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@david999 - Firstly, please note that the responses you are getting in this forum topic about your installation can be used as evidence in any dispute...
As you're an engineer, you'll probably want to devise a way of holding down the centre of those panels until your installer arrives next week. 'Ere ...
Here's a photo of a single PV-panel, wall-mounted. Firstly, note the spacing of the horizontal rails behind the panel. Secondly, you'll realise ...
@david999 have a look at the Fastensol manual I linked earlier. Note that there are two types of panel clamp end-clamp mid-clamp The la...
No, that's not correct @david999 The mounting bars shouldn't be placed along the top & bottom of the PV panels, but inset so that the clamps are...
As others might come across this topic in future, may I chip in and mention a two-room solution? I was once faced with the need to draw in fresh air...
Will you be manually setting up the schedule for charging from the grid @pressure ? Or has GivEnergy inserted Octopus' API within their control soft...
Any plans like this will need to take more account of what's going to happen to energy strategy in the future.Almost everything I'm currently working ...
That's a very important observation. It's such a mess of components and pipes, I'm at a loss to understand how this might relate to any form of 'sys...
I have recently posted a series of explanations regarding 'missing readings' over on the topic about Smart Meter Installation... potential nightmare. ...
Responding to both @blott and @guthrie... I'm unable to comment on the different types of vertical turbine.Although I've read extensively about the ...
In theory that might be the case. But once the house insurers add it to their list of questions, we are likely to find compliance with PAS-63100-202...
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