Last seen: Dec 4, 2025
@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 ...
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...
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...
Our battery is almost charged now - It's had 2A continuously for 4 days, so about 200Ah going into each cell. Now they are fuller, discrepancies are ...
@chickenbig Neat install ! I've now seen a construction vid from Seplos of the 280L. They don't directly show the base while filling it with cel...
Cycling is pretty much always going to happen during mild weather. Heatpumps tend to only modulate down to 30% or so of their peak capability - and t...
The spec of the one I have is 100mOhms, and I can read on it the cap values it uses - they are 3x 6.3V 2200uF per channel. The total charge transferr...
I bought a Seplos Mason 280L kit. The instructions were not that great - I ended up "inventing" a couple of details that were not in the instructions...
@transparent Piccy as requested, a pic of a few cells showing active balancer attached with fuses. The fuses are actually 3.75A 75V self resetting...
This vid (off grid garage) talks about cell compression versus life. In a nutshell: you cannot stop cells expanding a mm or so when full- 300kg (3kN...
I did made a heat meter - I used the tsic716 sensor (tho the one you point at is a lot cheaper, and similar accuracy, which is great). I connected tw...
@Iancalderbank Your heatpump is likely to have a flow-return temperature of around 5degrees. So under most dhw circumstances, the tank will have be...
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