From Andrew Till / Mr. EV
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Over a year ago we installed our solar and battery array. At the time of ordering, the choice was between AlphaESS and Tesla Powerwall 3 and had we waited a bit, we could have got the Sigenstor. So do I have regrets?

Let’s talk about battery positioning, power-cuts, AlphaESS issues and support, battery capacity, panel quantity… and why didn’t we get a heat pump first?!

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:21 System recap
2:23 Why AlphaESS?
2:53 Regret 1: Battery positioning
6:19 Regret 2: Not enough storage
8:31 Regret 3: AlphaESS issues
11:00 My AlphaESS system is dead!
11:57 New AlphaESS app
14:56 Regret 4: Power-cut protection
18:17 Regret 5: We should have more panels!
20:20 Regret 6: Why didn’t we get a heat pump first?