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@andris Octopus installed my heatpump, they recommended 8kW. I negotiated for a 6kW (nominal 5.6kW) cosy6. It barely kept the house warm last winter. ...
Just furkled Into the parameter menu. Found the master inverter has a max output of 3kW. This is the max it can ask the Battery Pack for. The PV c...
@rob-of-york The 2 inverters are not in parallel, but series. The PV inverter routes its power to the battery inverter, which charges and discharges...
@rob-of-york i know about G98 cert. My PV installer initially proposed 10 panels so I didnt go over that limit and they could install next day. I want...
@old_scientist wherever a lithium power cell is located is irrelevant to wether your house will burn down. recall the houses in Kidderminster next t...
@papahuhu having seen videos of houses burned to the ground because of cheap batteries, wouldn't buy one from amazoom or ewebay
@old_scientist The restriction on how much you can export is set by the DNO and you need the G99 to export above 3.6kW per phase, which has to be appl...
@old_scientist its not the size of the battery that limits my system, I can easily add a second or 3rd/4th one. Its stackable. What is the issue is th...
@toodles i have found the limit on the inverter causes me to use grid power if we cook at 6pm in the winter. Summer we get 2.5kW off the battery and 5...
@gz00 i have used cosy tariff for past year and found it works well for me. i have the temp set at 20 all day, we like it cooler as we have UFH too....
@old_scientist fragmented heating policy, is it on other heating products; oil, wood, bio mass?
@majordennisbloodnok whenever anyone mentions poly-ticks, Im always smiling as I re-run the dead parrot sketch in my mind. anyway, do i understand the...
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