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    Multiplus UK G98 G99 non-compliance update

    Multiplus II 48/5000/70-50 and Multiplus II 48/5000/70-50 GX now compliant on ENA, published date is 31st March
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    Hello - New member looking for some advice...

    Hi TimBe, Easy-pv will give you resulting daily profiles of import, export and battery, and behaviour over a year for your specific setup, assuming you enter roof size, orientation and pitch that is. You can easily experiment with the string configurations for you chosen inverter. In...
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    Victron EasySolar / Quattro system thoughts

    So, been agitating the grey cells about the Victron kit, some thoughts.... I think my roofs can take 10 x Perlight 425W on East facing and 11 x 425W on West facing side. Panel specs are Vmpp 34.6V Voc 41.7V Impp 12.30A Isc 13.03A ΔIsc/°C: 0.04 % ΔVoc/°C: -0.27 % Perlight 425W chosen as an...
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    Getting my head around Victron gear #1 EasySolar

    Just reading through this again and realised I hadn't attached the easysolar spec ! doh ! Was clearly already moving on and thinking about the PV inverter end of things. See easy solar link below. Wish they did an 8k version of the easy solar too, especially as there's 8, 10 and even 15VA...
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    Link - Residential storage systems compared

    Hi folks, found this on my travels, thought I'd post a link in case others find it interesting/useful too In case anyone is wondering, I have no affiliation to the supplier whatsoever. https://www.spiritenergy.co.uk/kb-batteries-residential-solar-energy-storage-overview enjoy
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    Multiplus UK G98 G99 non-compliance update

    Looked at ENA type test register today, Multiplus II 48/3000/35-32 and Multiplus II 48/3000/35-32 GX compliant, published date is 14th March
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    Solis 3kW AC coupled Inverter & Fogstar 5.12kWh Rack Battery ?

    :ROFLMAO:Looks promising, was wondering if the delivered manual mentioned it, I couldn't find any reference on their website. Will be interesting to see how things progress after a few weeks use, all the best.
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    Solis 3kW AC coupled Inverter & Fogstar 5.12kWh Rack Battery ?

    Cool, exciting stuff Oldman22! Does the BMS on the Fogstar 15kWh rack actively balance the batteries / cells ?
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    Givenergy inverter not generating

    Sounds like OP has 2x4 into MPPT#1 and 1x6 into MPPT#2 ? or should that be 4x2 into MPPT1? - is there a common convention for series and parallel combinations ? (4s)x2 ? Perhaps need a bit more info on the current system...
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    Quattro install

    Hey, thanks Ronski Yes seems like a few victron ENAs are taking their time, sure they will get there thanks for schematic, will be interesting to see, don't feel you have to do it particularly neatly on my account, anything gratefully received :) Been exploring a set up of around 2x10 x...
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    New consumer unit required - does it mean none fire rated down lighters need replacing?

    Hi Ronski, posted a query about your Quattro based system in a new thread here https://electricianforum.co.uk/threads/quattro-install.56174/#post-541846 Locked to prevent being resurrected (again)
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    Quattro install

    Hi Ronski was reading this thread... https://electricianforum.co.uk/threads/new-consumer-unit-required-does-it-mean-none-fire-rated-down-lighters-need-replacing.56129/page-2 and was interested in your system. Just curious, what kwp of panels do you have connected to the victron MPPT unit ...
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    difference between solis inverters

    could you provide links to the inverters please
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    Solar setup advice please

    "I'm planning to install the batteries and inverter in a bedroom wardrobe" In a bedroom ?
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    Solis 3kW AC coupled Inverter & Fogstar 5.12kWh Rack Battery ?

    Free delivery too! Was that including or excluding vat ? Look fwd to hearing how you get on with them :)
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    Solis 3kW AC coupled Inverter & Fogstar 5.12kWh Rack Battery ?

    w.r.t Fogstar ESR51.2V 5.12KWH Rack Battery 80% DoD on 5.12kWh is 4.096kWh usable very nice to see the fogstar is heated above 5degC the round-trip efficiency would be nice to know, assume 95% £1350 (+VAT??) Presume the BMS will be firmware/software upgradeable to account for new...
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    Upgrade via ES3000

    You're referring to a Sofar ME3000SP ? What additional functionality or performance are you hoping the sd card will provide?
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    Solar Battery - Where to start?

    If you go the AC coupled route for batteries then here's a couple of options to start exploring https://midsummerwholesale.co.uk/buy/giv-energy/giv-ac-3-5200-g2batt-kit https://midsummerwholesale.co.uk/buy/solax/solax-x1-ac-36-30-bat-bundle Not saying these are best options, just possibles...
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    MPPT and PWM, temperature and irradiance

    For anyone who may be interested... I found this paper by Victron on MPPT and PWM, it calculates panel temperature effects and deals with low irradiance a bit too https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/Technical-Information-Which-solar-charge-controller-PWM-or-MPPT.pdf
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