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Happy to help. There are many systems able to provide true off-grid/islanding/UPS. When I searched, I saw Solis, Solax, and many others. In this forum...
Clearly aware we are talking about safety here. But a similar example to Powerwall but for personal computing is the Apple vs Wintel debate. My que...
On safety and the misinformation implying all lithium batteries are the same, this is a useful thread that @cathoderay started. My conclusion is that ...
So I hear the export MPAN that UKPN assigned should be put to use soon. 🙂 My learning in this process will be to argue more robustly (and i...
From what I read, the Solis has a very long list of error codes it reports in situations where the grid input does not conform to the defined standard...
I agree this does not seem to make sense. It is perfectly reasonable that you may have an inverter able to generate 5kw AC and want it to enforce a lo...
Yes, certainly not enough could have been tested in any single installation to support a submission. Agreed, given the serious risks in case of ...
@jamespa yes, useful to hear how the earthing is provided. What I also experienced is when the RCDs (or RCBOs) have limitations to check for faults...
Hi @lostandconfused , I agree that topic/thread is the most appropriate, it started with a potential upgrade of a simple solar inverter system to enab...
On closer observation, I had missed that the latest EICR I had from December is showing a Ze of 0.17 Ω, so the installation is compliant. 🙂 ...
I used the term head like I heard the electricians use it. A year ago, I had some issue (some loose contact that was causing it to heat). I had to cal...
🤣 Well, I never managed to get the HA solis "sensors" properly configured on HA´s batpred, (I tried to leverage the solis Modbus integration...
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