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RE: Solar inverters - where does the energy go when clipping?

@robl thank you, makes perfect sense, and my wife is relieved to know the inverter isn't sat in the loft smouldering due to excess heat because of an ...

7 months ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Grant Aerona3 13kW Noisy pipes after balancing

Regarding noise, we run at fixed flow rates of between 24-26L/min (so similar to you), and have a new system with 22mm copper runs, branching off to 1...

7 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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Solar inverters - where does the energy go when clipping?
7 months ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Solar for heating DHW

Similar situation here, although slightly lower numbers as I have a 12kW ASHP and a 3kW solar inverter. In the summer*, I try to limit the power dra...

8 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat Pump starting current

I have seen mentioned two things that may help alleviate the effects of defrost cycles. The first is having sufficiently large thermal mass within t...

8 months ago
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RE: Investment or not Solar/Battery instllation

I'm not sure I follow. I have a 12kW Samsung ASHP, and starting from cold, which we do most mornings as we often switch off overnight, the system norm...

8 months ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: My 2.5kW array is only putting out 1kWh in an entire day

I generated 6.4kWh on Saturday 2.8kWh on Sunday and 7.4kWh yesterday from my south facing 3.65kWp array - Saturday and yesterday were very good days w...

8 months ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Samsung ASHP owners what have you set your weather compensation to?

I'm running a 'flat' WL curve of 32C (32C @ 15C OAT; 32C @ -2C OAT), and I then manually adjust LWT up and down on the controller heating screen. At t...

8 months ago
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RE: Samsung weather compensation oddities

I don't know how having two zones may complicate/affect things, especially as presumably the two zones may require different flow temps? With #2091-...

10 months ago
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RE: Samsung weather compensation oddities

@cloudclear sounds like a good plan. I do not have any monitoring, so am simply collecting data and recording through studious observations. FSV #20...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Samsung weather compensation oddities

I believe the guys above have nailed it. I have a similar 12kW Gen6 Samsung and observe exactly the same. The heat that the ASHP is producing has to...

10 months ago
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RE: Determining correct flow rate?

That would be the more logical place to fit them, but ours is installed on the main return pipe back to the heat pump, so affects both DHW and heating...

1 year ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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