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

So fellas, on the screen in front of me I have 40+ documents which form the Planning Application for a new housing estate of an initial 124 dwellings,...

2 years 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?

@david999 - you started this topic 2 months ago (24th March). It's now 24-pages long, and I notice that you've been gradually changing the way in wh...

2 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

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

No conflict @howerpiece The inverter adjusts its mains output voltage so that the stored energy in the battery is used in preference to that available...

2 years ago

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Energy Storage

RE: EV charger installation question – I don't want to bury the cable

I'm assuming that the SWA cable has copper conductors of either 1.5mm² or 2.5mm²Those sizes are difficult to discriminate based solely on external dim...

2 years ago

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Renewable-powered transport (EVs & e-bikes)

RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables

I see there's almost £50,000 off the price of a modular USB charger today!

2 years ago

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Well & Truly Off The Grid

RE: EV charger installation question – I don't want to bury the cable

Those markings are not the ones which tell us the conductor size, unfortunately. Do you happen to have vernier calipers which could be used to measu...

2 years ago

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Renewable-powered transport (EVs & e-bikes)

RE: Safety update; RCBOs supplying inverters or storage batteries

This photo shows a bi-directional RCBO by Proteus at Redditch. The symbols are correct, and the third-contact which the solonoid switches is visib...

2 years ago

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)

RE: Solar panel

I believe that the founders of Navitron retired.But its products are still available through some of their established installers. One such as Stove...

2 years ago

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)

RE: Solar panel

Without knowing the temperature characteristics of your existing Navitron Solar-Thermal array, I don't think any of us could answer that. A: These p...

2 years ago

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)

RE: EV charger installation question – I don't want to bury the cable

The fact that the MCB is rated 16A tells us what we need to know. If you were sure to use no garage light or socket at the same time, then you'd be ...

2 years ago

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Renewable-powered transport (EVs & e-bikes)

RE: EV charger installation question – I don't want to bury the cable

So whose electricity is passing through that junction box? What socket (or light) does it feed within your garage? Which of the trips in your cons...

2 years ago

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Renewable-powered transport (EVs & e-bikes)

RE: EV charger installation question – I don't want to bury the cable

Hmmm... That raises a lot of questions in my mind! 1: The Steel Wire Armoured (SWA) cable size needs to be known.What does the white writing say o...

2 years ago

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