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RE: How do smart meters actually measure the amount of energy?

But the UK's Smart Meter specification was drawn up by Government in consultation with Ofgem. The meter manufacturers built to that standard in orde...

2 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: My experience with the Selpos Mason DIY kit

I agree. So this needs a data request to ESO and a large hook to drag this topic back on target... Suffice to say that we must have off-grid battery...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: My experience with the Selpos Mason DIY kit

That's tricky. The internet has lots of data bout domestic demand per half-hour, but industry is only discussed in terms of monthly/yearly trends. O...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: My experience with the Selpos Mason DIY kit

Yes, I was too eager to post.I should've sought out a graphic depicting electricity-only. I've inserted the relevant diagram to your previous post.

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: My experience with the Selpos Mason DIY kit

Much as I admire your view of the industrial strength of the UK, you and the Government Office of National Statistics are in disagreement 😎 ...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: My experience with the Selpos Mason DIY kit

OK. It depends on the type of fuse, but I wouldn't expect a 125A fuse to blow for several minutes if I exceeded it's rating by 50% or so! That's the...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: My experience with the Selpos Mason DIY kit

I'm going to keep 'approving' these posts from @sikorsky92 because the points being made are technically challenging 🙂 ... even if somewhat terse! Y...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: My experience with the Selpos Mason DIY kit

Indeed! ... and all the more so if the inverter/BMS is trying to measure that voltage whilst simultaneously charging the battery at the upper part of ...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: How do smart meters actually measure the amount of energy?

That's one heck of a second post to this forum @sparky ! From the above explanations I'm assuming that you have first-hand knowledge of how smart me...

2 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: How do smart meters actually measure the amount of energy?

That's a very useful overview, @sparky and welcome to the discussion 🙂 We should perhaps also note that some in-house appliances can cause spikes a...

2 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Stop ASHPs being stolen

I guess it depends on whether Manchester Police record it when a theft is reported, or only after they've apprehended perpetrators. And if the cells...

2 years ago
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Buy & Sell
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RE: My experience with the Selpos Mason DIY kit

That sounds a very 'safe' set of parameters to me @hughf There's very little additional energy being stored by taking cells right up the theoretical...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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