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[Steady Spin]

1 hour ago, DJuice said:

Sort of cycling related, means no cycling purchases for the next 3 years.

Can at least watch TDF.

8KW with 2x Hubble AM2s? 

I have the 5KW with the same batteries. Definitely worth it. No loadshedding and my electricity bill is never more than R250. I just pay for my geyser to run. 16 panels on the roof.

I don't see the logger installed on your inverter unless the 8KW has it in a different place. Works great to monitor your system. 

My one question is... are those galvanized metal channels? 

[DJuice]

25 minutes ago, Steady Spin said:

8KW with 2x Hubble AM2s? Correct.

I have the 5KW with the same batteries. Definitely worth it. No loadshedding and my electricity bill is never more than R250. I just pay for my geyser to run. 16 panels on the roof.

If the bill can come down below R1500 will be happy.

I don't see the logger installed on your inverter unless the 8KW has it in a different place. Works great to monitor your system. 

Logger is being installed tomorrow. On Friday the panels, Monday the solar geyser and yesterday the inverter and battaries.

My one question is... are those galvanized metal channels? 
Think so, makes a tingle sound when I tap them, not carbon…

I know nothing about these installs, take it is not supposed to be galvanized…? Do not even replace a buld, the boys joke and say lets call oom Bernard.

Alarmed at the difference in evaluating a COC, had the electrition back three times. 

 

 

[Steady Spin]

3 minutes ago, DJuice said:

 

You have a great setup there. 

You will definitely see a great reduction in your bill. If you set it up to power the house at night from the batteries then even better. We use about 40% to 50% between 18:00 and 06:00 to power everything. Gas stove and heating though.

As for the channels....you have power cables passing through there. I think it should be plastic but if you have the COC and proper grommets are used then I don't see a problem.

Edited July 7, 2022 by Steady Spin

[TheoG]

47 minutes ago, Steady Spin said:

You have a great setup there. 

You will definitely see a great reduction in your bill. If you set it up to power the house at night from the batteries then even better. We use about 40% to 50% between 18:00 and 06:00 to power everything. Gas stove and heating though.

As for the channels....you have power cables passing through there. I think it should be plastic but if you have the COC and proper grommets are used then I don't see a problem.

Unfortunately I cant cycle my GEL batteries everyday and save even more, they just wont last.  I need to pull the triger on Lithium batteries at some stage.

Already saving 68% on money as is.  Got solar PV on my geyser, not using Eishkom at all on it.

Edited July 7, 2022 by TheoG

[M L]

5 hours ago, DJuice said:

Sort of cycling related, means no cycling purchases for the next 3 years.

Can at least watch TDF.

May I ask what system you got?

Edit: Nvm, asked and answered

Edited July 7, 2022 by M L

[Meezo]

Jealous of your guys setups, hoping to my setup soon

[Fruity]

On 6/21/2022 at 2:57 PM, Bloukrans said:

When Im not riding😁

my Mrs won't cook with anything else

[Fruity]

New laptop day the other day, for just in case I need to start working from home in the near or far future - and yes, I'm on the Hub on mobile and on the laptop as I text this out 😁

[ChrisF]

It was a very long weekend of draad trek ....

 

Extending the capacity of my UPS battery box for those long day time loadsheds.  (Using panels already approved by a NERSA application)

 

 

And YES, it is cycling related 👍

 

 

Even cleaned up the cable layout for the IDT

[capediver]

Just about the neatest setup I seen...

8kW Sunsync hybrid inverter

24 x 385W panels

20kW lithium recycled Revov battery pack (split into 4 units...)

DB split into Essentials for Loadshedding (plugs, lights and some light load items) and the Full Eskom

All packaged into a neat Mainframe cabinet on wheels

 

Edited July 12, 2022 by capediver

[ChrisF]

10 minutes ago, capediver said:

Just about the neatest setup I seen...

8kW Sunsync hybrid inverter

24 x 385W panels

20kW lithium recycled Revov battery pack (split into 4 units...)

DB split into Essentials for Loadshedding (plugs, lights and some light load items) and the Full Eskom

All packaged into a neat Mainframe cabinet on wheels

 

That is a monster system 👍👍

[capediver]

3 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

That is a monster system 👍👍

I like it...up to 85% off grid and running down to 60% SOC during winter and still coping....if we see a run of clear skies for a few days during winter, we drop down to 40% just to recycle the batteries a few times and that will get us through the longest loadshed Eskom can throw at us...

