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

Assume that this 10mm (ext diameter) PEX pipe has the usual 2mm thick walls, and that we're comparing with the more common radiator feed pipe using 15...

3 years ago
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