Things Not to Buy.

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ALAN/ALAN D

Things Not to Buy.

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A Lady bought 18 of these.
Glass. Well made apart from how the P.V. Panel is fixed on top.

All have failed because the P.V. Panels will not produce any voltage.

Best to take off the. To buy list. :shock:
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Stinsy
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I’ve bought a few different ones of these over the years. The 79p ones are garbage. I tried the £3.99 ones encouraged because they contained a NiMH AA that could be upgraded. But they lasted a single year too (water ingress and corrosion).
12x 340W JA Solar panels (4.08kWp)
3x 380W JA Solar panels (1.14kWp)
5x 2.4kWh Pylontech batteries (12kWh)
LuxPower inverter/charger

(Artist formally known as ******, well it should be obvious enough to those for whom such things are important.)
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I prefer my own solar battery lighting as used in our last power cut. :twisted:

It really was almost pitch back when I took that picture but the latest iphones make it look like daylight.

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18.7kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 26MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
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