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Thanks Stefan and Kevin. I was one click away from completing a big order. They emailed to ask why I hadn't completed and I questioned the EFT only option and asked what secure payment on the site meant. They replied that they have accounts at all major banks...........whatever that may mean. It's mind boggling that they can have such flashy websites out in the open and there is no regulatory protection.

Where in CPT are you for viewing?

Has anyone bought from zenvosolar.com ? I was completing a purchase and it was EFT only so I declined. Website states secure payment but that option isn't available.

Very strange behavior on an OG10/FL 5.2 system. Two FL 5.2 are connected in parallel to a single OG 10. When battery type is set to Kodak the reported consumption overnight with minimal load is three or four times higher than expected via Watchpower. When set to User and battery parameters entered the overnight consumption on Watchpower shows 90% which is more or less expected but the battery level lights show 40%-60%. Is there later firmware that allows FL 5.2 selection in the battery menu maybe? Is anyone running an OG 10 and FL 5.2 batteries sucessfully?

An installation I'm helping get properly completed was done by a master electrician that will issue the COC. He cut all of the MC4 connectors off the 16 panels and used ferrules and insulation tape. Cable and joints are lying in unistrut which fill with water when it rains, no conduit. Earthing is only on four points on the unistrut of the four strings. No panels have earth connected to them directly. Flat concrete roof. A PrEng contracted them and will sign off but hasn't bothered to climb onto the roof to inspect. The homeowner is unable to climb onto the the roof and they know this.

Has anyone mounted the FL 5.2 on a wall? I know the bracket supplied is for floor/shelf mount but it looks like it can be used with a suitable spacer at the base of the battery to keep the battery parallel to the wall.

It's an over the counter network cable. Watch this

Where are you located? The cable appears to be a normal over the counter cable 1-1 2-2 3-3 4-4 5-5 6-6 7-7 8-8

What would you say then to someone that has an existing system that goes to sleep before midday and has the potential to export up to 15 units/day? I'm looking after such a system that was over paneled to mitigate winter / cloudy performance.

I have had a reply from Saldanha. Thanks for the input everyone. Attached to the forms we will require the following: ID of owner Drawing of SSEG COC Inverter certificate and it must be on proof list as Cape Town. Municipal account. Commissioning report. The systems must be sign of by an ECSA registered Pr Eng or Pr Tech Eng. If owner wants to export, a ECSA registered Pr Eng Pr Tech Eng must sign off on the job, for non-export of power a PV Green Card P4 Installer may also sign off. Because of the increase of SSEG applications, SBM made the decision that random inspections on existing and new SSEG installations will be conducted. SBM requires that the installer take two photos of all installed SSEG systems, new and existing. In terms of the agreement based on the Green-Cape and AMEU documentation, the allowable installation capacity is limited to 25 % of the connection capacity. To be connected to the grid, the consumer will also need to be a net user of energy. A domestic customer with a 60 Ampere single Phase connection (60A x 230V = 13,8KW) therefore may only install a 3.45KW system if the consumer want to feedback into network. The consumer will pay the normal Service and Connection Capacity Charge and the normal Energy rates for all the energy that is import. For the energy that is export into the grid, the consumer will be refunded for the energy at the Infeed Tariff. We make use of a double meter system where the Import and Export energy is recorded separately. If the consumer wants to feedback to the grid he will pay for new meter. Short explanation: Hybrid inverters operating in islanded (off-grid) mode Inverters which can be operated in grid-tied or islanded (off-grid) mode, but where physical wiring connections with the grid exist (e.g. via the distribution board), are considered grid-tied SSEG systems and require municipal permission as described in this document. This applies even if they are being operated in off-grid (islanded) mode. Only where there is no physical wiring connection to the grid, direct or indirect, is it not considered an SSEG Regards

I have emailed them and live in hope as the install deadline looms. Installer is being coy.

Saldanha / Langebaan. Is registration of a solar system required? Helping someone and need to pressure the installer to comply if so. I'm familiar with COCT and if it's similar that would be all I need to know.

Easiest for me is with a broom while it's raining.

At night the Victron system draws from the battery on the non essential side so that graph is as if it was on the essentials. Only when the grid is off will there be no draw from the battery on the non essential side. It's a Victron thing.

The battery is running the single 3 kilowatt element on the primary geyser without problems at night (see dips in the graph) so the heat pump should be fine especially when timed properly. Battery is always full by midday come rain or shine. The home situation there is not easy to describe as it changes with friends that help so random stuff gets switched on and they all talk at the same time 😉 I'm just refining the system for them.