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scott wrote:£34.99 for 10w mono-crystalline plus £7.00 carriage
is actually very expensive

i supply pv panels in bulk
if you can buy 10 off
can supply @ £199.00

And the p+p??

Hi Andy,

Have a look at this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Deep-Cycle-Gel-Ba ... dZViewItem

How does the price of this battery compare with what you paid for yours, (discounting the postage cost of course)

Cheers

Hi Andy, Well, we have had a good many sunny days now around our area, and it looks like a good many more to come before the end of the week. How is your system performing? One more thing, I have never heard of remote controlled sockets whereby you can control all of your sockets. Where did you get ...

Andy, are your batteries holding the charge. Just what I was thinking......are the batteries ok? If you've discharged them to over 50% Depth of Discharge (DOD) regularly, their life will be severely shortened. Do you know at what level the input low voltage protection and the low battery alarm are ...

Hi Andy

Have you tested them yet? Today would be a good day as there is plenty of sun about

Cheers

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