Foul wind blowing...

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Power station in Kent.
Hard hat would not have helped if you were near this when it blew down.
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:twisted: Been paying for Leckey for days because Grid voltage is to low for turbine / P.V. Inverters to connect. All that wind and Turnip is just sitting there. Voltage is 195.59
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ALAN/ALAN D wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:09 am :twisted: Been paying for Leckey for days because Grid voltage is to low for turbine / P.V. Inverters to connect. All that wind and Turnip is just sitting there. Voltage is 195.59
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After an eye of the storm quiet for a handful of hours yesterday it has been blowing gusts around 28-31mph here through the night ,..& onward
another day of lockdown (that's familiar)
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ALAN/ALAN D wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:09 am :twisted: Been paying for Leckey for days because Grid voltage is to low for turbine / P.V. Inverters to connect. All that wind and Turnip is just sitting there. Voltage is 195.59
That's were my good old on / off grid SMA Sunny Island inverter comes in.

Alternatively you could temporarily alter the lower voltage grid monitoring settings on your GTI inverter(s) and do the struggling grid a favour.
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Really govt ought be saying turn off non essentials. (like you should anyway) & reduce the load.
Practise for April & autumn price rises
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nowty wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 11:40 am
ALAN/ALAN D wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:09 am :twisted: Been paying for Leckey for days because Grid voltage is to low for turbine / P.V. Inverters to connect. All that wind and Turnip is just sitting there. Voltage is 195.59

That's where my good old on / off grid SMA Sunny Island inverter comes in.
An important point for any new or upgraded system. It will be key for mine.
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AE-NMidlands wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 12:30 pm
nowty wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 11:40 am
ALAN/ALAN D wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:09 am :twisted: Been paying for Leckey for days because Grid voltage is to low for turbine / P.V. Inverters to connect. All that wind and Turnip is just sitting there. Voltage is 195.59

That's where my good old on / off grid SMA Sunny Island inverter comes in.
An important point for any new or upgraded system. It will be key for mine.
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Joeboy wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 12:45 pm
AE-NMidlands wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 12:30 pm
nowty wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 11:40 am

That's where my good old on / off grid SMA Sunny Island inverter comes in.
An important point for any new or upgraded system. It will be key for mine.
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It's a fair point and in my case Victron.
Yep, PV directly connected to your battery stack via a charge controller works too.
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nowty wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 12:47 pm
Joeboy wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 12:45 pm
AE-NMidlands wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 12:30 pm
An important point for any new or upgraded system. It will be key for mine.
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It's a fair point and in my case Victron.
Yep, PV directly connected to your battery stack via a charge controller works too.
The loop was closed when I installed a 2kW continuous supply inverter off of the stack. I think k it can take momentary peaks of 3.5kW or so.


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