Whinmoor
Wish you had introduced yourself earlier. Caught me just as I was about to leave taking one of the Tesla guys to the airport. Would have been good to have lunch together. Another time.
Apparently part of the reason, as I alluded to for the 2.5kW size is the German market. I understand this to be an export limit meaning the thing can be set up without all the bells and whistles needed that the SMA guy was describing. Suspect the thing is repackaging of existing bits from their current inventory. Would have been easy to design a unit where capacity could be adjusted through firmware to better match it to different batteries. Have to say the whole thing looked expensive as a retrofit solution.
Interesting that the question of G83/G59 is still open to so much uncertainty. I phoned a contact at the National Solar Centre on Monday to try and get a definitive answer. Their opinion was G59 was not required, which is different to the position previously reported. If devices are working as either/or and both are G83 compliant, I cannot see there is an issue, which is a point Gavin made some months ago. It is probably a case of watch this space.
Wish you had introduced yourself earlier. Caught me just as I was about to leave taking one of the Tesla guys to the airport. Would have been good to have lunch together. Another time.
Apparently part of the reason, as I alluded to for the 2.5kW size is the German market. I understand this to be an export limit meaning the thing can be set up without all the bells and whistles needed that the SMA guy was describing. Suspect the thing is repackaging of existing bits from their current inventory. Would have been easy to design a unit where capacity could be adjusted through firmware to better match it to different batteries. Have to say the whole thing looked expensive as a retrofit solution.
Interesting that the question of G83/G59 is still open to so much uncertainty. I phoned a contact at the National Solar Centre on Monday to try and get a definitive answer. Their opinion was G59 was not required, which is different to the position previously reported. If devices are working as either/or and both are G83 compliant, I cannot see there is an issue, which is a point Gavin made some months ago. It is probably a case of watch this space.
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