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For me, the existing panels do not get the morning sun, and while using off-peak, that does not matter, if panels produce say 10 am to 3 pm in winter, and the off-peak is 00:30 am to 05:30 am then the big gap is 3 pm to 00:30 am so panels South-West works well.
If the tariffs change however, and the 00:30 am to 05:30 am off-peak is not longer cheaper to the export payment, then to gain early morning sun would benefit a lot. But as it stands the EV tariff I am on works well for me. So plug in solar is of interest, but no reason to rush out and buy.
As it stands my iboost+ does not really help, it would be more beneficial to have a simple timer, but with solar panels to catch the morning sun, any excess would be directed into my DHW, so the iboost+ would again be beneficial storing the excess solar.
If the tariffs change however, and the 00:30 am to 05:30 am off-peak is not longer cheaper to the export payment, then to gain early morning sun would benefit a lot. But as it stands the EV tariff I am on works well for me. So plug in solar is of interest, but no reason to rush out and buy.
As it stands my iboost+ does not really help, it would be more beneficial to have a simple timer, but with solar panels to catch the morning sun, any excess would be directed into my DHW, so the iboost+ would again be beneficial storing the excess solar.
