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Let's return to the possibilities for using ELV devices within the home:
The wiring between an inverter and a 48v (nominal) battery does operate within the parameters of Extra Low Voltage, but would not normally be referred...
Leaving aside the current problems in sourcing products from China at the moment, I think it might help if I also highlighted here what I've deduced f...
We're moving very fast into another area of discussion within the subject of ELV. I'll address what I've found out concerning connectors here. But ple...
In order to not 'crowd' this topic with ideas and information about the use of 'off-grid' storage batteries, I've started a separate thread about usin...
I discussed this very solution with my DNO in the initial year of the OpenLV Project to have monitored substations. Great minds etc.... 😎 DNOs too...
In many cases I would agree. But I could easily apply that argument to the ubiquitous GU10 LED light bulb. It's the most common type used in kitchen...
I'm now looking at this from the opposite viewpoint... using ELV unless there is a reason not to do so. The current objective is to create a system ...
I think that would be lacking in adventure 🙂 Here's an overview of the intended 48v wiring to the existing ELV wiring positions. And here's the...
Lots of questions arise from those points @jeff Since there are few 'Standards' let me start by addressing the issue of which voltage to use. Twent...
The feedback you are providing here is vital if 'we' are going to better use energy resources. Every time that you (and others here) pick me up on a c...
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