Outdoor Housing of Battery and Inverter - advice

[richie9648]

I have run out of viable space (that Mrs will let me use) to house my inverter and battery for when my solar arrives next month (GivEnergy). So have been looking at alternatives. Originally looked at stainless steel and GRP kiosks but that was going to cost me nearly £1500.

So now i am thinking just making a 2m x 1m x 0.4m wooden box with a plywood mounting plate and doors to house this and sit in my front yard in the corner. Insulate it for the cold months. The drive is north facing so hardly gets any sun.

Has anyone done this in their system? i was a bit sceptical of using wood but i reckon it should be ok as long as its pressure treated, can brave the elements and was thinking of putting a rubber roof on it.....

Any thoughts if this is viable and also safe ?

 

[DefyG]

I think they are IP65 so ok as they are outside!

 

[James]

Any space available in the loft?

 

[Tonyboy]

Any space available in the loft?

Hi James, did you sort out the issue of where and how?
I built a cupboard outside which I then plasterboarded completely as well as insulated it. It has been running for some time now and I found the batteries were getting a bit cool ovenight so I built a seperate cover out of celotex boards over the batteries and added a low power greenhouse heater to keep the compartment at about 15-17 deg C just so the Pylontech's did not get too cold. Regards tonyboy