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@transparent ignore that request, I see you had a link. I've sent them a message. Cheers
@transparent I've asked Luyuan and Basen for quotes as they are well regarded on the solar DIY forum and Basen also has UK stock. Do you have a link t...
@transparent I haven't, however it's basically a kit and you just follow the steps - they've even made a YouTube video follow along. As for torque, yo...
@transparent personally I'm just going to get the Seplos DIY mason box. It's got everything in a single kit and the BMS is compatible with most charge...
As a note to anyone interested in building a battery. I've been exploring the costs for cells. Below is the cost for 16 x 280ah cells at 3.2v. This wo...
@derek-m I don't believe so as you aren't exporting that power to the grid. My battery never exports to the grid, it's home demand only. You'd only ne...
@mattengineer I didn't know pylontech now did 5kwh batteries and the price is actually very reasonable - £1,392 (£278/kWh).
@prunus yes but I'm talking about battery chargers, which can happily charge at 5kw - no grid involved
@justinsb although peak is a worry, I wouldn't worry too much. Over spec'ing can be dangerous. As an FYI I have the Sofar ME3000SP and its maximum dis...
@justinsb in my view, that's too much on 10kwh of storage. £750 per kwh of storage. You should be aiming for more like £250. I would set my ceiling ...
@saz just give them any old temperature, as long as you can manually adjust to tweak who cares what they give you
You could just install a kit to measure the output? Like the open energy monitor. Or install a second network only for the midea? Might be quicker and...
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