative man maths to justify a 3rd Powerwall… especially as I seriously doubt our current export tariffs will remain for much longer 😉
  12. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    In the wise words of Kelis… “I hate you so much right now” 😜
  13. ACarneiro

    Wiki Everything you wanted to know about Intelligent Octopus But Were Afraid To Ask

    I'm more constrained by the world famous British weather, if I'm honest ;)
  14. ACarneiro

    Wiki Everything you wanted to know about Intelligent Octopus But Were Afraid To Ask

    I suppose I really should wind my neck in, though, bearing in mind I've made about £250 selling insanely overpriced electricity to the grid...
  15. ACarneiro

    Wiki Everything you wanted to know about Intelligent Octopus But Were Afraid To Ask

    Same. I'm guessing I use about 99.7% off peak electricity over the year. 60p daily standing charge is taking the 🤬 now....
  16. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    I'd ask my DNO but I'm scared they might change their minds and REDUCE my export limitation....
  17. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    ... as he shouts by his EVs "Live.... LIIIIIIIIVEEEE!" ;)
  18. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    Lucky sod...
  19. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    "Late is the hour"..... I'm starting to think Octopus either wasn't bothered to bid or wasn't successful for this afternoon....
  20. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    Yes, doesn't look like we can sign up just yet...
  21. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    Annoyingly I’ve started exporting some power at peak, foolishly assuming there would be no more Saving Sessions. That’ll surely have ruined my average for today. Oh, well…
  22. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    Notification for a possible test session today Where the devil has that come from?
  23. ACarneiro

    Tesla Alternative?

    Depends which side of the mean your minority is in, of course ;)
  24. ACarneiro

    Missing Sub Speaker Covers

    If you submit a service request and they tell you they're not missing, just not included, then you'll know for sure. ;)
  25. ACarneiro

    Discussion: Powerwall 3 [Speculation / Discussion etc]

    That seems plausible. 5kW charge from grid still seems fairly unimpressive, especially for larger systems with 3 or 4 PWs
  26. ACarneiro

    Charging solely using the Supercharger network

    Yeah, they need to get money from somewhere. Come to think of it, there are very few perks to driving an EV in the UK. Even in Portugal we often get either free parking or reduced rates in many cities...
  27. ACarneiro

    Discussion: Powerwall 3 [Speculation / Discussion etc]

    What you say makes sense but it would seem to be a very significant drop in an I important metric for the system as compared to the PW2 and 2+. You can get 5kWp from a not-very-large solar array. From what I have seen in the US your systems seem to be bigger than here in Europe (I suspect your...
  28. ACarneiro

    Tesla Powerwall and Octopus IO integration

    Interest and developer time, I suppose....
  29. ACarneiro

    Tesla Powerwall and Octopus IO integration

    I have emailed Octopus a couple of times asking for a Powerwall integration to Intelligent Octopus. They said no, but I imagine with the API opening up and the number of Powerwall installations going up they may have more interest. Worth dropping them a line, I guess....
  30. ACarneiro

    Finally getting second EV - any hints?

    This says so much about the quality of software development these days, doesn't it? :/
  31. ACarneiro

    Uk enhanced autopilot changed??

    You may be in for a roller coaster ride...
  32. ACarneiro

    Octopus "Failed To Trigger Bump Charge".

    ... for the time being. I can't imagine that bonanza will last.
  33. ACarneiro

    Octopus "Failed To Trigger Bump Charge".

    Just like @Billbrown1982 I've had difficulties with bump charges pretty much from Day 1 as well. Now I just disable smart charging from the Octopus app and start the charge from the Tesla app instead. 🤷🏻‍♂️
  34. ACarneiro

    My experience taking Tesla to court about FSD

    Yes, of course. Yet another "better to remain silent and let people think you're an idiot than open your mouth and remove all doubt" moment from me... This forum can be quite humbling, one of the reasons why I like it :)
  35. ACarneiro

    My experience taking Tesla to court about FSD

    Surely, then, the onus would be on Tesla to come up with how much exactly that value was? My understanding is that FSD really has very little value in the second-hand market, although I agree that this would open a whole other line of argument which could prove time-consuming and rather costly...
  36. ACarneiro

    My experience taking Tesla to court about FSD

    I think it would be perfectly legitimate to still pursue a refund even if you don’t have the car anymore. If you can be bothered, of course :)
  37. ACarneiro

    Tesla Alternative?

    Will it have stalks, though? 😏
  38. ACarneiro

    Auto Defogger - how to turn it off ?

    I think maybe you've not been reading the thread properly. For some of us the system really isn't working well and we just wish we could override it. It's yet another example of that Tesla AI inconsistency (a la Autopilot) where some people seem to have problems and others don't and there seems...
  39. ACarneiro

    Auto Defogger - how to turn it off ?

    Neither have I and neither have most of us complaining about auto-defogging, that's not what this thread is about.
  40. ACarneiro

    Auto Defogger - how to turn it off ?

    More than happy to leave it alone if it works as designed and doesn't cause inconvenience. Auto Defogging coming on with a pristine windscreen and blowing hot air on my face whilst making my feet cold is not something you'd have to be a "control freak" to want to do something about....
  41. ACarneiro

    My experience taking Tesla to court about FSD

    The whole NDA thing stinks to high heaven, though
  42. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    Saving Session days and bank holidays are excluded from “average consumption” calculations.
  43. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    I’m not sure if it can be set by the installer during commissioning but it certainly isn’t an option when running the Wizard subsequently (I had another look yesterday) :)
  44. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    No, you can only set the Site Import Limit using the setup wizard. A Site Export Limit has to be set by Tesla by emailing [email protected] and letting them know your Gateway Serial Number and what Export Limit you'd like them to set.
  45. ACarneiro

    Octopus Energy Saving Sessions

    Your system would technically be able to output 10kW (5kW from he PW2 and 5 kW from the solar inverter). If you're limited to 8.68kW then you can email Tesla to set a Site Export Limit on your gateway so that limitation is never breached should you happen to be exporting from batteries and...
  46. ACarneiro

    Powerwall / battery storage: can you share how you use it with UK energy tariffs?

    Well, technically (and in a properly functioning society where the Judiciary and Executive powers are independent as is still the case in the UK) even governments have to abide by the terms of contacts they celebrate... But this may derail this thread quite badly so I'll just leave it at that ;)
  47. ACarneiro

    Powerwall / battery storage: can you share how you use it with UK energy tariffs?

    Just to add. I just checked again and my older Powerwalls are reporting 13.151Wh of Nominal Full Pack Energy and the newest ones (about one year old) are reporting 14.477Wh
  48. ACarneiro

    Powerwall / battery storage: can you share how you use it with UK energy tariffs?

    Well, I had a look at the API output and my 4 year old Powerwalls are still reporting just under 13.5kWh available. I think they ship with slightly more than advertised to absorb some of that first-year degradation so at the moment mine seem to be on track for a fairly long life span. As I will...