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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

Let me just turn the light on in that cupboard @gunboatdiplomat Ah... that's better. So this is a very straightforward distribution board with ...

1 year ago

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Energy Storage

RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

I'm not the right person to answer those points,... although I don't like the sound of you having a TRV on the system.The house temperature gets regul...

1 year ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

That looks like an Inta flow-gauge, with side branches for Fill and Flush.So I assume there are other places through which anti-freeze can be added, n...

1 year ago

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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

Yes, TN-C-S is what we call PME, but is more descriptive for those with a technical understanding.Your substation transformer and any poles carrying o...

1 year ago

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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

You'll have difficulty arranging to have two meters for a single location.Your Energy Supplier would receive a Notification from ECOES, the national d...

1 year ago

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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

Thanks @gunboatdiplomatThat's progress. Is your house also PME, with an earth wire emerging from the Service Fuse? And does your Zappi have an ear...

1 year ago

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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

That's now a lot clearer @howerpiece The earth is indeed provided by your DNO.It's derived from the Neutral wire connecting your house to the local ...

1 year ago

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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

"They" won't change your meter.It's up to you to make that request of your Energy Supplier. Just have a think about how you might use 2 or 3 phases....

1 year ago

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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

Within a cupboard or a meter box, it's unusual to have tails 'secured'.They tend to get left in free air. That reduces electromagnetic coupling and te...

1 year ago

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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

Yes, the IET regulations are for internal wiring, from the meter onwards. There certainly are regulations which apply to the Distribution Grid.Each ...

1 year ago

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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

Thanks for the photos. Very entertaining. Are all seven photos of your house, or are some of the neighbour's?Feeding one house from another is c...

1 year ago

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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

That's an impressive piece of copy & paste @howerpiece If you'd like a copy of the original, it's in Libre-Office Draw (ODT) format.I deliberately...

1 year ago

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