Big Foot

Thank you all for the good input. I am on the learning curve but at my age it is slippery. By the way, my inverter is an SMA Sunny Tripower 5000TL. As a slight update, I am waiting for a solar consultant in my area to send a quote. Three others made appointments this week and didn't pitch. It seems that in the world of solar consultants, two words will separate the men from the boys: 'three phase'. Hopefully I will have new information to add soon. Thanks again and enjoy your weekend.

Ok, thanks for the reply Mike. I understand the travel would be too much. Enjoy your weekend.

Thanks again Plonkster, I will contact Mr. Pagels and Mike. I am certainly happy to pay for this work and indicated such to the Fab Four. I am now wondering if many contractors in the solar industry here are a bit confused about the current laws covering this issue. They are confident in the installation of the equipment but leave the legal registration aspects to the customer. As soon as I get this whole thing sussed out, I will update the board with what I found out.

Thank you for the reply Plonkster. This is a bit frustrating. I have contacted four different solar power consultants / electricians and all have agreed to come look at my system and do a paid consulting to resolve this problem. None actually showed up for their appointments. Not one. After re-calling them a couple of times each, it is evident that they aren't interested in taking the job but will not tell me that. I guess they are just cherry-picking which jobs they want. Does anyone know a professional solar consultant in the Cape Town area which would be interested in taking on this job? Key word there is 'professional'. Thank you.

Greetings, I need some advice on what I need to do to satisfy the City of Cape Town’s requirements for my PV system. Two years ago I had a 4kw PV structure installed. As I have 3-phase power in my house, a SMA Tripower inverter was used. Recently I received a notice from the City indicating that I must change my meter to a pre-paid unit. Everyone in my neighbourhood got one of these notices. As my current meter is one of the old rotating disk types (with three disks), I am trying to find out what I need to do to meet the City’s requirements. I have seen some of the previous posts here, however they don’t seem to address 3-phase systems. I would be very grateful for any advice. Big Foot.