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by spread-tee
Mon Feb 27, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: Shedhenge
Replies: 122
Views: 24192

Re: Shedhenge

Hi all, does anyone know about the following?? The MCS manual says a type B RCD should be fitted if the inverter is capable of feeding DC current into the grid, but a type A is ok if the inverter has "at least simple separation between the DC and AC sides" Hagar want over three hundred qui...
by spread-tee
Sat Feb 25, 2023 5:49 pm
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: Shedhenge
Replies: 122
Views: 24192

Re: Shedhenge

Thanks Fintray :D Deep joy, now we have the other six panels up on the lofty roof, so the full 4.8kWp is live, still no smoke, flames, arcing, or anything, just lots of lectrons being persuaded to mingle with the battery. So if a million square miles of Strato - nimbus invades the British Isles .......
by spread-tee
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:27 pm
Forum: Transport
Topic: Chinese EV manufacturer trials Sodium-Ion batteries
Replies: 6
Views: 899

Re: Chinese EV manufacturer trials Sodium-Ion batteries

Commercialisation of sodium ion batteries is a big deal due to abundance of materials and low cost. I'm surprised, if heartened, to read about their usage in vehicles, as I expected them to make inroads into the storage market primarily. Will follow this with interest. My brother-in-laws collegue a...
by spread-tee
Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:46 am
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Gravitricity Czech Republic
Replies: 18
Views: 1969

Re: Gravitricity Czech Republic

Back to the first point: there are precious few places where pumped hydro can be put. Which is why we haven't seen any for half a century or more now. Why not pump the bottom galleries dry, fit air tight bladders in them, allow them to flood a few hundred metres deep and use them to store compresse...
by spread-tee
Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:55 am
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: OFGEM Price Cap April to June Announcement 27th Feb
Replies: 23
Views: 3161

Re: OFGEM Price Cap April to June Announcement 27th Feb

Yuff wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:55 am Why are they still linking electric prices to the gas price?
Surely all renewable cheap production should be subsidising electric use not gas use…….FFS
Basically a scam :-



Still it's made a few people an awful lot of money so that is OK!

Desp
by spread-tee
Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: On the subject of energy storage
Replies: 1
Views: 315

Re: On the subject of energy storage

Interesting stuff for sure, kinda what we know already that we have a looong way to go.

Desp
by spread-tee
Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:08 pm
Forum: New builds
Topic: Cat flap in new build
Replies: 11
Views: 6189

Re: Cat flap in new build

:) Hmm... not a huge fan of electronic chip option TBH, i like to keep things simple. It looks like I've got to go with the tunnel through wall option, with a flap at both ends - and possible some sort of antechamber - although that could wait til next winter... Thanks I know what you mean about KI...
by spread-tee
Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:28 pm
Forum: Thermal
Topic: Solar thermal for hot tub
Replies: 35
Views: 14719

Re: Solar thermal for hot tub

Quote " I have taken 3 Naviwatsit ones of my roof and next door. Fitted years ago. In a house possible pump / leak problems. On a hot tub outside not so much of an issue apart from. Pump costs. To replace / Pump electric running costs. Fit P.V. Panels directly wired into immersion heater. Mani...
by spread-tee
Wed Feb 15, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: New builds
Topic: Cat flap in new build
Replies: 11
Views: 6189

Re: Cat flap in new build

We have one of those electronic chip activated flaps for "Offcut" which when locked doesn't get blown open even with the wildest wind. When new before the seals around the flap get too grotty it is reasonable wind proof, and TBH I accept the small airleak as part of the adventitious air re...
by spread-tee
Mon Feb 13, 2023 9:40 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: Octopus launches its own Heat Pump
Replies: 27
Views: 4758

Re: Octopus launches its own Heat Pump

Thanks, gas engineer here.............as you know though it's about a lot more than just buying the unit. Buying them overseas?? that's gonna work :D

Desp