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when yu say the invertaer can max at 80A, how long for? Most inverters have a short max ampage rating, think spike loads, but won't run at that figure for any length of time.
Kettles are a bit of a pain, as they are a short time heavy load. You coud change it for a lower wattage kettle and just wait longer for it to boil to help the inverter cope with the spike loading.
Kettles are a bit of a pain, as they are a short time heavy load. You coud change it for a lower wattage kettle and just wait longer for it to boil to help the inverter cope with the spike loading.
We have a Franke Hot Tap instead of a kettle, I fitted a diode to reduce the current to half, it now runs at 1500w instead of 3kW. It helps dramatically the shock load on the inverter and as hot water is stored I dont have to wait any longer.
Mrjmegson
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Hey Binky, I think 80A is just the nominal output from the battery. It gives separate AC load outputs, says Max continuous is only 28A, or 6kW. 10 minute peak is 41A, and 9kw.
Hey John, I've always fancies one of those taps, but only ever looked at Qooker, and they are something like a grand, too pricey for me.
Hey John, I've always fancies one of those taps, but only ever looked at Qooker, and they are something like a grand, too pricey for me.
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I've had a hot tap for a few months and love it, bought the optional chiller in the summer which is really good too. Mine is a Qettle, was fairly straight forward to install too
https://www.qettle.com/
https://www.qettle.com/
Mrjmegson
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Is there a way to stop you accidentally accessing boiling water?
It does specify maximum discharge rate on the DC Battery port as 80 Amps. That equates to 4kW maximum.
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Yeh that's right, or specifically for my batteries at 51.2v, 4096w. But considering I've got two battery banks and two inverters, that's 8kw, so I shouldn't ever need to draw from the grid.
Assuming they load share correctly, interested to see how this goes.
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Yes you have to depress the lever and push for the boiling water to be available
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You have one leaver for normal hot and cold and the other for filtered cold or( chilled if you have chiller)and boiling.
bladerunnerpv
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me too
Mrjmegson
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Yeh that's what I don't think they are doing, load sharing. They seem to fight each other at times.
The coms settings seem correct to me.
So I've asked them to call me and walk me through the settings, as I think the manual is crap.
I'll keep you posted.
The coms settings seem correct to me.
So I've asked them to call me and walk me through the settings, as I think the manual is crap.
I'll keep you posted.
