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My system generated 3,800kWh in 2018 and 3,333 so far this year.
It is a 3.6kWp south facing system installed in Dec, 2011 in coastal Lancashire...
Change your supplier. Scottish Power is by far the most incompetent company I have ever dealt with.
If I were to state my true opinion of them, I...
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Add batteries to inc. BackUp on new On-Grid Solar, non-hybrid inverter, can it be done?
I'm thinking of similar but looking for something much cheaper. During a power-cut I'd like to have my solar panels and their inverter work to...
If the swa supply to shed is good enough then a sub board in there would be best option by far, the you would have a local circuit for the...
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To the people suggesting that this could be caused by a loose connection, could you please explain how you believe a loose connection would cause...
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Octopus energy (and I suspect others by now) offer a tariff that pays you for your exported energy. You'd have to look at the costs of the...
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Just an update. Fronius were nicely responsive, but reckoned the noise wasn't unusual. They advised filter cleaning, so I've passed that info on...
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You can install either CT clamp on its own or meter with CT clamp and choose appropriate setting in the menu, however if you want to control...
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By way of a teach-in, the scheme Lucien mentioned to cancel out the induced voltage in the armouring is often called 'bonding and transposition'...
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Good point there @snowhead about bigger energy users.
I’m already fed up with the phone calls about solar optimisation, getting as bad as PPI...
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Oh yer. Doesn’t make sense how the other one is 3 days then.
- Dave123
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Well I was hoping to do better than that on Octopus.
My view is I want to be as self sufficient as possible in the winter. So when the...
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Ah I see. Right. Adding more batteries would offer me more stored power for use at times when i need more. I.e instead of exporting once 1 set of...
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Isolator needs to be adjacent to the machine it is controlling.
- Colin33
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Just a quick update - since changing the battery on this I've not had any further errors.
Nine months on, since the battery change, all is...
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Yes, you're over thinking it.
Imagine your neighbours also have solar PV, they will also be pushing into the grid. In effect, you just have less...
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quotes for solar in a new build.
thanks....
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Never bothered when the solar panel is damaged I remove it from the grid and test it. If it fails either voltage or current. It is removed.
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Solis 3.6kW S6 Dual MPPT - Single Phase with DC - Part No: SOL-3.6-S6-DT-DC Inverters - Main Units
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The current output for a circuit of dissimilar devices in series is limited to the current of the lowest performing device in the entire string...
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Went to an Aico skills event at the tail end of January and a presentation by the ECA I think it was, mentioned that the installation PV storage...
thanks for the reply mate, you have made it a alot clearer for me.
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Hi I had a Diehl AKO Platinum 3800S inverter and Solar panels installed in Nov 2011 and now 2024 my inverter is throwing a few error codes and...
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Retro fitting to a plastic unit is absolutely allowed
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No - they will use it as an opportunity to sell you something else. Maybe a long term maintenance contract. Maybe an overpriced battery storage...
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Hello Ric2013, MJPD29 and westward 10.
I have a multimeter that I tested the voltage with and before I open the socket up I use a plug in tester...
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I’m not an installer, but I would think if anyone had to work on or replace the inverter at any time, it would be safer to do it with an external...
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a quick google and I found this:
https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/solar-micro-inverter-power-management.134979/
didn't download it...
Further to my last - having spent the day reading up further and sight of some helpful IET reference material provided by John Peckham I believe I...
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Id eat the rabbits and save myself the additional electrical work ?
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