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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

Back on the subject of safety fuses for connecting batteries to inverters, I compared (above) the Eaton Bussman Type T fuse with the equivalent RGS4b ...

4 years ago
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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

This discussion comes down to the underlying reason that @benguela wishes to use the generic Pylontech batteries. It's difficult for us to assess th...

4 years ago
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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

There is a Solar Edge Key which allows their panel installations to work with 3rd-party inverters, storage batteries etc.Installation of the key overr...

4 years ago
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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

I actually ended up ordering Miro fuse RGS4b which is physically larger than the 'a' variant and has a nominal 80mm distance between the fixing bolts ...

4 years ago
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RE: Shelving options for LF280K batteries

LiFePO4 cells balancing on the shelf... in both senses of the phrase 😉 The first photo shows two strips of Cembrit 8mm board used to ensure that ...

4 years ago
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RE: Our ASHP is costing £24 a day to run

Hi @dexters-mum and welcome. So we now know that the forum works whilst driving on the A9. Is this going to be a 'hands free' relationship with the ot...

4 years ago
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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: ...

4 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...

4 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...

4 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...

4 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...

4 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...

4 years ago
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