A few years ago, I was like Nah...it's never going to get that bad, I travelled in Africa a few years where most of the places I worked had jennies and never relied on state supply.....now, I'm thinking OK... I got a few squares left on the roof, not quite N facing and I got a battery bay open...hmmmmm...$$$$ but worth it......100% self supply -----already there with water (borehole and tx plant)....sheeezzz....!!!

[ChrisF]

8 hours ago, capediver said:

I like it...up to 85% off grid and running down to 60% SOC during winter and still coping....if we see a run of clear skies for a few days during winter, we drop down to 40% just to recycle the batteries a few times and that will get us through the longest loadshed Eskom can throw at us...

A few years ago, I was like Nah...it's never going to get that bad, I travelled in Africa a few years where most of the places I worked had jennies and never relied on state supply.....now, I'm thinking OK... I got a few squares left on the roof, not quite N facing and I got a battery bay open...hmmmmm...$$$$ but worth it......100% self supply -----already there with water (borehole and tx plant)....sheeezzz....!!!

 

The drawback of a small townhouse ....

 

It would require a complete, and difficult, rewire to get the DB from the kitchen to the garage.

 

Over the last 8 years we did the following :

 

1. 12V lights, with pv and battery.  It was initially done as a backup system.  Works so well we dont use eskom lights any more.

 

2. Grundfos pv pool pump.  Stunning technology .... until the shaft wore out and we could not get a spare rotor .... spare panels left on the roof ....

 

3. Gas kooker top

 

4. Solar geyser.

 

5.  Then the battery box for the tv during loadshedding .... now connected those spare panels to suppliment this box, in order to work on the computer during load shedding.

 

6. Last year we installed an Enphase system.  Micro.inverters AT each solar panel, immediately feeds 220V to the DB.  This solves the space issues in a townhouse ... but without batteries it shuts off during loadshedding.  Good for reducing your eskom bill, but not aimed as a loadshedding solution.

[warick_wrx]

8 hours ago, capediver said:

Just about the neatest setup I seen...

8kW Sunsync hybrid inverter

24 x 385W panels

20kW lithium recycled Revov battery pack (split into 4 units...)

DB split into Essentials for Loadshedding (plugs, lights and some light load items) and the Full Eskom

All packaged into a neat Mainframe cabinet on wheels

 

This passes as a proper install. Nice !

[The Ouzo]

11 hours ago, capediver said:

Just about the neatest setup I seen...

8kW Sunsync hybrid inverter

24 x 385W panels

20kW lithium recycled Revov battery pack (split into 4 units...)

DB split into Essentials for Loadshedding (plugs, lights and some light load items) and the Full Eskom

All packaged into a neat Mainframe cabinet on wheels

 

you get my stamp of approval.

 

[capediver]

11 hours ago, ChrisF said:

 

The drawback of a small townhouse ....

 

It would require a complete, and difficult, rewire to get the DB from the kitchen to the garage.

 

Over the last 8 years we did the following :

 

1. 12V lights, with pv and battery.  It was initially done as a backup system.  Works so well we dont use eskom lights any more.

 

2. Grundfos pv pool pump.  Stunning technology .... until the shaft wore out and we could not get a spare rotor .... spare panels left on the roof ....

 

3. Gas kooker top

 

4. Solar geyser.

 

5.  Then the battery box for the tv during loadshedding .... now connected those spare panels to suppliment this box, in order to work on the computer during load shedding.

 

6. Last year we installed an Enphase system.  Micro.inverters AT each solar panel, immediately feeds 220V to the DB.  This solves the space issues in a townhouse ... but without batteries it shuts off during loadshedding.  Good for reducing your eskom bill, but not aimed as a loadshedding solution.

DB is still in the same place, they just split it into two...there was enough space in the kitchen cupboard where it is to add a smaller separate one....then ran a few wires from the DB to the inverter...and back..no electrician but it seemed pretty simple, biggest part was separating out the circuits...the original DB wasn't well marked...

Oh, also all downlights to LED (huge savings on consumption of standard 12v incandescents ...PITA!!!),  garden lights onto daylight and timer switch and geyser elements changed to PTC units also on timers...