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Thank you for all the replies Rather than quote all I'll just comment and reply on a few points : The sunsynk or a deye really is my first choice just trying to see what the R9k difference really is(well R11500 as I obviously need the Wi-Fi?), this whole smart load seems to be the big thing but honestly the way I wanted this wired in was straight to the my db , no separation of essential vs non ... To manage the geyser I was going to place a smart breaker on and trigger it to switch on around mid day( if i were to do this what benefit does the smart load really have then if i were to use a lux or growatt? ) Our oven is barely used in the house and we just bought a gas stove so that's one less thing to be worried about , what I'm getting too is I really doubt we going to be going over the 5kw mark too often. I do want hybrid (blending) functionality though which I see all the inverters seem to be capable of doing?? Question : If I were to pull over 5kw on either of these inverters and I'm wired straight to the board would it just get the power through the grid then in a sort of bypass or would it overload and fault the inverter? The 545w I chose as I can get them for R3100ea & need less mounting kits & roof space , it also allows me to add on for sometime as I hear once these panels get discontinued you have no hope in adding panels again ? so 545w is sort of the latest?( I used the 'NMOT' values) What does the mppt handle on the luxpower(attached) as the sunsynk with the new firmware definitely seems to be taking 13a. Coming back to my roof story I had a typo at NW , My iPhone says I'm NE and my Garmin watch says I'm North facing go figure , I do have good sun on my roof almost all day long . 😕 Roof image attached.(With compass indicator , bottom right ) No plan to back feed the grid as I'm based in Johannesburg , Eskom doesn't want our help and probably isn't worth back feeding anyway nor will I really generate much more than what house needs I don't think ?Forgive me though If I'm miss understanding 'backfeed' and if back feed means blending utility with pv well I'm after that . Coming back to batteries I can get the hubble or pylon tech at the same money ( pylontech is a US5000C( higher cycles than a UP5000) , but pylontech is .5c ? The pylontech is looking better in terms of not needing to pay for a extra dongle like you do with the hubble or dont you need that If I go with sunsynk. Thanks for all the support guys.

HI Guys New here to the forum, as we are all tiring of Eskom I’m looking to get as much off the grid as possible , specking my own system I’m trying to get the most bang for my buck , it’s been a week of many different opinions and every time I make a decision it changes with new information that I receive . Details : Average Eskom usage : +/- 450-500 units per month (house is all LED , but I still have a stove and geyser wired in, will be changing stove to Gas ) Inverters I’m considering: 1 x Growatt SPF 5000 ES @ R11500 1 x Luxpower SNA 5000 @ R11500 1 x Deye / Sunsynk 5 KVA ( This is first prize but abit out the budget.) @R20500 Is it not potentially better to put 2 luxpower or growatts together for the same money as 1 Sunsynk? If I did this would the back feed(powering of non essentials) then be out weight by having the 10kva of power?( obviously I will add another battery as time goes on .) Does the Luxpower give non essential loads power if the battery is full and there is enough pv? Would the whole board not get power if I’m wiring straight to the board ? not sure what the big hype is when they talk about the sunsynk having this 'extra pv goes to the grid' feature? Doesn’t the lux power prioritise solar or solar and utility if there isn’t enough power? Thinking to place my geyser on a smart timer and only having it heat up from 13:00-15:30 Battery’s I’m between : 1 x Hubble 5.5 AM-2 1 x Pylontech UPC 5000 4.8 1 x Dyness 5.12 To me the pylon and Dyness are only .5c batteries and cat really provide the same power as the Hubble or be recharged as quickly? Hubble looks to be better built as well but I have read some horrors as well as some amazing stories of them being bang for buck. Pylon has the name but are they really all that they made out to be ? But the Hubble needs riot to reap the full reward and is another R2500??? Panels : Well I’m starting with 4 or 6 x 545w mono Canadian solar . House is facing NW. Any help would be greatly appreciated , my biggest thing is being able to upgrade long term and have the support should something go wrong as well as using the least amount of eskom as possible .