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

For those eager to explore the possibilities for DIY battery storage installations,... this afternoon I conducted a test which produced a dead short-c...

2 years ago
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RE: Earth Bonding

Let's pause for a moment whilst I lay out some of the issues I'm wanting to see clarified: 1: We are in the early days of seeing widespread roll-out...

2 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Speaking for myself, I'm happy to do so @jamespipe Some of the enquirers here are obviously raising issues that are technically deep, and we tend to...

2 years ago
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RE: Earth Bonding

Erm... that's the point I'm making. Earthing can't "become TN-S" unless there is a separate earth wire in the feed cable. Perhaps the author is si...

2 years ago
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RE: Earth Bonding

Hmmm. That's not what the author is claiming. You can't implement an earthing arrangement which is always TN-S (ie based on Separate Earth & Neu...

2 years ago
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RE: Earth Bonding

I want to run this past my DNO engineering manager. That article states The earthing arrangement of most EESS in island mode, where the installati...

2 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Can you clarify those interesting comments please @rob99 ? Does that point about MCS also apply to your proposed PV & Battery installations?If y...

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

Victron operate in the renewable-energy theatre in the same way as Apple do in digital electronics. It's well designed and expensive.Once you go dow...

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

Yes @astranger you're ok to use the Growatt SPF5000ES with no solar, and it can't export.There's also an SPF6000ES announced, but it's only had a limi...

2 years ago
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RE: Earth Bonding

I may not appear to be responding directly to what you post @steevjobut I am reading every point you've written to ensure that I cover it within my on...

2 years ago
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RE: Earth Bonding

Let me provide the background detail which shows the electricity supply used for the majority of the UK population. Protective Multiple Earth (PME) ...

2 years ago
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RE: Earth Bonding

I've run those pole numbers (and variations thereof) through NGEDs entire database of substations and that pattern of naming doesn't occur @steevjoSo ...

2 years ago
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