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Sadly, no, @agentgeorge. The inverter will handle 5kW twixt grid and house but 3kW is its stated limit for the battery. To be frank, it’s not a big de...
Whilst we're talking about blinds, does anyone have any good and practical ideas for some roller blinds to cope with glazing that goes up into the eav...
Welcome in, @velcro. I'd say you've come to the right place; there's a lot of stuff written by quite a few members about tweaking Daikins so have a bi...
With 20:20 hindsight we might well have chosen a different brand than Growatt, @transparent. What you're outlined doesn't entirely surprise me but a f...
Two comments. Firstly, a colleague of mine has just that kind of setup; motorised bedroom blinds and an automation in Home Assistant to control them...
I love this post. I also agree that anything of any real importance should have a "plan B" for alternative operation. That's one reason why I've kept ...
One of the likely triggers for us tinkerers looking into extending our systems is, of course, what other people have done already. In the spirit of "I...
In general, yes, but I was wondering about the rather more specific case of individual bees' reactions to their door being opened. Not sure my wife'd ...
I now have a vision for a judiciously placed trapdoor for harvesting honey only when needed and leaving the rest in situ. Not worked out the means for...
Oh, b*gger. I saw this after finishing my last post, and this might just be the driver for you to consider a wired network - or at least running a n...
Oh, it's not ironic at all, @sheriff-fatman. Your journey into uncharted territory and the buzz you got of getting it working is one of the prime exam...
Yup, that's what I've got right now. An arrow on a coiled bimetallic strip, so no electrical or digital output. Having had another thought, I might ...
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