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Getting rid of bill gates microchhip wasn’t too hard and I now have a custom felt lined tin foil hat

More importantly is why we arrived at a place where one can think one can earn money by generating ekectricity.

As more solar power is available then an DCc assuming the load can take it will automatically supply more current. It doesn’t necessarily need to raise volyage to do that as typically battery resistance is so low that simply more current can be delivered anyway. Without any need to raise...

Not true once the terminal voltage is more positive then the battery voltage current flow as a function of equivalent resistance which is a function of chemistry. In the case of lithium a small difference in voltage can result in big currents flowing. In many cases the lithium can be viewed as...

Agree crimp properly don’t solder

Agreed and it will fail

Victron Bluetooth range can be poor on my boat theSCC struggles beyond 2 metres. It’s a suck it and see

Should be no need for the earth rod if incoming neutral is bonded to earth.

For off grid in Ireland you could buy the stuff on Amazon and away you go. Be aware it’s illegal to touch the distribution panel wiring but hey no one’s looking. This assumes non grid tie

Given an auto transformer is not isolated and given a NG bond at the panel I would not expect to the output neutral of thd auto T to be again bonded to earth.

No thete is no problem with LFp starting engines. The primary issue is most bms are not set up to support high current short time transfers it needs a specialised bms thst can manage the start current. The lithium is a. Ideal starter battery

My own LFp boat project is to create 3x100Ah LFp batteries. These will not only replace the domestic but akso the LA starter battery. The bms are my own design and thd system is designed to degrade to 2x or 1x LFp battery The removal of any lead simplifies the charging regime considerably...

That’s not taxation

Many European countries are now providing cash supplements to cover rising energy costs on the basis this is temporary. For 2022 to mid 2023 I have received €980 euros in electricity credits. There is no evidence taxation will “ rocket “ in most EU economies. That’s just alarmist.

The answer is in general the combination is fine SsRs need to be rated conservatively and need to have the heat conduction ability to handle normal loads. Heat is the enemy here But technically yes it will work but clearly you need to decide to switch via dc or ac

Heltec is a two stage series parallel architecture. To my mind this is the best of the current switched capacitor active balancers

Not through all across EU. Grid tie has become more popular ( for good reason , especially as FIT HAS been mandated by EU directives ) but there are lots of non grid tie systems still around, particularly older one. Grid tie is huge in the US too.

Selling to the grid has no future for microgenerstion today it’s really simply a hidden Gov subsidy it needs to end.

Screwed over by whom? And how is solar helping ? ( or not helping )

Insurance against what. The only cheap insurance is for very low risks. Ie the worst case situation won’t stop actually ever occur.

Eu design requirements for grid tied invertors require the invertor to shutdown if the grid tie fails. There are workarounds etc. I’m not sure how this differs from the us. As I said , within the eu you will get every sort of solar PV architecture. No different from the us. The two Markets are...

Circuits soon hopefully within two weeks.

Whatever you do but for safety you need cell orientated monitoring , high voltage low voltage overcurrent and cell temp. Don’t leave home without this.

Two stage series parallel active balancers don’t sequence through each stage

Why leave any lead in circuit LFp outperforms all lead

Break all neutral earth bonds except at the entrance to the property /distribution box. You have multiple grounds bonds most likely in the invertor.

Is that snow on your panels

If the neutral is already tied to earth elsewhere there no need to have it done again at the invertor.

Yes in this version

Latest design is ATmega406 based

Imstrumrbtion amp and 14 bit adc

I’m sure checking Raytheon MCD-D and general dynamics etc. will reveal all

My point was if you scan around through solar in Europe if anything it’s more diverse then anything in the US. There’s are net metering grid tied , non grid in abundance. Many countries have very different setups often driven by public policy initiatives and tax rebates. But it’s as if not more...

The vast majority of grid installs in Ireland are not grid tied at all. That’s a fairly recent development as we had no net metering or feed in tarrifs, hence little reason to grid tie( that is changing as the grid is ultra stable ) In fact I know several completely off grid installs but these...

Hopefully triple it