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But if you do have the knowledge, there should be a way. MCS is just an approval scheme to try and set a minimum standard. Some of us...

Octopus no longer require MCS certification for their tarrifs. You can still get niciec cetificates for the electrical safety of...

Each to their own, I'm only making people aware that it's no longer essential for some energy suppliers. There are many people like me...

When I was getting quotes for a system I avoided the ones that came back with a 3.6kW inverter because that isnt enough, nowhere near...

I sat near some Chavs on the bus home today. For the whole journey it was just 'F this' and 'F that'. Guess they had to discuss their...

Be very careful if you visit Scunthorpe!

Thats not a bad way to go, just make sure you can find a willing MCS guy to sign the cert for you first, sometimes theyre reluctant to...

It's a 40w CO2 laser from HPC Yes I have MyEnergi EDDI installed but it's more cost effective to export electricity at 15p kWh and...

I'm not sure what output configuration your Fronious inverter has, I setup my system using an automatic change over switch similar to...

I'll have a nosey at that. I needed more than the 6kW I had installed due to the heatpumps I use, careful logic inside HA keeps us...

to be honest, I'd never considered that angle before until you mentioned it. In reality it will be even cheaper than I said, the...

Thank you, it's working better than I expected. They were incredibly cheap and do the job well enough, £4.50 each in that well known...

One has to be careful with political jokes - they sometimes get elected.

The 8000 cycles is the predicted life to 80% capacity so it can still be used at that point for a lengthy time. So, 8000 cycles at say...