Recent content by Ucatchmydrift

Looks all very tidy, computer hardware I see, I'm a bit of a techie geek also.. I also agree with you on EDF, absolute joke of a company, caused me many a problem over the last couple of years. Customer service is absolutely appalling.

Great, thanks again... Can't believe they can charge £8.76 standing charge! - I take it your shop isn't 100,000 sq ft, as that's just theft. I'll get that octopus switch sorted in next couple days as I'm off work after today yay. 👍

Thanks... That standing charge is pretty steep! Currently paying 44p, but I guess the cheaper kwh would still work out cheaper, I use about 10kwh a day ATM. Don't think I would be eligible for the £50 as I've had it before (before all the bankruptcies I used to switch from one to another for...

Anyone know the octopus go jan 24 new tariff prices? As I've been using edf's cheap rate at 8.5pkw/h to charge batteries overnight, but their January prices have lept to a ridiculous 16pkw/h. (Economy 7 cheap rate) Which will now double my winter elec bill.. I don't have an EV. Don't mean to...

Noice 👍

Nice job 👍👍👍. Good to see more people going down the diy route.. Bit late now, but if you compress the cells for the first few charge cycles, this supposedly (according to the manufacturers) squeezes out bubbles of gas that form within the electrolyte (if i remember correctly). These bubbles...

Hi, equalization is ment for lead acid batteries.. So if you cant switch that off, set it to the same voltage as boost (or in your case absorption). Unless your getting it confused with balancing? I have had a set of eve cells from fogstar for a year now, all good. Diy with jk bmses, all...

I put mine on my workshop and built another shed, squeezed on 3kw. Extend/build bigger shed?

Lifepo4 are fine to use with your inverter, if its the HI model. I have the same, its just the older ones that dont accept lifepo4.. Its just that you cant plug in BMS comms from some lifepo4 into it as it only accepts some bms protocols, (which is what epever are meaning..) but, thats not a...

And also like bruspark says above, you may hit that voltage pulling a large load, switch off the load, and the voltage will pop back up.. So, you may want the lvd lower if your hitting it regurly, but have the warning come on incase your at that (genuine) voltage and pulling a small load.. Be...

Unfortunately i have not had any experience with agm batts, i have lifepo4 connected to my epever inverter,, but, googling agm voltage charts i can see that 0% soc is 42v and 10% soc is 46v, so id guess that 43.2v is probably less than 5% soc. As far as i remember, going below about 50% soc on...

Looks like my kinda dream home also.. Personally, i would be going completely DIY off grid, fill both roofs up to the max, and/or ground mount system with a diy tilt system for winter efficiency if ground mounted. Basically build it for winter. Go for a hybrid inverter something like this...

Hi, i have the epever up-hi 3000, same as yours but 3kw version instead of the 5kw. Im using lifepo4 instead of agm. Have you tried using the 'user' setting instead of using the set 'agm' setting. This will allow you to set all the variables yourself. But as bruspark says above, another...

Hi, i installed new sockets in the house (alongside the on - grid ones), a double socket in each room and a couple in the kitchen on a ring main etc. (the panels are on my workshop and a shed in the garden, with inverter and storage in the workshop, and armoured cable into the house loft etc)...

Its possible to do it on your own if you have a big enough shed/s to put them on instead of on the roof.. Makes it all alot easier. Go all in,, is a great project..