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Good day Guys I started a small project for a battery backup system for my home. No solar fitted at the moment, my intention is to do that in the next phase of my project. Inverter: RCT VMIII Batteries: 2 X OmniPower 260ah AGM GEL VRLA This installation is 2 days old now. My inverter settings are still in default mode. I would appreciate any recommendations to fine tune it based on the equipment that I am using. One battery is inside the battery box & one is on top.

Over the last several months I have been installing my inverter system bit by bit. Here is my progress (written as a bit of a guide if it helps someone else). Planning My goals are: Have UPS power Offset the cost a bit by adding solar Stay within my limited budget. Be modular for "add-as-you-go" option I don't want to go off grid - that is just too expensive. So I can install a smaller inverter. As I will be doing most of the work myself I wanted something that has very good support and documentation. The natural choice for me was a Victron system. I started off by finding my usage patterns(when) and consumption(how much). The…

Dear Yoda I am struggling to find the BatterView software you talk about in one of your discussions, can you maybe share it with me, or give me some directions as to where I can download it? I am trying to check the status of various Pylontech batteries. Thank you in advance!

(Yes the post title is spelled as intended 😀) So, after several weeks of planning, and getting the basic gear from mecerinverter.co.za, and a bit of a hackathon this weekend, I'm finally starting to disconnect from the grid. Well, becoming less dependant on it, shall we say. Ordered a 5kw Mecer Axpert King, and 3 x Pylontech US3000's from Devan @ EnwayPower/MecerInvert.co.za My order was fulfilled within 2 days, and Devan is definately highly recommened. Their google star ratings show it, and I was happy to give them a 5 star rating too. In fact my colleague ordered the day after me, and was also fulfilled in 2 days. As it goes in the current economic …

Is this the only event that concerns RE? We need the RE vendors to present their wares at a dedicated event!

We have a porch in the backyard that is covered with 18 260 Wp solar panels. They are connected to a SMA grid tied inverter and do their job quite well. Still I want to make changes to the system and slowly but surely changes are taking place. Here is why: The solar is producing enough power for us the year round but that is only because we use the grid as a battery. In summer we have a lot of excess power that we draw out from the grid in wintertime. That is just how net metering works. From 2023 net metering will be phased out gradually so using the grid as a battery comes to an end at a certain time. The porch is a old steel construction with the pan…

Finally took the plunge and did my installation, did it over a few days , made a few mistakes . Today was the day that I got to power it all up only to find the axpert had a failure, no ac output. Rushed off to the supplier and got it swopped out and 30 min later the system finally came alive. Thank you to Coulomb for the info and a big thank you to Suly for assisting with advice and programming.

System I had installed for load shedding.

Hi. First post on the forum. I've been researching and wanting to go solar for a number of years now but finally been able put together and install my system last month. My final plan is to eventually be able to go fully off grid and wanted something that can scale. Decided on the following: 1 x Sunsynk 8kw hybrid inverter 3 x 3.5kw pylontech batteries 28 x 305w Canadian solar panels (four strings of seven) I had my DB split into non essential loads and essential loads and left some loads before the inverter. Essential loads are all plugs and lights in the main house. Non essential loads are 2 inverter Air conditioner…

Just the beginning... started building this little unit today to keep the inverter / charger, fuse box and other wiring protected. Will probably push the Easysolar-II back slightly (3-4 cm) as there is a recess in the wall of my motorhome, so that the top vent extrudes a bit... this means the bottom shifts up and I can wire downward from the glands visible at bottom of photo no. 1. The lip is riveted onto both short side (left and right of photos 1 & 2) to allow the chequer plate (that's vastrap to you) to slide in and out.

Hi guys. I struggle to understand my own installation. It's been done in 3 phases. First phase : 1 x Axpert 5 kVa 12 x 270 W PV 4 in series x 2 in parallel = 1 bank of 12 V 200 Ah batteries : 1 x BVM-712 Second phase, upgrade to : 2 x Axpert 5 kVa Third phase upgrade to : 24 x 270 W PV 4 in series x 2 in parallel x 2 banks of 12 V 200 Ah batteries 2 x BVM-712 At the moment, this is the way everything seemed to be plugged together (and I'm no expert at all, hence the struggle) : - 4 in series x 2 in parallel = 1 bank of 12 V 200 Ah batteries is plugged to one of the Axpert - 4 in series x 2 in parallel = 1 bank of 12 V 20…

Right, So my Infini has propably been running now for close to 2 years. To date have not had any major problems, so well worth the money. Recently I have upgraded my battery bank from 8 x Trojan T105 to x 16 So now I am running from solar and battery power during the day and from Eksdom during the night. Thing is, I still have extra PV power available during the day, so would like to utilise that as well. So I ordered a Modbus comms card and energy meter. The idea is to have ZERO consumption during daylight hours, even if the load is NOT connected to the Infini, so similar to the Goodwee. It all started well, but very soon the cra…

Hi Everybody In 2019 we've decided to go completely off-grid. This realized on 23 Dec 2019 after months of preparation (You will understand if you look at the photos below). In short, I had an outbuilding that was already at roof height and I've decided to do the installation in one of the rooms. It was possible to have all cabling inside of the wall.

