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Rch1

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    Rch1 reacted to Molly in SunTech Wholesalers scam company?   
    Diffinatly a scam  there is no such company and Daniel is the conman
     
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    Rch1 got a reaction from ibiza in Scammed Client   
    I wish people would post who they bought things from that are possibly fake etc. Then we know who to stay away from.. anyone know of the company who these panels were bought from and what price he paid etc etc?
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    Rch1 got a reaction from WannabeSolarSparky in Anyone know how to login to Hoymiles app?   
    I've just managed to source a DTU and now when I download the app it says I must get account login information from my installer (I am the installer)... I asked myself for the details and it was quite 😂
    anyone have a DTU and managed to create an account?
     
    Thanks
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    Rch1 got a reaction from Paul.Chari in R65k to install solar? Need to lower elect bill   
    Forget batteries, way too expensive and with your load you'll deplete them in no time a few times a day.. 
    Solar panels and a large inverter, but then a large inverter say 10kw is around your entire budget.. this excludes panels, mounting, wiring, installation etc.
    Make 100% sure both your geysers are wrapped up in blankets and set to around 50 degrees or so, you can tweak it. Geysers account for around 60% of electricity usage. Maybe look at retrofitting your geyser to be solar, that is glass tubes on the roof, they work amazingly well. I just read a 200L electric geyser uses 14kwh per day on a household of 4 people. So you're using 28kwh a day = R56 give or take a day or R1680 per month to heat those puppies. Now you can't get that to zero, but you could chop that down by half at least with tubes. 750w pool motor, its winter so you can literally run it once a week for an hour to turn the water over. Summer depending on your pool size, once a day for an hour is fine. 1.1kw borehole, not sure if that is your drinking water or how often you use it to water the garden. Do you really need 4 fridges? Each fridge can consume between 150w-500w each depending on size. Maybe look at selling the 4 fridges and buying 1 or 2 inverter energy efficient fridges. 2x front loading washing machines, all depends on how often you use them and if they are also tumble dryers? If so, they chow through electricity like an Ethiopian cow at a buffet, that and they are never that great.  I know load shedding is a pain in the rear end, but what are you wanting to achieve during the load shedding? If it's just to watch some tv and use the internet at night then I would also look at a small trolley type inverter or a fancy lithium battery pack, they are the same just more expensive. That covers load shedding and tv watching for a few hours until the power comes on. I have a little camping 150w inverter and a small 40ah battery, I made a little box and that powers my fibre internet during load shedding, I then just play on my phone, cost like R1500 and I've used it for years.
    Food for thought  
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    Rch1 reacted to Scorp007 in Sizing panels to inverter help..   
    These panels would be fine as they would not get to the 365W under normal conditions. Also they will not get to the Imp. Even if they did produce more current the MPPT in the inverter would just throttle at the maximum current of 10.5A. You just never use panels with a Voc within like 90% of what is allowed.
    Great inverter for saving during the day but a bit costly if you use more than 1 for a larger system.
    No the Voc does not add up. It is based on each panel's Voc of 60V.

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