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I bought one off gumtree - I think it was around £45
I built a solution for sprinklers some years ago. Buy a used IBC, put it at the top of the garden and have a hose with a stop cock installed. Fill tha...
@transparent as an FYI I do have the old G59 as my panels are over 4kw and it's applied to my current Sofar ME3000SP
@transparent at these prices I might just buy two more Sofar units - it's basically the same price and just put each one with it's own battery!
@transparent interesting I'll take a look at them. Currently top of my running is a Goodwe unit. I also want the 100amp charging capability to maximis...
@cathoderay honestly, just bump up they power. If there is ever a problem you can just swap it back. However I doubt anyone would even check and if th...
@transparent I forgot to ask. What are you currently using to control the charging? I'm using a Sofar ME3000SP at the moment and it works really well....
@cathoderay if you really are struggling then it's time to investigate deeper. Step one, go flip the dip switches. No one would ever know and you'll g...
@cathoderay are you running on weather compensation? You might want to consider bumping the settings up and see how that affects things
@cathoderay if you had the loss calcs and the right sized ASHP, my question is, why isn't it making enough heat?
@cathoderay did you do your own heat loss to compare?
@transparent $2032 for 16 280ah cells delivered, all duty and customs paid from your guy
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