Farmer

Dankie Triplett...well during the time the genie is not running , I need to charge the batt,use the freezer (24h)the washing machine and at night after the genie is off uses lights untill bedtime.During the day the freezer and washing machine( 800 w) should run off the panels and then switch to the genie and then to the batteries.The 5000 is the total watt hours per day and the 1500 the peak.

I am a new member and enjoy the forum a lot.While seeking for the right advice I came across this forum and trust that I shall find it.I am off grid and use a 14 kw generator to supply power for my and workers houses and pump water for 2.5 hours every night.at approx 3 lit of  diesel/hour. In time I will drop,the genie but meanwhile I am in need of a system that can supply me with 5000 w per day and peak of 1500 w.which can double later.At the moment I am looking at a Sunniva 3.2 kw  48V hybrid inverter.Keep in mind that the genie runs for 2.5 h every day and can help with the charging.How many batt and panels should I use? Verskoon maar die engels ek is regtig n boer!

In a off-grid system ideally you power 99% of your load 80% of the time. Savings are achieved by not running the generator. If you need to run the generator to power heavy loads 2-3 times a week then I would look at increasing number of panels  and size of inverter to cope with the load. Design you system with room to expand. You  will find things that you did by hand you now do using power tools since the power is now available. There is no Eskom to power incidental loads.  Solar is nearly always cheaper than gennie so get as much practical powered by solar. If you have occasional high demand load leave that to be powered by the gennie. For the rest aim at powering it with solar even if you do it in stages.

Welcome to the forum @Farmer
What type of generator do you have. Perhaps look at some autostart options. 
Important thing is to get your baseline correct for how far you want to expand. In otherwords get your batteries and inverter right. 
Ive found too much batteries is not a mistake. You can always add more panels and other goodies but batteries not really. 

That is pretty much the loads that I have. Peaks are the microwave or inverter welder, general average load is 300-400W in the day and 200W at night. I have a 48V system, 8x 150Ah batteries and 6 x 300W panels, with a generator backup. I know from experience that if my system was just a bit smaller, I would have problems and have to run the generator every day. Currently the generator is only used for an hour or so in winter or when overcast. Now that the days are lengthening, it is not neccesary to run the generator unless there are exceptional loads.
I wouldn't recommend going 24V as you limit the size of the system. Rather go 48v and be done with it.
Staff and cottage are on 12V solar for lighting, solar geyser and donkey for hot water, and wood and gas for cooking.