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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

@transparent ignore that request, I see you had a link. I've sent them a message. Cheers

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

@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...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

@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...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

@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...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

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...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Energy poverty, climate change and sustainable lifestyles

@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...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

@mattengineer I didn't know pylontech now did 5kwh batteries and the price is actually very reasonable - £1,392 (£278/kWh).

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

@prunus yes but I'm talking about battery chargers, which can happily charge at 5kw - no grid involved

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

@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...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

@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 ...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm Plus issues - circulation, efficiency and performance

@saz just give them any old temperature, as long as you can manually adjust to tweak who cares what they give you

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Midea and very possibly other controllers networking

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...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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