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@amin I dont think materially relative to this (I assume 'nominal' means the output at which they measure all the other various parameters...
Unfortunately you will almost certainly need to go a layer deeper and look at the detailed specs (which are not always easy to find) to work out what ...
You are absolutely right. I think another common factor may be whether the battery is installed at the same time as solar or is an add on to existi...
I think that's the essence of my problem. I bought into solar in 2011 so the battery (with an additional inverter) needs a standalone business case (...
I cant sorry. Its based on some calculations I did from Mitsubishi's R32 COP VS FT tables, which roughly gives a penalty of 3% for each degree increa...
Maybe this: or maybe that the effect you are seeing is not caused by setback (correlation does not equal causality) or maybe it is but not due ...
Two days will never be sufficient because the run up and the days after matter as well. Somewhere in the West Country (I think) there are two houses ...
I dont know TBH. Quotes for installed batteries seem very similar, a bit more than: 2.5K=5kWh, 5k=10kWh, 8-9K=20kWh. I am including cost of capital....
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