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Thanks! i don't have 3phase motos etc....but i saw this on another forum for sale....so maybe you can put the whole house on 1 phase and use this for your borehole pump. 5kw might be a bit light though for that and a household) Just google Yaskawa VSD...it takes 1phase to 3phase. so just this in front. So when money is available buy another 5kw inverter....then you are good to go.

Ok great...makes sense....well it's rated at 6000 cycles at 20% and 3000 cycles at 0% so count cycles according to those numbers. thanks!

Hi there, thanks all for the input...everything was taken into account....i settled for the 8kwDeye and 2 5kw volta...and 14 550w CS. it works like a charm so i'm just playing around with settings and time and and and. 2 last questions....is Solar assistant worth it? i will go and read about it just now. Cycles on a battery....let's say 6000 cycles...how are they counted? is 1 cycle to 20% DOD....Example is i take my batt down 10% a day for 8 days....so 10 a day...and back up. does that count a 1 cycle...roughly...or 8 cycles. I'm not too worried about lifecycle as that is roughly 16 years at full depletion every day....in 15 years...lots will change and saving cents and percentages to only buy a 20Kw in 5 years for 30k does not make sense. don't quote me on that hahahaha. i would rather work my asset and get off eskom as close to 100% Once again all help appreciated!! Obv very cloudy today and batteries are 100% so only generating as needed. This in normal load and geyser running...2 tvs...3 compers...2 fridges and and and....so all is well

Any comments on this would be appreciated

Just adding...on the 3 phase...it will get extra load from the grid if needed? so only those limitations when there is loadshedding?

Hi Scorp007...the 4kw is just how the three phase inverter splits the load? that is for one inverter. 12kw deye or SS... If i want to go the seperate route that will be 3x5kw which then puts me over 60k, just for that. This quoted from another local forum "The Sunsynk 12 kW delivers 4 kW per phase if all phases are loaded to 4kW. If the other phases are not loaded to the maximum rating, then a single phase can deliver up 6 kW. It can handle imbalances of 50% without an issue." if this is the case then it will work perfectly for my application, with least amount of db work etc. Geyser/Lights/Plugs. Geyser and lights will be fine...it will only be the plugs that might ever hit 6kw. we idle at about 600w....bar kettle washing machine etc. Switch 2 on and will sit at 4.5kw easy. obv these can be "regulated" with eductaion or smart switches. So my question is can it do 6kw? or even 5kw sustained? appreciated!

This is a pic of the breaker....

Ok wow! so many answers...will take me a while to reply properly... On the 12kw...4kw per phase I read that a phase can be sustained at 6kw....so if maxed out....6kw on one phase 4on another and 2 on the last one? obv you would not want to keep it at 6kw...but would be nice to know? quoted... 100% unbalanced output, each phase Max. output up to 50% rated power.

Hi All, my first post here and thanks for the Join! I'm not new to Inverter etc but i am new to PV and 3 Phase. I've been running my little RCT 3kva inverter with Lead/Lithiums since 2015. lead first and then Lith of course. That was on a single phase house and no issues. We moved to a 3 phase house and I've been running it on one of the phases also no issues. House is split Geyser-Stove/Plugs/Lights on the 3 phases. I'm running it on just the plugs and made do with lamps plugged in and some "extra" lightning with smart switches etc. I'm making the plunge and just want to do it the correct way from the get go balanced according to budget. 1st option is to just get a 3 phase inverter 4kw on each phase. this is prob the easiest but also costly. batteries and panels. 2nd and cheapest is to do a 5kw/5kw battery and 6 panels on 1 phase...and just keep doing what i'm doing now. 3rd is to do an 8Kw inv 10kw batt and 12 panels, but also on just one phase but then i lose out on the saving etc for the geyser...lights are prob not even 500w(all led etc.) and here my question...can I convert the house to 1 phase? or just move my geyser to the phase on inverter. or move lights and plugs on one and leave geyser on the other? one empty. I've read that it is prob not that easy as the lines have to be balanced etc wararara....i do not have any 3 phase equipment and not looking at any. I just want to pay eskom as least possible so last option is to just convert 3 phase to 1(which seems like a waste). Any comments appreciated