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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
By JamesPa, 4 weeks ago
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| The distinction between the product categories is fairly simple. If it has a battery but cannot feed back to your house electrics via a plug on the device (so the only means to discharge are via soc... | ||
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
By sonosppp, 4 weeks ago
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| @jamespa Well you tell me? I'll give you an example: DJI Power 2000 - a portable power bank that can charge from the grid (or solar) but provide UPS like functionality. (Allowed to be sold) I... | ||
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
By Indevolt Tech, 4 weeks ago
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| @editor Your summary is spot on, and you’ve captured the nuance of the current UK landscape better than most marketing copy does. The technology is versatile, but the regulatory pathways are distinct.... | ||
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
By Mars, 4 weeks ago
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| Reading through the most recent comments and replies, I think my original point still broadly stands, but I may have oversimplified what is actually a more complicated product and regulatory picture. ... | ||
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RE: Freedom Heat Pumps Cloud
By Majordennisbloodnok, 4 weeks ago |
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| And we're back to @editor's point about supplier dependency. | ||
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
By JamesPa, 4 weeks ago
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| I have absolutely no idea what the safety analysis (when the grid is not present) looks like for UPS devices (which is what I made my measurements on). What I do know is that they have been around fo... | ||
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RE: Freedom Heat Pumps Cloud
By EtchedPixels, 4 weeks ago |
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| Having reverse engineered plenty of stuff I don't. Nor the ability of the vendor to randomly break the protocol with an update. I had my Ecoflow river doing automations that Ecoflow most definitely di... | ||
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
By Transparent, 4 weeks ago
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| But where is the safety earth for the equipment you have plugged in to the maintained outlet? There needs to be an earth path which ensures a fuse blows (or a trip's contacts open) in the event of the... | ||
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
By EtchedPixels, 4 weeks ago
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| Yep. That's how most units seem to work - but the question I asked was "if wired in". The moment it stops being a camping accessory and is permanently wired into the property the rules change. | ||
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
By cathodeRay, 4 weeks ago |
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| @baroquebank — some more comments on the latest version of your spreadsheet: This tells us that either one (or possibly both) are wrong. The Heat Geek Prop Output numbers are almost certainly very w... | ||
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