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Last seen: May 6, 2023
@allyfish thanks for that. ”This is well known for both Li-Ion and Ni-Cad batteries.” Wish it was. Nothing about charge rate vs temperature in any...
@iancalderbank It's an interesting problem and far from straightforward. The risk reward balance is massively skewed towards not undercharging as that...
@iancalderbank Time-based improved in a software update last year - the one where you could enter the unit costs for the different time periods. Bef...
sorry for any confusion - it was the only reference I could find to charging and temperature! I don’t think you are alone @dunlorn there are two peo...
@dunlorn sorry really don’t know, temperature was just speculation on my part. The way I think it works is that the battery sends info to the invert...
Yes our Mitsubishi let’s us control the heating and hot water separately. That said we probably won’t turn the heating off - it is controlled by a w...
@davesoa don’t blame you. we don’t have gas and were about to need a new boiler and a new oil tank so went the ASHP route. it’s a massive fail by ...
@dandee 😀 Installation was ok. It was the commissioning that was terrible!
Batteries controllers may limit their charging current when they are cold - this could be a factor depending on where your batteries are located. A ...
A bit more... Last summer we ran in self powered mode - once the heat pump isn't heating the battery is plenty big enough to keep us going from day ...
The Powerwall has two modes - Time based control and self powered. Self powered mode will only charge from the sun - in summer that may be the righ...
Our Heat Pump installation went smoothly - 14kW Zubadan ASHP, conversion of HW system to mains pressure, new 250L tank, 18 radiators replaced - took l...
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