Gavin286

Hi folks, I have a cottage that has pre-paid elec. and no power backup of any sort. I'd like to explore and probably implement adding just the lights onto my main house inverter. The distance from the cottage db and the inverter installation (not main house db) is literally in the next room, so if you draw a bee-line in the shared ceiling space - perhaps 3 meters. The main house db is however about 12 meters away from the cottage db. 1. Can this be done to have just a single lights breaker in the inverter installation portion of the house? 2. I assume and am happy with the fact that the lights circuit will no longer be through the pre-paid meter. All the lights are LED, and will probably draw a max of 100w with an extractor fan in the cottage bathroom. Thanks so much for your time and help!

Perhaps he got "favours" in return But seriously, we have a tenant that I've run an extension cord to. It's on a 600w UPS so it limits the amount that can be drawn before it shuts off. IE charging laptop, some lights or TV is fine...

Crazy! Perhaps I should ask a professional to come and do this panel move for me to make sure its done correctly, and that the MC4's are joined properly...

Its a string of 9 panels in series...

I have these panels: https://solarsupply.co.za/shop/panels-solar/znshine-solar-465w-panel-half-cell-mono-pv-module/ Will this be the correct spec cable? The length might be a little long but I can just loop it and secure it to a rafter...

Great stuff, I'll follow the recommendation thank you!

Hi folks, I have a single panel that I need to move, but it requires disconnection of one of the wires. What is the correct procedure to follow to disconnect, move and then re connect this panel? I assume DC switch off, and PV breakers dropped? Thanks very much!

Looks kind of like a delimitation of the top layer? Similar to the clear coat on a car that peels...

And what do you suggest as an alternative?

Agreed. But if water usage is an issue then running it at night won't be prone to evaporation as the water runs over the hot panels

I vaguely remember a company is the States that does large scale panel maintenance where their system sprays water from the top down, and the run-off is then filtered and re-used. Its an automated closed system that probably runs when the sun is sleeping.

On hold pending collection and payment from @hoohloc

Bump on this post. Looking for R5k for both panels.

Hey folks, In the past week or so I've noticed that Solarman keeps going offline for various lengths of time. Today has been particularly lengthy - since about 4am it's been offline. Is there anything that can be done to change to a different server or something? Its not my wifi connection but the servers that they connect to...

Hey folks, Am I able to assign my inverter to be controlled by 2 admin users? The situation at the moment is I am a Solarman Smart user and the installer is the "business" user - I'd like to be able to change settings remotely but not boot the installer from the current status. Thanks!

When I had a loan battery, they also used these brackets, however each bracket had 2 8mm rawl bolts. The ones they used on yours look suspiciously petite for batteries (might just be me though that thinks so). You can see on the image that my batt was also done in the same way but seems to have had a little more support. Perhaps the guys misjudged the distance on your brackets? Sorry, I don't mean to be a judgey A-Hole, just adding in my 2c to check the mounts for your batts so they don't potentially fall off the wall.

Those batteries look like they're barely hanging on to the L brackets! Heavy things get heavier over time so you might want to address that by widening the brackets on the batteries...

Best thing is to log into the dongle itself and connect it to your wifi that way.

Hi, I'm based in Randburg. Would be looking at R3k per panel.

Hi, apologies for the late reply. I'd be looking at R3k per panel.

No, the system is performing just fine as is

Hey folks, I have an extra 2 panels I no longer have hooked up to my system due to over voltage. The panels are fine and not the cause of the issues, I just had 2 too many connected. Is there a market for only 2 panels? They are the Longi LR4-72HPH-455M panels, 455w, 49,5 VoC (STC).

Can we assume correctly that you've changed over your manual switch back to inverter?

I changed my charging schedule to only finish at around 14:30 or so, and also now have a fan blowing into my pantry where the system is set up. Between both changes I haven't seen it happen for the last few days. I'm beginning to suspect that the MPPTs are getting too hot and trying to regulate themselves again the higher temps. Note that my fans DO kick in and function as normal, but perhaps the ambient temp is just over a threshold...

I'm not sure if it works the same way, but I have the RS232 version that one can log into the dongle directly via a web browser and configure the wifi connection from its own UI. You'd only need to find its IP address on your network, or perhaps the default IP address of it...