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I had the Fox-ESS 6kW hybrid inverter with 2x 2.6kW batteries and 6 x 545w panels in November last year. What a life-changing event.
We had Crown Technologies supply and instal the unit in Johannesburg and they were superb! Professional and the most thorough of everyone I met with.
The appeal of the unit was the fact that it is a complete sealed unit and as such, all the different components work well together - there is absolutely no indication of when we move from grid to solar / battery. The system is a high voltage solution which means that you connect the batteries in series and not parallel, like most systems. That reduces the heat that is generated when the inverter changes the stored power from DC to AC current and hence there is no need for a noisy fan - it just has a heat sync. At the moment with 2 batteries in the unit, my voltage is 110V and when I upgrade to 4 batteries (10.4kWh) my voltage will go to 220V which is the same as the AC voltage. This means that the power lost in the change from DC to AC will be drastically reduced. It also means that the system will last longer than other lower voltage systems. The installed cost of the system in Nov 2022, incl 2 x CBI Wi-Fi isolator switches for the geyser and pool pump, came to R152k.
I spent a lot of time reducing my household consumption before installing my system, so had reduced my daily household consumption from 40kWh/d to about 15kWh/d. I'm now consuming about 4kWh/day. To reduce the daily power, I've installed a 300l solar geyser, changed all lights to LED, changed to a gas hob and have installed a wood stove heater in our living area. It is important to first reduce your daily consumption before moving to solar - as it will cut your installation costs down considerably. I also moved from a postpaid City Power smart meter to a prepaid meter (save approx. R700 pm straight off).
With the way Eskom is going it is essential to have a solution in place!

Hi
I had the Fox-ESS 6kW hybrid inverter with 2x 2.6kW batteries and 6 x 545w panels in November last year. What a life-changing event.
We had Crown Technologies supply and instal the unit in Johannesburg and they were superb! Professional and the most thorough of everyone I met with.
The appeal of the unit was the fact that it is a complete sealed unit and as such, all the different components work well together - there is absolutely no indication of when we move from grid to solar / battery. The system is a high voltage solution which means that you connect the batteries in series and not parallel, like most systems. That reduces the heat that is generated when the inverter changes the stored power from DC to AC current and hence there is no need for a noisy fan - it just has a heat sync. At the moment with 2 batteries in the unit, my voltage is 110V and when I upgrade to 4 batteries (10.4kWh) my voltage will go to 220V which is the same as the AC voltage. This means that the power lost in the change from DC to AC will be drastically reduced. It also means that the system will last longer than other lower voltage systems. The installed cost of the system in Nov 2022, incl 2 x CBI Wi-Fi isolator switches for the geyser and pool pump, came to R152k.
I spent a lot of time reducing my household consumption before installing my system, so had reduced my daily household consumption from 40kWh/d to about 15kWh/d. I'm now consuming about 4kWh/day. To reduce the daily power, I've installed a 300l solar geyser, changed all lights to LED, changed to a gas hob and have installed a wood stove heater in our living area. It is important to first reduce your daily consumption before moving to solar - as it will cut your installation costs down considerably. I also moved from a postpaid City Power smart meter to a prepaid meter (save approx. R700 pm straight off).
With the way Eskom is going it is essential to have a solution in place!