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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

Or, if you'd like a more technical answer... PV panels that you're likely to consider for rooftops have three electrical parameters which we need to...

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

@david999 - regarding 'off-grid' use, I was specifically answering the points made by @bretix who has a SunSynk inverter I can't remember which inve...

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

Let me slightly 'tighten up' that wording. I assume we're talking about a 240v AC supply which remains live when there is a grid outage. Your SunS...

12 months ago
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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...

1 year 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

1 year 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 ...

1 year 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...

1 year 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 ...

1 year ago
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