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I often get ‘told’ the Tesla battery is overpriced and you are paying for the name . Of course you are . But ; it has the largest capacity , has its own heating / cooling system and very reliable software . Recently it’s been a bad boy and not charging at night fully ( sometimes as little as 30% ) . Not really an issue for me because if I need to I can discharge my SE battery into it . I was watching it today . Small charge last night . On the edge of taking from the grid at peak rate ( my blood boils !! ) PV then picks up to supply the house and charge battery a bit . It truly is a smarty pants .

Batteries in the loft would worry me . Not just because if 1 goes pop but access for the future I.e replacing them . Outside definitely best ( unless you have heaps of internal wall space ) . I was considering insulating my SolarEdge battery as it seems to struggle at below zero ; but then airflow especially in summer could be an issue - so I did nothing - easiest solution .

What’s the issue here ??

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I guess that’s a blessing ! . DIY whilst maybe not the prettiest ( depending on your skill level ) is frequently done better than the alleged professionals 😁👍

Foam fill and tape joints . Wonder what else the builders have ( or haven’t ) done ?

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Always the plan but not always the reality . Always carry a condom just in case 😉

Yes - it was just for me because I am a bit special .

In hand ( not in situ ) plug a spigot into a fitting and test it a few times . If you find it easy to dismount ( remember not in situ - so will be easier anyway ) then go for it . If after 5 attempts and swearing - you might decide otherwise 😁

Rule of thumb spigots can be more difficult to demount than standard fittings . I had a spigot fitting in place and for the love of god I couldn’t demount it ( admittedly access was awkward ) so I cut the hep20 pipe either side and installed a standard fitting . I had a PM from the moderators telling me to be more helpful to the buildhub community. It indicated I should be more forceful on my approach as a non professional yet self builder . No monetary incentives were offered .

💩 I have the plastic demounters and the metal spanner type. Spigots can sometimes be tricky . Indeed after fighting and swearing I have demounted one ; used it elsewhere and it leaked - so assume I damaged it . @ToughButterCup seems to also have experienced this . Too many attempts to demount ( spigot or standard fitting ) I bin for peace of mind . As @Thorfun pointed out - he’s going into the manifold ; so for peace of his mind IF he needs to demount don’t use a spigot . @Nickfromwales you are wrong . You are no longer the resident expert on such things ; I am . Because I’ve done it , busted the fixing , swore , caused the leak , swore , fixed it , swore and then posted real world experience of such things . word ! 🤛

Yeah yeah bs . Those spigots can be a bitch to get out especially if the angle is tight - 90 degree spigot into 90 degree hep20 . I decided ( for the sake of risking a failed connector ) that a spigot fitting is a 1 way fitting ( unless it demounts instantly ) . This is now hep20 law .

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Ah right ! Didn’t realise this was going straight into your manifold - just assumed another ‘cheap’ hep20 fitting . Don’t use spigot on manifold , new rule 🙄👍😎🤣

Sometimes they do come out . But with such effort and swearing in my part I worry I’ve busted the fitting and it will leak . So rule is use spigot - never remove spigot

Buy new fittings . They are cheap - don’t worry .

I’ve used them when I have too ( or all I had on site ) . If wrong ( and you can’t undo them ) just remove it . You’ll use it somewhere else for sure .

This is also true . Spigot end in - it never comes out !

Yes . The ‘funny’ end just goes straight into any hep20 fitting 👍. Too slow @Nickfromwales

Not checked mine . But as a small form factor relatively low spec I’d hope its current draw is low . But I need to check this . Tbh our electric bill is zero ( consumption- export ) - so probably not a real issue in our circumstances.

This is one of the reasons my HA is on a NUC with ups . The pi’s are great for somethings though . I use max2play as the streamer but you can configure it so it never writes to the SD card once booted . This solves lots of issues during any power outage . Storage wise pi is I think a bit unreliable with ssd / usb ; so I have a dedicated nas with raid . Of course this all costs wonga …

Fitted the trv One thing I did notice opening it from 1 to 5 caused the internal mechanism to move a lot . Reality the pin only needs to move a few mm . So it’s unlikely to work properly I.e it’s either fully on or off . But (expletive deleted) it

Dirty boy

Single self build dinner again with my Dewalt friends . Homemade Bombay aloo and chicken tikka , oh and pouilly fume 👍😁