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Is this the moment when I should be posting examples of underground supply cables over-heating due to the increasing number of EV-chargers? Our 440v...
That's why the BEIS Team devised the random number system for our Smart Meters 9 years ago! Energy Suppliers seem very concerned to use the internet...
Quite @derek-m ! In fact, those of us with storage batteries and an appreciation of how electricity demands are made, could readily configure them t...
Where are those 'regulations' published @jeff ?These must surely have been agreed in discussions with Ofgem. To allow the Energy Supplier to alter y...
I'm glad to hear that @dunlorn - unless you happen to know who manufactures the cells for Pure, we can't check their actual specs of course. What ab...
I've screen-grabbed text from Pure Storage' own website, and present it here above the technical spec from EVE, a Chinese manufacturer of LiFePO4 cell...
I don't think any of us yet has the right kind of EV charger.I've deliberately not yet installed one on my EV Charge Point at all whilst I'm watching ...
@allyfish - It is very important that this feedback is given to Octopus, preferably by email so they can pass it internally to the relevant people. ...
No @tommcl I'm afraid it's not that simple, although your idea is commendable for making best use of the available energy. The battery in an EV diff...
In general I would always expect 'soil' to be a better heat transfer material than concrete, if only because it contains water.It's not just the high ...
The issue I'm grappling with here is that you want to either heat or cool the air passing through your MVHR. I have an MVHR unit in the loft... a se...
Apologies for not appreciating the difference between a GSHP coil and one being used as a heat-exchanger. Nonetheless, its efficiency is constrained...
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
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