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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

I'd find it slightly easier to answer that question if I knew what 'fuses' were in your wall-mounted box at the moment! 🤔 Have a look at a ...

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

Sheesh! I take the evening off and now there's a dozen new questions in this topic! I've been responding to Heat Pump 'complaints' online for abo...

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

I don't think the insurance underwriters understand enough of the technology arriving in our homes to be able to assess the levels of risk. At some ...

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

[fx: sigh] It's likely that the YouTube poster has come across the publicly accessible standard PAS-63100 which we discussed hereand I referred to i...

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

Really? Like... er... WOW! And I'd always thought they ran on AC

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

@bretix I don't think there's anything particularly unusual about the pair of GSL batteries you have. I'm unsure if it's a "current model" because ...

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

To get suitable 'low voltage'/high-current battery cable by the metre, try 12-volt Planet or Split Charge (who also sell on ebay). You also need the...

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

For pipe insulation on a heat-pump, the materials cost isn't significant compared with the energy savings. I'd recommend the closed-cell elasomeric ...

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

I'm not wildly enthusiastic about the use of expanding foam! The thickness of pipe insulation in your plant room doesn't look adequate in the first ...

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

From the photos posted earlier by @bretix I'm presenting the following overall diagram. It's derived from the one on p.28 of the SunSynk 10kWh 3ph ...

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

You should ask your Installer to register the SunSynk inverter and batteries with MCS. I think his advice not to register was a mistake. Your 3ph ...

12 months ago
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

Returning now to earlier (long) list of issues raised by @bretix Although @david999 suggested using the Eddi Diverter, this isn't necessary in yo...

12 months ago
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