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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels

Almost all PV panels now incorporate bypass diodes.But the ones I've actually taken apart and looked at are intended to bypass a section (column or ro...

11 months ago
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RE: Opinions please on me putting a 2.5kW roof mounted turbine on my garage - am I mad?

Not mad at all... The people who most often succeed with a small-scale wind-turbine (less than 3kW) are doing it on a DIY basis.They succeed because...

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

You are asking all the right questions @david999Take time to chew over what you're picking up here on the Forum. Let me also point out the mechanica...

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

Erm, that won't do what you think... The PV panels are going to be wired as a series string in order to achieve the high-voltage input for the inver...

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

Aluminium C-channel is a versatile way of creating frames for PV panels.Better still if you can source aluminium T-nuts which fit it. I picked up ...

11 months ago
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RE: Opinions please on me putting a 2.5kW roof mounted turbine on my garage - am I mad?

Interesting notion @marvinator80 In case you were wondering, here's how I would apply a mechanical lever to the wall of your garage in order to sha...

11 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

I'm not.But Hogwarts was one of our main rivals.We used to pass them en-route to Kings Cross. You could easily identify them from their chant:"Come ...

11 months ago
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RE: Locational electricity pricing

@johnmo - well you now have a link to check Annex-9 for yourself. 🙂 A quick look tells me that the DSC for nil-demand in Northern Scotland...

11 months ago
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RE: Digest of UK Energy Statistics

@ianmk13 - There are two Primary Substations (33kV/11kV) at Broughton: Kingston 940070; 23MW transformer; 9MW demand headroom, 10MW reverse-power (g...

11 months ago
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RE: Locational electricity pricing

Hah! You only pay 60p ?! That's because the rest of us are subsidising your region!Those of us living in regions which produce the most electricity ...

11 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

It was 4-6-2 @bontwoody4-6-0 was used for Hogwarts.

11 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

No, not a train spotter, @bontwoody... but I did commute to school by train pulled by a steam loco. 🤓 Can I please provide a link to a part...

11 months ago
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