After spending months browsing this great forum full of expertise and restless nights in bed doing research I finally saved up to do my own Solar installation. Almost 1 month ago I bought the following: (and only this, no wires, no breakers, nothing) 1 x Growatt SPF 5000TL (Even after reading about the BMS firmware and data logging issues, I still believe this to be my preferred option) 1 x Pylontech US3000 (I wanted to by the Dyness, but had some extra cents and seemed that the Pylontech setup was a bit easier with the growatt) 10 x 410W Canadian Solar Poly PV (I wanted to max out the 5kW PV input on the Inverter) Doing 5 strings of 2 in series (10A x…

I have been using solar for about 6 years. Started with 1 Axpert 5 kw inverter and 8 BenQ 330 w panels. My Axpert got a surge and i replaced it with 2 Mecer 5 kw inverters and added 14 CNBN 330 w panels. But i could not use my BenQ panels. So i got rid of my 2 Mecer inverters and brought 3 Victron Multi 3000/48 inverters in parrellel . Running 15 CNBN on a 250/100 charge controller and my 8 BenQ on a 150/60 charge controller. I did the complete install my self.

After my installation I started playing with my new "TOY" but quickly realize that it's not going to perform to the levels I wanted to. So like any software developer I started developing my own software. I wanted to achive the following goals: - Generated max power, use the power as long as posisble, switch over to grid when needed - Automaticlly change the power management for load-shedding - Protect my batteries against high power usage by switching over to grid when power usage exceed X for a few minutes and back when usage recovered - Only switch to Solar when Batteries is over X voltage and Solar is over X Watt (provide to levels) - Switch over t…

hi friends,can someone share with me a wiring diagram for a 3 phase 3x8kVa quattro inverter system?

So finally up and running today. Roof space was an issue so I went North, East and West. Running 16X335W Canadians in 2SP2 on a 150/35 North and 2S6P on 150/100 East/West. (Will see how that pans out) Multiplus II - 5KVA with Venus. 2X Pylons US3000 ** Things that still need to be done - further labeling and some T-piece trunking to clean it up a bit better. Extractor fan to help get rid of the heat. *** Things I should of done.. gone for a 3-row DB, would of looked a bit better. First Picture.. before..

Don’t have a suitable roof ( only double storey ) to mount the panels , so decided to us the car port structure . Thanks to Jaco and Plonkster’s advice, decided to learn from their experience and go with the Renusol system, instead of using aluminum channel and bolting the panels to the rails, having to drill precision holes while laying on your back Tariq

Hi all, Thanks to so much good information on this forum, a lot of thinking, planning and building, I finally came online on Saturday. So far everything works pretty well. Eskom mains was turned off on Sunday and so far, no need even to run the generator. I am still finding my feet with all the settings and discovery of the best options but My system: 24 X JAR 375 W Mono's (8.8kWp) 3 X Axpert Type 4kW inverters in parallel (12kW) 7 X Narada NPFC100 Li-Fe-Po4 batteries (33.6kWh) 1 X Deutsz 15kVA generator Pic attached.

Hey Everyone, I have been silently following this forum for some time, even though I had a genie. We wanted to get solar around 2 years ago, but the upfront cost was just too much. so we got a 18Kv diesel genie which worked 100%. The problem was that people complained about the noise and soon after they changed the time frame to use a genie. We decided to do what we wanted 2 years ago. Go solar! I have done a lot of research and learned a helluva lot during this period. Everything was designed and installed by myself with knowledge also gained from this forum. The components I used for this below; Goodwe ES5048 3x Pylontech 3.5 batteries …

I have set the ball rolling on my new solar installation. I have ordered a 48v Microcare inverter as well as 18 x 255w solar panels with all the goodies to go with it to mount and cable it. I have also ordered my batteries (3 banks 200ah 48v Narada Rex-c batteries). I paid for these on Thursday and the batteries was delivered same day. Big thumbs up to Prodocom, which gave me excellent pricing and service. Feel free to contact Luelsa on 083-254-4354 if you require batteries. I have also order a Victron BMV-700 battery monitor to be able to check the status of the battery and see how my usage will be affecting the battery bank. Next week we will install and mount the s…

Hello members, hope everyone is healthy and coping with lock-down. I built a 2P16S 48v LiefPO4 battery pack with Daly 16S 48V 200A common ground BMS. They are connected to two Voltronic clone 4000W inverters in parallel. Inverter saying 55v on the panel while its charging and measuring 55v at DC terminals on inverter. At the battery pack I am only reading 52.2v and cannot get the pack to charge up higher than that. Do you think the BMS is trying to "protect" and limit charging? Here is a short clip showing the system:

So how are you doing with your solar system during lock down ? Perfect time for me do do what I wanted to do for some time but never had the time for. To recap - got three 5KVA multies on a three phase feed with a Solis 15KVA three phase grid tie with 10KWp of panels on the roof. I "stole" one of our MX1 aircraft EFIS flight instruments and repurposed it a bit. This is the original prototype of the MX1 EFIS intended for low cost applications. Normally it would be fitted in an aircraft cockpit and gives you all of the primary flight information (altitude, airspeed, attitude etc), does the autopilot, navigation, engine monitoring and so forth. Pretty much an all i…

So my hybrid system has been running pretty smoothly for the last four years, but as expected, the batteries are now starting to fail on me, mainly due to heat, somewhat due to a bit of partial charging, and the odd very deep discharge. Rather than just replace the bank and carry on for the next four years, I figured, I'd change things up slightly. Currently the system runs the house apart from the geyser and stove (which are solar and gas respectively), but that does mean it's had to cope with oven, microwave, and the occasional aircon loads. I'm planning on a bit of a downsize, but how much of a downsize is what I'm still deciding. It will be running…