Benjeepnut

The budget is important, but as I said, sometimes it's better to save up a bit more and get what you need straight away. I think the fact that the luxpower had a double mppt is quite a decent bonus I would guess? Also, at the moment we are living in the east rand but our hope is to move to the coast this year. We're thinking of PE. Since PE is known as the windy city, could I possibly use one of the mppt for a wind turbine?

I won't say that for me it's completely life critical. Problem is, that sleeping without the mask is of a lot less quality, and, I seem to get quite rumbly so to speak to the people around me, which is not what I want. Also, since I seem to be cutting down the rain Forrest, I'm sleeping in seperate rooms from my wife so she can also have sleep. Which is not great either.

Hi All, I would like to get your opinion on different inverter and Lithium batteries brands, models and their capabilities. At the moment, I'm looking for something that can keep my essentials up and running. (Fridge, internet, sleep apnea machine, lights) and realize that i could get away with a simple trolley system that could do that, but, in future, I would like to be mostly off-grid, so now I would be looking at a bigger inverter, most probably a 5kw that could be added on to and lithium batteries to go with it. I've seen quite a few different brands and possibilities available but now its becoming more difficult. In the 5 kw bracket there are so much possibilities that its difficult to make a decision. From the different forums and chats, I can see that cheap can be expensive in the long run. The inverter that I was looking at now is the Luxpower SNA5000 WPV 5KW 48V. It looks like a decent inverter and has 2 MPPT's which is decent as well. Please let me know about your experiences with this inverter, or maybe reasons not to go for this one. Also, in regards to the batteries, could you add different size batteries in parallel of the same brand or do they need to be the same? (could start off with a smaller Kwh size and later add a bigger to the mix?) I appreciate all the help already.