I have bben advised that having solar barreries in my loft adjacent to current inverter is not advised and as a result the batteries need installation outside. This is fine but to maintain best efficency in very hot/very cold weather I am advised that they should be insulated. As this will be a new installation should I heed this advice and make room for some sort of insulation in the very cold or very hot weather?
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Hi
Most specifications suggest internal installation or at least not exposed to rain.
Many other do have theirs installed in the loft - you just have to be careful of high temperatures. Alternatively, a garage or other space might be ideal.
The proposed installers ( 15years experience) say that conditions in loft lead to less than best performance from batteries and in my case I have adequate and suitable space at house rear for batteries. Garage installation in my case impractical ( though if EV required in the future this would be sensible) and the connection length similar to my proposed battery site.
The hefty expenditure proposed means I want to have as much info as poss before deciding capacity ( see my other recent question* ), as well as exploring the further options of exporting surplus ( I already have export MPAN and selling at present at 0.5p/unit) from batteries especially when generation capacity exceeds domestic needs. Octopus looks a sensible bet for this: so comments on this would be helpful. many thanks!!
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Temperature is a key consideration (hot & cold) but besides insulation for an outdoor enclosure, you might need to consider the whole potential temperature max/min in winter. There will be details in the technical specifications
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