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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

@iancalderbank I soldered on small diameter copper pipes onto the pipes feeding into and out of the heatpump, both house side, so they both just ha...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Noise/ Planning Expert

I know of several people who have had A2A installed by a contractor - there was no planning or MCS involved, the contractor is f-gas qualified, and ju...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Noise/ Planning Expert

I installed a gshp myself, partly because it completely avoided all this noise stuff as it's effectively silent - it's basically a regular fridge comp...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Seplos Mason DIY Kit - Ancillaries - Advice

I did consider an off grid type system - it's simpler in a way, no need to ask permission if all you do is take power from the grid. And it does have...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Seplos Mason DIY Kit - Ancillaries - Advice

We just got a seplos mason 280L kit - I think the BMS has 10E written on it. I can confirm that natively it does talk to the sunsynk.

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Seplos Mason DIY Kit - Ancillaries - Advice

Just trying to estimate how quickly short circuit currents are likely to rise, not a comment on the fuse itself.

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Seplos Mason DIY Kit - Ancillaries - Advice

We can calculate the rate of rise of current, if we make an assumption of the inductance which inhibits the current change. 1uH roughly represents th...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Seplos Mason DIY Kit - Ancillaries - Advice

@chickenbig Re- 280L Seplos vertical kit - I sent photos and a description to Fogstar, about the lack of compression and non-flat base as the kit p...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

In the end it took 5 days to charge at 2A, so about 250Ah went into each cell. When the cells are charged, any variation appears, and it took another...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Solar Diverter and faulty immersion thermostat = Accidental Sauna ***SERIOUS PROBLEM****

@misterb Until last years November freeze, we had solar thermal connected to one of our DHW tank inputs. Sadly an ST panel bust, and I decided to ...

2 years ago
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Solar Thermal & Power Diverters
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RE: Seplos Mason DIY Kit - Ancillaries - Advice

A bit of bodgineering below - the 3.6kW sunsynk hasn't got an external fan, so tends to get pretty hot when working hard. Its big brother that I'd or...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Seplos Mason DIY Kit - Ancillaries - Advice

I applied online to Sunsynk to be a user. Once you have user name and password, you can request a status upgrade - I chose "installer", which means I...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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