JohnMarc

Thanks for the responses, really appreciate this discussion. Somehow to me (in my admittedly absolute ignorance) the installation of a change-over switch sounds like an an unnecessary overkill considering the switchover capabilities of the Invertors. I am worried about adding potential redundancies into a system unless entirely necessary/required. I want to mitigate risks in the system as I will be away for extended periods (ha ha especially after this "house arrest" we are all having to endure, the bush is calling me). I will check if required for COC requirements. A further question if I may....... DC fuse as well as DC breaker ??? Do I need both, does the fuse add a layer of protection (or visa versa) that the breaker doesn't? Once again just want to be risk averse and do not want to add "unnecessary" potential failure points unless absolutely required. Stay safe and healthy

I have a 3 Phase board in my house (I only installed the 3 Phase to supply our 3 Ph instant hot water systems) and would like to know is there any reason why I could not dedicate one of the Phases to my 5Kva invertor and batteries. (won't need the hot water system during shutdowns as I have installed a system that automatically kicks it over to gas via solenoid valves) I have managed to have all of the critical supply wired to the one phase and would like to have some thoughts as to wether I am missing something here that does not allow me to do this. I have things like laundry and workshop etc on the other two phases so reasonably well balanced on Escom supply but when it switches off I want to operate just a single phase ..... Am I missing something that does not allow me to do this? Appreciate your thoughts Stay safe and healthy