Great debate guys. Really enjoyed the show. A good place to know what is coming down the pipeline with regards to guidance or legislation is the IET discussion forum. I also totally agree that all the CPS should have alerted all their members that this was in progress.
I am not an installer but a spark to the 17 edition. I used to have comply to a PAS document for the Asbestos industry as a manufacture of equipment that is now a BS. The document can and will be hard to use in real life situations. Be very careful on the text font normal versus italics. What they say and mean “fixing the bracket to the wall with fixings”. You could use screw and plug? Then under that note “ using wall anchors with oversized washer” is what they really would like you to use. It is a lot of reading between the lines.
My camera (mark) is only HD rather than 4k for Sam 🤣. I might downgrade mine to analog for less trauma to viewers. I have moved things around a bit. You live and learn. Lumix cameras are renowned for terrible autofocus sadly
Great podcast. I was quite disappointed with this document, several aspects are a little overbearing / restrictive and just not practical. Having run batteries outdoors for 2 years they don't work in winter. They will not charge when < 0 deg (It irreversibly damages them so BMS prevents it) which if you are charging on off peak tariffs in winter typically around 00:00 to 06:00 this is when it is coldest. The discharge rate is also de-rated to almost nothing below
We recorded a podcast Graham who helped write the pas. We have several battery systems outdoors happily working. Temp cut offs vary between brands significantly. What we do is enclose them in grp boxes or purpose built sheds with small tube heaters and insulation. Surprising doesn’t take much energy to keep them in operation as they heat the enclosures themselves to a large degree. Also worth remembering the document doesn’t exclude indoors in full and is limited to the homes it effects. I do agree it’s gone a little too far in some places. Especially the outdoor areas near all windows. Thanks for sharing your views!
Great debate guys. Really enjoyed the show. A good place to know what is coming down the pipeline with regards to guidance or legislation is the IET discussion forum. I also totally agree that all the CPS should have alerted all their members that this was in progress.
Great show lads, It's a very debate one I am going through myself. Look forward to more shows.
Well informed episode this week
Cheers Grant
I am not an installer but a spark to the 17 edition. I used to have comply to a PAS document for the Asbestos industry as a manufacture of equipment that is now a BS.
The document can and will be hard to use in real life situations. Be very careful on the text font normal versus italics.
What they say and mean “fixing the bracket to the wall with fixings”. You could use screw and plug?
Then under that note “ using wall anchors with oversized washer” is what they really would like you to use. It is a lot of reading between the lines.
Great video The camera on Sam keeps re focusing it my be the panel behind him as he moves
It’s not just me then… 😂
Looks like a set re-think is required, the camera cannot handle that panel behind him…
My camera (mark) is only HD rather than 4k for Sam 🤣. I might downgrade mine to analog for less trauma to viewers. I have moved things around a bit. You live and learn. Lumix cameras are renowned for terrible autofocus sadly
Didn’t distract from the excellent content 😁
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Great podcast.
I was quite disappointed with this document, several aspects are a little overbearing / restrictive and just not practical. Having run batteries outdoors for 2 years they don't work in winter. They will not charge when < 0 deg (It irreversibly damages them so BMS prevents it) which if you are charging on off peak tariffs in winter typically around 00:00 to 06:00 this is when it is coldest. The discharge rate is also de-rated to almost nothing below
We recorded a podcast Graham who helped write the pas. We have several battery systems outdoors happily working. Temp cut offs vary between brands significantly. What we do is enclose them in grp boxes or purpose built sheds with small tube heaters and insulation. Surprising doesn’t take much energy to keep them in operation as they heat the enclosures themselves to a large degree.
Also worth remembering the document doesn’t exclude indoors in full and is limited to the homes it effects.
I do agree it’s gone a little too far in some places. Especially the outdoor areas near all windows.
Thanks for sharing your views!