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    ericmark replied to the thread Protector-Plug Flymo.
    Very likely, but every socket in the house already has RCD protection, so I can't even test the device even if reassembled so interest...
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    My solar panels 6 kW of them, with 5 kW inverter and 6.4 kWh of battery, are just a little less to what we use without an EV (not...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Plug in solar.
    Yes exactly, the battery pack method has been available for years, I had considered DIY solar, but to fit on the roof, forget it. And on...
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    We lost a fridge/freezer and freezer just before moving, when the RCD tripped while looking after my mother, could not claim on...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Protector-Plug Flymo.
    Rated 240 volts 50 Hz 13 amps max load 3 kW. But god knows how old it is, it will be going in the bin now.
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    ericmark replied to the thread Plug in solar.
    I do see @ebee point, but I wonder how one could work it out before buying? So if we look at a battery pack with solar panels plugged...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Plug in solar.
    I look at the way solar varies minute by minute, and really it needs some form of storage, be this using the grid as a battery, using...
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    There are independent controls on some fridge/freezers even with a single motor, I have noted the defrost cycle on mine seems to have a...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Protector-Plug Flymo.
    I have no intension of reassembling it. The white bits seem to also push on the top of relay as well as the contacts, and I am not sure...
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    ericmark reacted to denso13's post in the thread Plug in solar with Thanks Thanks.
    That isn't a plug in DIY system.
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    ericmark reacted to ebee's post in the thread Plug in solar with Like Like.
    So it`s not looking portable and cheap but more like portable and expensive for a kick off. Probably perceivable that some might still...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Plug in solar.
    In 5 years time, the tariffs may have changed, that was why I was looking at plug in, as it stands I don't need more solar or batteries...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Protector-Plug Flymo.
    It did seem that the shutters may have also manually worked the relay, hard to work out now it has been broken open.
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    ericmark replied to the thread Plug in solar.
    They must be joking, for me that means forget plug in solar.
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    ericmark replied to the thread Protector-Plug Flymo.
    Curiosity got better of me, so broke it open there are contacts worked by the shutters, also seems at some point water got inside.
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