Guides for homes with solar, batteries, EVs, and heat pumps.
Practical guides to Octopus tariff conflicts, battery behaviour, and whole-home coordination, written for homeowners, not engineers.
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Battery reserve floor: what UK solar homes should check
A practical guide to battery reserve floor settings for UK solar battery homes with EV charging, smart tariffs and 1app.energy Smart Control.
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Fogstar batteries with Solis or LuxpowerTek: what customers need
Fogstar batteries can pair with Solis and LuxpowerTek systems. Here is why customers still need one clear app for battery, EV charging and tariff behaviour.
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Manual tariff setup for solar battery and EV homes
How UK solar battery and EV homes should set manual import periods, export rate and standing charge before trusting cost views or Smart Control.
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New customer setup guide: settings and devices
A practical 1app.energy onboarding guide for new customers: connect supported devices, set tariffs, choose Smart Control and check hardware.
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Home battery export checks before selling stored energy
A practical UK guide to home battery export: tariff source, reserve floor, EV load, export limits and verified inverter control before selling stored energy.
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Solis inverter on Octopus Agile: how control works
Check how a Solis battery works with Octopus Agile, why it may wait to charge, and what to verify before enabling tariff-aware control in 1app.energy.
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zappi CT mapping for solar battery homes: what to check
A practical guide to zappi CT mapping, CT direction and Harvi source settings for clearer solar, battery, EV and whole-home dashboard views.
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Home energy dashboard source of truth: what to check
How to check whether a solar, battery, EV and tariff dashboard uses the right source for import, export, daily cost and battery throughput data.
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Octopus Charge Cap: how to turn it on with a home battery
Find Octopus Charge Cap in Intelligent Octopus Go, understand what it limits, and check whether EV smart charging is draining your home battery.
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