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Nature

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  1. I dont think our installers gave us enough info. That is atleast 76%. I do not even see 40% for morning or afternoon sun. 2200 per side. I need to investigate this mismatch voltage and current issue. If you find a site please share it with me. All of the best with your situation.
  2. Thank you very much for your very detailed explanation. I was expecting around 70%. I did not know it would below 60%. A 2 X MTTP inverter was supposed to be installed but a 1 X MTTP inverter was installed instead. This might be my "underlying disappointment". This would have given me better production. It is what it is. I will just add an additional panel per side and it should give me what I expected from the current installation.
  3. Unfortunately I did not take a pic. I will definitely do it.
  4. I updated it with more screen shots to show the requires info. Thank you for the assistance.
  5. Midday prodction. Geyser connected.
  6. The dishwasher was running and the battery was charging. The charger amps is 100A.
  7. Midday production is about 2600W. It is less than 60% on an ideal day. At 9:30 it is about 650W (from the 2200W potential generation) on a great day. At 15:00 it is about 500W (2200W potential generation from west) on a great day. I will do more more when I am at home during the day. Today is cloudy so it will not help.
  8. Midday production is about 2600W. It is less than 60% on an ideal day. At 9:30 it is about 650W (from the 2200W potential generation) on a great day. At 15:00 it is about 500W (2200W potential generation from west) on a great day. I will do more more when I am at home during the day. Today is cloudy so it will not help.
  9. We had a system installed but the production is very frustrating. Can the east and west panels be installed on the same MTTP? I am now trying to get proper info so that this can be rectified. Growatt ES5000 Hubble 5.5kWh 8 X 550W candian solar panels. (4 east and 4 west) Please assist
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  11. Good day I had to install 4 X panels east and 4 X panels west all on 1 MPPT. I see you say that this must not be done. Can you please explain and assist?
  12. Good evening My 8 panels had to be installed 4 X east and 4 X west to one MPPT. There was no other choice. It is 550W candian panels. There is no shading. What production should I expect from the panels in Nelspruit? Moring @ 10:00 Mid day @ 12:30 Afternoon @ 15:00
  13. Our electric kettle lid broke just before installing the solar. I decided not to replace it. I need to rethink this decision.
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  15. Thank you very much. I increased the geyser time and temperature already. Most of our cooking is done on the gas top. I will tell my wife to increase the cooking in the oven. Also to use the slow cooker once a week. I have no knowledge on the programming side. I am also "blind" because the dongle and app has not been installed and setup. All that I can see is that we are using way to much Eskom. You are right when saying the battery is mostly charged by the grid. This must stop but I dont want to fiddle to much.
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  18. Everything is on timers. I am still playing around with this. Not everything will run each day. Based on a sunny day. Inverter not programed properly yet. Waiting for installer with dongle and to make program changes. Dishwasher - 8:30 to 11:00 (1.5kW) Geyser - 12:00 to 13:00 (3kW) Swimming pool - 13:30 to 15:30 (1.5kW) Washing machine 15:30 to 16:00 (0.5kW) Airfryer 16:30 to 16:45 (0.5kW) Battery (4.5kW) 8:00 tot 17:00 charging. Other (1.5kW) 8:00 tot 17:00 Total day - 13kW Battery supply 4.5kW (hubble 5.5kWh) from 17:00 to 03:00. Eksom should then carry the house load till 8:30. Not charging the battery. No "heavy" appliances from 03:00 to 8:30. Total night - 6.5kW Eskom 2-3kWh form 03:00 to 8:30. Eskom usage before solar was between 12 and 14 units a day. The above "plan" is for 18.5 unit. Way over actual usage. Will my plan work with this system? What am I missing? 1 X Growatt 5000ES Inverter 1 X Hubble 5.5kWh battery 8 X 550 Canadian panels
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  25. You have given me a lot of advice i the last few days. Thank you so much. This is for 5 sunny days. Is it possible to only generate 8.4kWh per day?

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