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Last seen: May 16, 2026
@kevh good question. No way of knowing afaik. I only found out because I was keeping a close eye trying to work out my issue and the ramp up behaviour...
@agentgeorge mine was a over the air update. Just did it by itself.
@kevh it's can be any reason really, they might just want every unit on the same hardware version to make things simple. There was a software update...
For anyone not familiar with this issue: there are two completely different types of noise with heat pumps, and they need to be understood separately....
@hook Apparently REDS were known for unique sound profiles!
@razz very bad ones yes, but I am waiting from contact from the Octopus tech team to share, its not something customers should have to do. I sent a...
I did not hear back from the tech team. (Assume they are busy). But I have managed to solve my cosy noise issue by about 95%. I can now run it at ni...
@jamespa There is no reason the Cosy couldn't auto-balance, they control the pump and the smarts. All you would need to do is have some software durin...
@transparent some inverters implementation of the various protocols is also broken too. At the end of the day these are all just uarts and serial, ...
@bash for the price I can't complain. The software isn't even that bad if you have ever interacted with a pylontech battery.
@bash I would buy from fogstar again having some kind of check on imported cells is important to me. 👍 I found their service excellent. Also...
@batpred the protocol can be a little different between various batteries BMS, the physical connection is the easy bit. It's possible to do, but you...
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