Larry_fisherman

Thanks for that. I received another quote which has the Deye 5KW Hybrid Inverter that costs nearly R23k. The Kodak seems like a good option.

If I added additional panels for power during the day and have enough additonal panels to charge up the batteries for the night, could I go completely off the grid?

Any installer/supplier recommendations? The only companies I came across with good reviews is The Green Way and Green Leaf. I'm based in Jhb.

Hi, I'm seriously considering solar. My average consumption is about 800kW.h per month in winter and about 650kW.h in summer I have: Two electric geysers (a smaller one for the kitchen), both currently run on timers. 0.75Kw pool pump Electric oven (stove is gas) which is used about once or twice a month, airfryer is used more often. Security system (indoor + outdoor lights, electric fence and 8ch CCTV) All the indoor lights are LED (mostly downlights, trying to find lower wattage bulbs) All the outdoor lights are already solar. I did an estimation of what I would need on thesunpays.co.za, this is what it came back with (A) Inverter: 1x 5kva 5kw 100A Sacolar Parallel (B) Batteries: 4x 100AH LiFePO4 48V (C) Solar Panels: 4x 480W (D) MC4 Single Connector: 3 (E) MC4 Parallel Connector: 0 (F) MC4 Fuse: 0 (G) Solar Cable: 20m (H) Battery Cable: 4m (I) Panel Clips: 16 (J) P2000 Rail: 12 (K) Brackets: 8 Tile Roof (L) 125A Double Pole DC Circuit Breaker: 1 (M) Fly lead Cat5e Grey 1m: 3 (N) Fly lead Cat5e Grey 1m: 1 (O) DC Copper Busbar set: 1 sets Total = R132 879 excl. installation The only thing I'm unsure of is my day/night consumption. The best thing is probably to get my main geyser converted/upgraded to solar. I also don't know if I should buy everything on my own or get a few companies to come out and quote.