Russdl

Bugger. It would appear that my All-In-One didn’t charge up last night but I only spotted that this morning when we had a brief (1 second) power cut. It looks like that was the battery emptying and the grid picking up. Pretty sure that scenario shouldn’t give us a power cut but it did. All indications I get is that the battery is at 7% and not taking any charge from the excess solar we have at the moment. A quick internet search for resetting the AIO is to press the button on the right hand side of the battery for 5 seconds, the battery will shut down and then 1-2 mins later start up again. Guess what. It hasn’t restarted. Any one have any similar issues? Or any pointers as to how I can get this heavy box of chemicals working as a battery again? ~~~~ It turns out that pressing the button again restarts the battery, so it’s up and running but discharging at max rate when it should be charging from excess solar. I reset to factory defaults and all seems to be well for the time being.

Most people shop around for most things, it would be a bit odd to not shop around for the best energy tariffs just because you don’t agree with how they are set. Laudable but you can’t cook on a storage heater, or shower, or drive to the shops etc and you probably don’t need that storage facility for half of the year. Batteries are useful all year round.

A MWh cost me £52 and I sell it for £120. The simple calculations get muddied by the various tariffs/self generation etc. This house really has cost us nothing in energy in the 4.5 years we’ve been in.

The battery would be VAT free during the build and maybe VAT free after. They became VAT free (outside of a new build) a couple of years ago and for sure that gift will be removed at some stage in the future. Definitely get the battery when you’re building, they change the game entirely compared to just solar PV. It’s costing us naff all to run this house (and hybrid car) the battery and off peak tariff is a large part of what makes that possible.

I believe it does - I also hope it does! Standing by for JohnMo to fill in any blanks in my understanding.

Bugger. Fingers crossed everything keeps working locally. I can live without the cloud access.

I think my plot would fit nicely into that pond 🤣

Following with interest, my boss says she wants a pond as well.

Is it brand spankers? Did the developer give you a figure of how airtight it was? If so, get a professional air test done to find the real figure and demand the builder rectifies the situation.

Quite reassuring as my battery sits quietly doing its thing in the roof space (not really a loft more a habitable space that we don’t inhabit). I’d read all the manufacturers blurb regarding the safety of LiFePo4 before choosing the location but that video you posted brings more confidence that it won’t burn the house down any quicker than a loose wire somewhere. Thanks.

Looks like the F-500 EA is the one to go for. Whatever that is.

No, they make their own. Short of submerging them they can’t be extinguished and if you remove them from the water before they’ve cooled down sufficiently they’ll be off again.

It’s not highlighted in that drawing but the GRP angle was resin bolted to the face of the slab. Actually, I don’t think it was resin bolted. I can’t quite remember how it was done, I’ll check the photos when I get home.

@Ed_ here's our detail with GRP angle supporting the sliding door. I don’t have any photos of the installation with me, but if you’d like pictures I can upload some when I’m back home at the end of the week.

@Ed_ Not read all of the above, apologies but it is Friday night. 🍷 If it’s of any use we used GRP angles to support the sliding doors and negate any thermal bridge. MBC, timber frame.