Crazy Kaktus
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Crazy Kaktus got a reaction from Thulane in 2.5kw+3kva+1300w panels vs 5kva+5ka with no panelsSo just my take on the matter. I work from home. I run a fully fledged TV studio… 3 Apple Macs, a server, a charge bay for Tv Cameras and batteries, a VHS analogue duplicating bay, a fridge, Microwave , air fryer, 1800w over and a PS5 - obviously not all the high current item at the same time, but the TV studio runs 80% of the time. The tv 3 to 4 hours a day. The fridge is on all the time. Air fryer I run at times 2 to 3 times a week mainly at night. I don’t have a stove or geyser as both are gas.
I am off the grid 100%. With a 5Kva LuxPower unit 2 lithium batteries 2 x 5 panel solar strings running on the inverter and its is solid. I generate around 2500 - 3000 W of charge power during the day on 5 panels at a time as I get morning sun on one side of the house and afternoon sun later.
I would definitely do LuxPower. But add a few solar panels if you can. 3. Might be a small for the system. If you do 4 you will get at least 2000W of charge on solid sunny day which means your batteries should be charged by 1 each day depending on what sun you get.
My system allows me to run my studio and the entire house 100% off solar
my entire system cost me R155k and it’s the best investment ever.
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Crazy Kaktus got a reaction from Islander in East facing panels, west facing panels, or more north facing panels?I live in East London and have a similar scenario. I get morning sun one side of the house and after noon sun on the other. I have 5 x 545W mono panels on one end and 5 on the other. With the LuxPower 5Kva unit I get about 7 to 9000 kWh from 9 am to 4 pm. Those are my peak hours. But to be honest my 2 x lithium batteries are fully charged by 11am and then I just run on solar all day. Basically off the grid