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Yes. An ESME device (Electricity Smart Metering Equipment) must have a minimum of five channels of Auxiliary Load Control Switches (ALCS). These are...
Au contraire. There is a well coordinated plan to establish sub-50MWh commercial battery storage all over the UK. The bit I don't like about the p...
But the UK's Smart Meter specification was drawn up by Government in consultation with Ofgem. The meter manufacturers built to that standard in orde...
I agree. So this needs a data request to ESO and a large hook to drag this topic back on target... Suffice to say that we must have off-grid battery...
That's tricky. The internet has lots of data bout domestic demand per half-hour, but industry is only discussed in terms of monthly/yearly trends. O...
Yes, I was too eager to post.I should've sought out a graphic depicting electricity-only. I've inserted the relevant diagram to your previous post.
Much as I admire your view of the industrial strength of the UK, you and the Government Office of National Statistics are in disagreement 😎 ...
OK. It depends on the type of fuse, but I wouldn't expect a 125A fuse to blow for several minutes if I exceeded it's rating by 50% or so! That's the...
I'm going to keep 'approving' these posts from @sikorsky92 because the points being made are technically challenging 🙂 ... even if somewhat terse! Y...
Indeed! ... and all the more so if the inverter/BMS is trying to measure that voltage whilst simultaneously charging the battery at the upper part of ...
That's one heck of a second post to this forum @sparky ! From the above explanations I'm assuming that you have first-hand knowledge of how smart me...
That's a very useful overview, @sparky and welcome to the discussion 🙂 We should perhaps also note that some in-house appliances can cause spikes a...
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