Last seen: Sep 14, 2025
I doubt those 'Victron' bus bars are different to scores of others available with current capacities up to 500A Personally, I've decided to ma...
MC4 connect/disconnect tools can be bought cheaply online.But beware that the cheaper ones are likely to be sent direct from China, with a resulting d...
Current limiting in what part of the system? In the BMS unit of the Mason box whose battery has the lower capacity? My experimentation suggests th...
You're quite right to ask for clarification, @bretix My comment about a second device being installed was made in response to what @robl had just po...
I tend to agree. I have been doing a lot of experimentation with busbars coupling batteries and inverters over the past year.My approach also incorp...
To identify what is going wrong with so many of our heat-pump installations, we need the range of approaches and analysis which is occurring in this t...
It is likely that each panel connects into its Solar Edge optimiser using MC4 plug/socket. Then the optimisers are joined into a string using anothe...
That's a very low figure for an inverter with integral off-grid operation. I wonder if that's because they have good monitoring with temperature sen...
Thanks for taking the trouble to post that @grahamh So at risk of me asking a free question... What would you like to see the new Dept Energy doin...
@korwraith - Could I perhaps suggest a method of insulating the front of the case which doesn't use a board covered with aluminium foil? Also... whe...
Your location means that you are in the Central Territory of the National Smart Meter Network. The Data Communications Company (DCC) has assigned th...
Here's my interpretation:
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RE: Heat Pump Damage on install - useable or dealbreaker?
They have already been dishonest by not telling you abo...
By GrahamF , 6 hours ago
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Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
Hi all, I thought it might be of interest to others i...
By benson , 6 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy sounds like good tariff for you. Octop...
By JulianC , 7 hours ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
In the last week, the external temperature in south Man...
By GrahamF , 9 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 9 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 10 hours ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
I hear you on the locality issue @transparent, and I ag...
By Scalextrix , 12 hours ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 13 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@pash44pump Referring to the problem of rooms with diff...
By Tasos , 14 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
By JamesPa , 15 hours ago
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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I wi...
By bontwoody , 1 day ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely t...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@dgclimatecontrol I attach the responses from 2 potenti...
By pash44pump , 2 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
I realise im overdue an update on my situation. first...
By Cleardene-ashp , 3 days ago
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
@toodles thanks. I was told by the engineer that this h...
By JulianC , 3 days ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
A week later, I'm finally picking up this comment... ...
By Transparent , 4 days ago
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RE: COP is not the only measure of efficiency
We keep all our TRVs fully open using the whole house a...
By Old_Scientist , 4 days ago
