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Map out your wiring, and where your switch (or day/night sensor) is connected in the circuit. If there is live running directly to your lights, and your switch is installed on the neutral (at some distance away from the lights), there will be enough capacitive coupling to earth (or neutral) for your lights to glow dimly (even if your switch is off).
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Belix reacted to a post in a topic: Essential and non-essential loads in outbuilings?
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Belix, I had the exact same issue. Cottage and main house. Solved it without running new cables. I installed an ATS in the main house that changes over the cottage power from Eskom (63A breaker) to inverter supply (5A breaker). In the cottage, I installed a WiFi contactor that disables stove, geyser, and all other heavy loads. Sonoff smart scenes manage the contactor. During loadshedding, any accidental high power draw from the cottage (eg kettle) trips the 5A breaker. ATS: https://e-glow.co.za/products/copy-of-ats-toq5-63a-ac-2p-230vac-tomzn?_pos=2&_sid=e789640cc&_ss=r WiFi breaker: https://e-glow.co.za/collections/smart-wifi-controllers/products/wifi-smart-controller-63a-kwh-timer Works like a charm!
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WannabeSolarSparky reacted to a post in a topic: https://www.gntc.co.za/
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https://www.gntc.co.za/
cloudEdge replied to Nico Venter's topic in Industry, Product Hypes, Fads & Rants
I would be very cautious. Can't find any record of this company on their so-called "accreditations and affiliations" website links. No membership listing on ISES website. No listing on SESSA's membership directory. SEI is a training school based in Colorado (?). Very thin / incomplete product listings. Mobile numbers listed on the homepage? Eish. Scam, if you ask me. -
giorgos reacted to a post in a topic: solar panels with black frame
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I can highly recommend: https://artsolar.net/artsolar-500-watt-solar-panel-mono-percium-high-efficiency-full-black/
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Solar Power Output Erratic
cloudEdge replied to ChadRobinson's topic in Starting In Solar? Feel free to introduce yourself
Something looks badly wrong with those graphs. Perhaps the panels were installed in parallel, instead of series? Power seems to be clipping around 450W. Otherwise, perhaps you have a bad connection somewhere in the solar string, or a defective panel?