{"id":26510,"date":"2026-03-07T16:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/03\/07\/more-panels-wont-help-february-solar-misery\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:47:31","slug":"more-panels-wont-help-february-solar-misery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/03\/07\/more-panels-wont-help-february-solar-misery\/","title":{"rendered":"More panels won&#8217;t help &#8211; February solar misery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GvoMoNlzQAI?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Can it get any worse? The darkness just won&#8217;t end this year.<\/p>\n<p>Unless the seasons are changing , of course it will , the sun will rise earlier and higher and we&#8217;ll have warmer days but 2026 has stated wetter and darker than ever recorded in EVpuzzle history.<\/p>\n<p>Times like this test our systems to the extreme. Do they really work well in winter? <\/p>\n<p>The good news is I&#8217;ve got a robust system that works well all year, so well we&#8217;re in credit already .<\/p>\n<p>Go electric &#8211; it makes sense<\/p>\n<p>Links &#038; Referral codes<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>OCTOPUS energy referral link&#8230;.<br \/>share ** \u00a350 credit each **<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc19\ud83d\udd0c<a href=\"https:\/\/share.octopus.energy\/pink-rose-718\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/share.octopus.energy\/pink-rose-718<\/a><\/p>\n<p>System \/ Components<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Solar config <br \/>PV  Ja Solar \/Trina 11.6 kwp<br \/>14X280w (3.68kw Solis) <br \/>  8X300w (2.0kw Solaredge) <br \/>  4x450w               Solis string 1<br \/>  3x370w (2.5kw) Solis string 2<br \/>  6 x 410w (3.6kw Solis) garden PV<\/p>\n<p>Myenergi Zappi 1, Eddi and Hub<\/p>\n<p>Battery:<br \/>Victron Multiplus II 48\/5000<br \/>5 x Pylontech Us3000C<br \/>3 x Pylontech US5000<\/p>\n<p>EV:<\/p>\n<p>ESoul First Edition 64kwh in Neptune Blue<\/p>\n<p>#solar<br \/>#renewableenergy <br \/>#sustainableliving <br \/>#lowcost <br \/>#solis <br \/>#myenergi<br \/>#mixergy<br \/>#A2A<br \/>#heatpump<br \/>#zerobill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can it get any worse? The darkness just won&#8217;t end this year. Unless the seasons are changing , of course it will , the sun will rise earlier and higher and we&#8217;ll have warmer days but 2026 has stated wetter and darker than ever recorded in EVpuzzle history. Times like this test our systems to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":26511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22298,12324,2499,84293,84296,84292,54970,14096,775,84294,2793,12325,6049,84295,17590],"tags":[22297,12318,2480,84288,84291,84287,54965,14076,760,84289,2791,12319,6046,84290,17581],"class_list":["post-26510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alpha-ess","category-best-energy-tariff","category-best-solar","category-cheap-energy","category-cheapest-electric","category-does-solar","category-evm","category-gary-does-solar","category-home-solar","category-mrev","category-net-zero","category-pylontech","category-solar-in-winter","category-tesla-power-wall","category-uk-solar","tag-alpha-ess","tag-best-energy-tariff","tag-best-solar","tag-cheap-energy","tag-cheapest-electric","tag-does-solar","tag-evm","tag-gary-does-solar","tag-home-solar","tag-mrev","tag-net-zero","tag-pylontech","tag-solar-in-winter","tag-tesla-power-wall","tag-uk-solar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}