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I see Fogstar have quietly reduced the price of the 5.12kWh rack battery by £99.99 Now £1250.00

Ask Solis directly if their inverters will work together, when I inquired in the spring I don't think they had a 2 inverter solution, they did just bring out a new range which I think overcame the problem.

Its difficult to see from the pics, have you got 4 packs of 4 cells spread out on that shelf? and what model inverter?

Well confidence abounds then ;) I found using Smart connect to UK power networks fairly straightforward. I did lots of detailed drawings of my mains connections, existing and new equipment etc but I seem to remember having a snag that was my new inverter didnt seem to be on the approved list...

If you are confident enough or have a mate who will assist you in the build I would go for the Seplos kit, that way you know exactly what you are getting inside and out and saving a big chunk of money too. That's what I would do if I had to start again, you just need the confidence to go for it.

Welcome to the forum. I downloaded from Jakiper batteries website site this software PbmsTools_V2.5EN.zip. The password is 123456 That will enable you to change whatever you feel needs doing. Its what I use on a daily basis via my PC to monitor my Fogstar batteries.

We used to find them in dedicated computer rooms with big old mainframes and punch cards which required a clean supply.

Get a battery or two, you wont regret it, you will get better return on storing and using excess power than selling it. I had Solar since 2014 and adding batteries this year was the smartest move I made. https://www.fogstar.co.uk/products/server-rack-battery-48v-5-12kwh?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/saharan-dust-plume-forecast-uk-27653350 Its across the UK so dont expect good numbers this week.

You could have a play around with this utility and see what would happen, its set for Octopus flux tariffs but you can add your own. https://garydoessolar.com/utilities/dailymodellingutility/

https://garydoessolar.com/utilities/dailymodellingutility/ I've now spent a bit of time modeling the outcome of adjusting solar array performance to match my previous history of monthly generation divided by the months days to give a daily average for whatever season is selected. Plus seeing...

At £1.50 a month subscription plus vat minimum, I'm not sure it will be worthy of £21.60 per year. I have short arms and deeeep pockets. ;)

So 2 months have gone by since my last post on my installation and its benefits. Octopus Flux export was enabled and in July I imported 56kWh and exported 92kWh with just 1 day when there was so little sun I needed to charge at 2-5am to top up the batteries. July's total cost including the...

Just to close this topic out, I contacted my insurers giving them the full itemised costs for the major components of my Solar/batteries and they said its covered with no increase in premium. Just to be sure I asked for written confirmation that the risk is covered by them.

You could just set your sights just a little lower and go for this type of kit https://www.fogstar.co.uk/products/seplos-mason-kit-and-x16-lifepo4-battery-bundle-grade-a-eve-lf280k? You do realise that once its put together its going to be 90+kilo so you wont be moving it far! 6000 cycles is...

Fogstar 5.12kWh rack batteries are assembled and tested in China & use Eve grade A cells, so are shipped here ready to use. Fogstar also sell Eve cells for customers to self build batteries.

https://www.evlithium.com/eve-battery.html They have a long list with specs there.

This is what I have for them.

Or even like this.

These in the rack are not the same spec as the 280Ah eve cells. The rack uses 100Ah grade A cells The closest I can see (may be they use these?) is the 105Ah cells. They have a lifespan of >3500 cycles and charge at 0.5C (0.05C termination current up to 3.65V) with discharge 0.5C (down to 2.5V)...