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@morgan years ago in my old house I bought a large fan and cut down a bit of wood which fit in the loft hatch. I made a hole for the fan and popped it...
@chickenbig my cells should be balanced. But I'll check them before I do anything when connecting. As to torque, I'll probably just buy a digital torq...
@transparent after many delays I am finally ordering my 280ah cells from Brian and the Seplos DIY battery kit. Any feedback you have would be great. A...
@jeff actual total consumed was 820kw
@transparent the Sofar inverter I own has a group on Facebook which has built a controller to do most of this via a raspberry pi. Certainly the foreca...
@transparent this is my current layout (but I have a bigger battery now). Ideally I just want to put it along side after the first one to pick up anyt...
@transparent I'm currently drinking gin out and about. I'll see what I can knock up later...
@transparent cheers for that. Any recommendations on what might be in stock and reasonably priced. I'm kicking myself for not buying a used Sofar for ...
@transparent any thoughts on battery chargers/inverters. I want to add a second as my second batteries can't be used with the pylontechs. But it's pre...
@editor I believe its due in October - after the low months and when the cap changes
New bill update £28.49 for the month £7.14 standing charge was 25% of the bill total Average unit cost of 6.33p/kw 84% of power was off peak 266...
Octopus Go would probably be the best bet, or one of the EVv tariffs
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