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Okay, looks like the 10mm cable will be the best. Might get away with 15m per run.
DB1 to inverter to power inverter 15m
Inverter to DB1 for critical loads 15m
Future plan:
The inverter has a smart ouput where if there is extra solar during the day it can dump into that output. Maybe geyser and pool pump.
How would one wire this to output to the geyser and poolpump to run normally off grid during the day but if there is extra solar run it on that circuit. Or is this where the pass through power rating comes through?
This will then require the 3rd run of 15m from inverter to DB1 geyser/poolpump

If ordering from Banggood. Use this one from my experience it is best.
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I hope they have a exchange policy for the people that bought the old logger and now wants the new Sunsynk one.

I think Johnny Wasinda is refering to putting them in 6s2p giving him 22.28A on the 22.2A limit of the inverter.
That should be fine. The inverter will just clip the extra amsp

Another confusion is that the 5.5kw and the 8.8kw does not use the same markings for connecting up the GEN/GRID/LOAD.
 
8.8kw is GRID/GEN/LOAD
5.5kw is GEN/LOAD/GRID
 
8.8kw is X/N/L
5.5kw is L/N/E

Don't you have space in the garage maybe?
My Sunsynk is around 20m from the main DB. Cabling might just be a bit more but would not cause a problem. I went with 16mm2. Just check if you can get the CT clamp within the 10-12m distance.
 
There is some guys that added a PC fan on top of the inverter. For these you can get a slow turning one that will limit the internal fan.

The guy doing my install said why they don't use the thin dc strand for AC is because there is lots of little sparks between the inner part of the cable. The solid core is to limit the sparks between the strands inside the cable.

The guy doing my install said why they don't use the thin dc strand for AC is because there is lots of little sparks between the inner part of the cable. The solid core is to limit the sparks between the strands inside the cable.

The guy doing my install said why they don't use the thin dc strand for AC is because there is lots of little sparks between the inner part of the cable. The solid core is to limit the sparks between the strands inside the cable.

My suggestion would be to go with something bigger than 2.5. The price is not that much higher.  Either 4mm or 6mm.

Good day All,
Over the past couple of months I have received numerous requests to share my NodeRed flows used for monitoring the status of the SunSynk inverter.  My initial idea was to package all of the flows into an easy to use package and user interface, however my work loads have not provided me the luxury of time to play around and make it a fool proof system. 
Please note that the use of these flows are at your own discretion with no liability to either myself, this site nor any members of this site.  Do not attempt implement these flows if you are unfamiliar with the working of the ModBus protocol or basic programming.
Brief overview of the flows:
LoadShedStatus - This flow determines the loadshedding status through a webscraper.  I use this information to trigger a secondary set of settings to the inverter in case of load shedding. ModBusRead - This flow is responsible for reading information from the Inverter via the Modbus Flex getter ModBusWrite - This flow is responsible for writing settings back to the inverter via the Modbus flex getter Inverter Monitoring - This flow is responsible for obtaining all of the inverter monitoring values.  The values are then send to Home Asssistant via MQTT as well as logged to an InfluxDB for monitoring via Grafana SSFormRead - This flow reads the current system settings from the inverter and display it via the NodeRed UI SSFormWrite - This flow writes any changes made to the system settings via the NodeRed UI back to inverter SSDSRead - This flow reads the "Default Settings" from storage and displays it via the NodeRed UI.  I use the "Default Settings" to store my optimal system settings when there is no Load Shedding. SSDSWrite - This flow writes the "Default Settings" from the storage to the Inverter.  The flow is also triggered automatically from the LoadShedding status flow SSLSRead - This flow reads the "Load Shedding Settings" from storage and displays it via the NodeRed UI.  I use the "Default Settings" to store my optimal system settings when there is no Load Shedding. SSLSWrite - This flow writes the "Load Shedding Settings" from the storage to the Inverter.  The flow is also triggered automatically from the LoadShedding status flow TimeMode - This flow triggers different settings on different days of the week.  My PV Solar is currently not big enough to carry my whole house, I utilize this flow to feed electricity back into the non-essential loads on the days which my domestic worker is not working.  This helps me to optimize my savings on certain days of the week while maintaining healthy battery levels. NodeRed Palettes required for the flows:
node-red-contrib-actionflows node-red-contrib-influxdb node-red-contrib-modbus node-red-contrib-queue-gate node-red-contrib-schedex node-red-contrib-simple-gate node-red-dashboard The next couple of posts have been reserved to further expand on the hardware requirements and basic set up of the monitoring.
The idea of sharing my flows is to contribute to the community, let us keep this going as a community project by assisting and contributing to project.
flows (5).json sunsynk_modbus.docx

I feel they could have spend a bit more time on those adopters or make a better one. Those are flimsy and after the second time you try to fit it nicely it is worn out.

Awesome thanks. Will PM to make arrangements. 

I bought a 200a shunt with a 16bit ADC and will link that up to a nodemcu and access the data over the internet. Will see how it turns out.

I bought a 200a shunt with a 16bit ADC and will link that up to a nodemcu and access the data over the internet. Will see how it turns out.

Have not seen it in SA but I saw one of the Victron installation videos where they use only regular solar panels with a seal on the roof in place of the normal roof.

Okay, looks like the 10mm cable will be the best. Might get away with 15m per run.
DB1 to inverter to power inverter 15m
Inverter to DB1 for critical loads 15m
Future plan:
The inverter has a smart ouput where if there is extra solar during the day it can dump into that output. Maybe geyser and pool pump.
How would one wire this to output to the geyser and poolpump to run normally off grid during the day but if there is extra solar run it on that circuit. Or is this where the pass through power rating comes through?
This will then require the 3rd run of 15m from inverter to DB1 geyser/poolpump

Don't think you can go wrong with Banggood. Have ordered 50+ times from them and no hiccup.

Haha.
 
That is a nice and clean cabinet installation. Just in case there is a sale on only batteries and not cabinets, then you are prepared.

Every time I see there is a new update on this thread I open it with the hope that there is a few new pics to check out the lab.
But each time I am left with disappointment...
 

Every time I see there is a new update on this thread I open it with the hope that there is a few new pics to check out the lab.
But each time I am left with disappointment...
 

Every time I see there is a new update on this thread I open it with the hope that there is a few new pics to check out the lab.
But each time I am left with disappointment...
 

Every time I see there is a new update on this thread I open it with the hope that there is a few new pics to check out the lab.
But each time I am left with disappointment...
 

Every time I see there is a new update on this thread I open it with the hope that there is a few new pics to check out the lab.
But each time I am left with disappointment...
 

Or you can check out this post if that makes more sense.
 
https://forums.aeva.asn.au/viewtopic.php?title=pip4048ms-inverter&p=54762&t=4332#p54762