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RE: Our ASHP is costing £24 a day to run

Hi @dexters-mum and welcome. So we now know that the forum works whilst driving on the A9. Is this going to be a 'hands free' relationship with the ot...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Shelving options for LF280K batteries

I think BigBug shelving has a minimum depth of 400mm. You need about 220mm. I'd imagined you using Unistrut (or equivalents) something like this: ...

3 years ago
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RE: Shelving options for LF280K batteries

Another photo - this time showing two horizontal Unistrut bars on which a 'shelf' will be fixed. I've fixed these bars 'upside down' in order to m...

3 years ago
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RE: Shelving options for LF280K batteries

Even though I feel that fire-resistant boards are more important for the fuses/trips than the LiFePO4 cells themselves, I have explored this subject e...

3 years ago
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RE: Shelving options for LF280K batteries

Cell compression. Thanks for raising this @robl I'm in two minds about this. Apart from the possibility of mechanical strain on the terminals, there...

3 years ago
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RE: Shelving options for LF280K batteries

Yes. I'm imagining a modular system whereby one enclosure can be placed on top of the other. If the cells are horizontal, then there's no need to disc...

3 years ago
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RE: Shelving options for LF280K batteries

As it happens I'm in discussion with a professional designer who is exploring the fabrication of a 'metal case' which will hold a set of 280Ah cells h...

3 years ago
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RE: ASHP Retrofit in a 2015 house with 10mm radiator tails

@alistairgbarron - could you please clarify the point about your 'favoured contractor', who crops up here regularly... Can we assume that this is a ...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Shelving options for LF280K batteries

This photo might help: Unistrut wall brackets, trimmed to 250mm long, are being fitted to a timber-frame wall. The lower 220mm of the wall is co...

3 years ago
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RE: ASHP Retrofit in a 2015 house with 10mm radiator tails

Yes, my 10-year-old UFH pump had an optional wireless controller, which I didn't buy. Instead I just set the flow-rate using a pair of up/down buttons...

3 years ago
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RE: ASHP Retrofit in a 2015 house with 10mm radiator tails

If you're going to be fitting a decent pump to push water through those 10mm rad-tails, then it's unlikely to require a bypass. Its internal pressure ...

3 years ago
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RE: ASHP Retrofit in a 2015 house with 10mm radiator tails

So your time-setting to bring the temperature up to 'daytime' again will need to be an hour or two before you actually want to experience that tempera...

3 years ago
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