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One thing I don't understand is that if companies have the ability to accurately charge using the 30 minute Smart Meter data then why don't they? Octo...
1 x Seplos 14.3kWh (Seplos box from Alibaba, battery cells from Fogstar)1 x Solis 3.0kW RAI-3K-48ES-5G
Wow, thank you so much for this write up @transparent That explains everything, and also seems somewhat insane (although perhaps necessary) that th...
@editor indeed - one suspects that if the metering error was in the customer's favour rather than EDF's favour they would have switched to the 30-minu...
@editor All good here! I'm happy to say that the system has been error free since setup, operating exactly as expected. (My current 'lifetime' usa...
@squarepeg77 Since I made my initial post in the above-mentioned thread the price of batteries has decreased somewhat and the options available have a...
@tim441 Thanks for the heads up, I have a couple of family members that missed it last time
@chickenbig Yes, the insulation panels are only held in place with double sided tape so can be easily removed should the temperature climb too high, a...
@chickenbig most of the planet is a fair bit warmer than the UK which I'd imagine is the operating conditions the manual writers had in mind when reco...
@transparent the aluminium foil can peel off but I think it looks better left on; surely not any less safe than the Seplos steel casing 😅? Don't wor...
I added PIR insulation board to 5 of the 6 sides (attached with double-sided tape), that was enough to keep the cells above 10'C but only just. I may ...
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