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    growatt dongle reset help

    Try unplugging the data logger then plug back in. reset using the tiny reset button , before hitting reset have your phone ready to search for the data logger Wi-Fi signal Locked to prevent hi-jacking (again)
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    Growatt dongle help

    We’ve gone to a new broadband supplier and as I have a lot of smart gadgets I’ve added a mesh router and given the mesh the same username and password as my old router. switched off the 5.0g on the mesh and everything continues to connect as before
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    Solar tripped MCB

    When my Growatt 6Kw system was installed it had a 16amp that kept tripping, the Solar Co sent someone out who changed it for a 32a. Different electrician, and now a year later still no more tripping
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    Work trousers

    I’ve been using Site with Cordura panels, from Screwfix. Very roomy and comfortable
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    Electric Vans - Range

    Probably picked wrong video, he’s done a few This one very explanatory
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    Electric Vans - Range

    Just to get this thread back to the original op this video gives a good idea why electric vans aren’t viable at mo
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    upstairs telephone sockets not working

    Or as in my case when we first had broadband fitted all extensions had to be disconnected as they reduced the the minimum db that broadband would work at
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    Extending battery array - levelling charge

    This link was posted by someone else https://www.tradesparky.com/solarsparky/batteries/growatt/growatt-65kwh-cable-2-way-2cat-for-2-batteries Or another idea that was suggested to me by an electrician was to connect your batteries to a Henley Block and then to the inverter, so you could use your...
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    Extending battery array - levelling charge

    I have at present 2 batteries and both are wired separately to the inverter, each terminal can take two ferrules. Just alter the gland if need be
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    Extending battery array - levelling charge

    You could wire the batteries in two pairs using two twin connecting leads, the inverter will take two cables
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    Growatt SPH inverter settings, anyone familiar with these ?

    I would login using a pc the settings are easier to fathom than using the mobile app
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    Immersion boost with Tesla Powerwall

    I’m planning on connecting my Growatt sph6000 ups to my downstairs ring main through a manual transfer switch. Then in the event of a power cut I’ll be able to run a few essential appliances
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    How much? Eddi solar diverter

    You can’t integrate the Easee one with the Eddi, I have a Easee one fitted and it is not solar compatible, so I installed a zappi. I contacted Easee and they may have a Solar system later this year but they don’t know when it will be available in the uk
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    How much? Eddi solar diverter

    You won’t need a hub the new Eddi has it built in,
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    Bit of help needed with calculations, new system. (basic stuff)

    Ye been through all that, the inverter will randomly import/export 0.02-0.03Kw. The settings you’re going to need are best done from a pc you get a better idea of what to change if you’re planning on charging your batteries at a specific time. Yes I have the same batteries they’ve done as asked...
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    Bit of help needed with calculations, new system. (basic stuff)

    I have the same system with 5 more panels and this was ‘professionally’ installed with no fuse or breaker between batteries and inverter, the sph6000 has a dc isolator built in and the Growatt batteries have a on/off switch
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    New Growatt system, strange readings/behaviour at night

    Check your go tariff terms, I swapped over in July and it’s fixed until July 23, which I wasn’t aware of, result.
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    New Growatt system, strange readings/behaviour at night

    If you go onto the Go tariff then you can’t get the 7.5p export tariff with Octopus. But they have started a 4.1p tariff, but you will need your MCS & DNO approval letter. Or stay on standard tariff and get paid to export, which won’t be cost effective
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