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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

Thanks for posting the link to the video @batalto I'm still assembling the first of my initial four LiFePO4 batteries. I did a fair amount of resear...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

I hadn't previously heard of that strategy @batalto So what you're planning is effectively a halfway point between a full DIY build and a ready-to-i...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Energy poverty, climate change and sustainable lifestyles

I agree. The crunch point is that it must impossible for the inverter to export to the grid. Simply installing an inverter and configuring it not to e...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

If others are considering building a battery out of the raw LiFePO4 cells, then there will need to be a lot more technical discussion here on this top...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Energy poverty, climate change and sustainable lifestyles

Sure. And I'm aware that those terms are used in different ways by equipment manufacturers. In this context I'm referring to the heat-pump being pow...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Energy poverty, climate change and sustainable lifestyles

And Transparent has to report that the creation of this list got sidelined. I've been distracted by the rapidly rising cost of energy and the urgent...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

I've discussed this situation with the Western Power Distribution engineers who assess the grid-connection applications made by us consumers. They d...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Battle of the charging technologies

Thanks @Jeff and yes I do have a VW ID3. But earlier you wrote: My ID3 predates that capability. Perhaps I need to trade-up because I like the ide...

3 years ago
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Renewable-powered transport (EVs & e-bikes)
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

Heat pumps take a lot of current when starting. I checked the spec of a mid-range 9kW GSHP a couple of weeks ago and it draws 29A when starting (using...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: New PV+ battery system, help required

Thanks @yachtsman for that document. So you will be setting up a few charging/usage profiles using a web interface to a server operated by Solar Edg...

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: New PV+ battery system, help required

Every hybrid inverter already has a mechanism for connecting and disconnecting to the grid, and handling the required synchronisation. The reasons t...

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: New PV+ battery system, help required

Yes I agree @derek-m . They're using an Automatic Transfer Switch on grid failure. I think that's unnecessary, and the switch-over transient might...

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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