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On-grid domestic battery storage
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Yes, the 100% SOC plan sounds like the best solution.
Mind your back though, they be much heavier!1 -
You may find that you are one red and one black interlink cable short. Two of your son's three batteries will be inked together but the final one will have the long leads going to the inverter. You will need an interlink cable to put in its place to connect to your batteries.
I had this problem when I got a secondhand set of batteries. I solved the problem by using two Henley blocks to connect the two sets of output leads together.
Solar PV System 1: 2.96kWp South+8 degrees. Roof 38 degrees. 'Normal' system
Solar PV System 2: 3.00kWp South-4 degrees. Roof 28 degrees. SolarEdge system
EV car, Evec charger
Lux LXP 3600 ACS + 6 x 2.4kWh Aoboet LFP 2400 battery storage. Installed Feb 2021
Location: Bedfordshire1 -
Access your system via the web page not app and there is an option near the bottom on the Maintenance tab - Battery Calibration Enable. Hopefully this will sort balancing the batteries for you.Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Solar PV 5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375) installed Mar 22
Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter and 9.6kw Pylontech batteries
Daikin 8kW ASHP installed Jan 25
Octopus Cosy/Fixed Outgoing1 -
Why because of the charge LOL… they are identical to mine I bought them all at the same time ;)
3.995kWP SSW facing. Commissioned 7 July 2011. 24 degree pitch (£3.36 /W).
17 Yingli 235 panels
Sunnyboy 4000TL inverter
Sunny Webox
Solar Immersion installed May 2013, after two Solar Immersion lasting just over the guarantee period replaced with Solic 200... no problems since.
13 Feb 2020 LUX AC 3600 and 3 X Pylon Tech 3.5 kW batteries added...
20 January 2024 Daikin ASHP installed0 -
😅 ah yes but you might have aged a little bit so they may feel heavier 😀
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Why because of the charge LOL
Yes, al those extra megajoules!
Mass and energy are interchangeable, says Einstein. Eee equals emm cee squared ...
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 35 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.1 -
Thats certainly true 🤣
3.995kWP SSW facing. Commissioned 7 July 2011. 24 degree pitch (£3.36 /W).
17 Yingli 235 panels
Sunnyboy 4000TL inverter
Sunny Webox
Solar Immersion installed May 2013, after two Solar Immersion lasting just over the guarantee period replaced with Solic 200... no problems since.
13 Feb 2020 LUX AC 3600 and 3 X Pylon Tech 3.5 kW batteries added...
20 January 2024 Daikin ASHP installed1
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