Mookz

Apologies for the late reply, I went with gosolr. Very painful experience, many delays, install not completed and was left with incomplete setup for weeks, and when there was an issue took 4 days for them to send someone out in response. (Had to follow up at least twice a day to get a response) Install looks professional, everything now works after having to fight to get support. So in my personal experience, great equipment but poor service.

Ended up going with a rental, I got the exact spec I originally wanted but with 14 panels vs 12. Paying R2650pm

I am about to take the plunge. I am looking at Deye / Sunsynk 8kw inverters. 2x Hubble 5.5kwh AM2 batteries. And about 12x 600W panels. From the research I have done and read several debates this seems to be the "best" setup for my needs. If anyone could recommend an installer in the Western Cape / Southern Suburbs that would be amazing. Kind Regards

Thx again for the advise.

Hi @phil.g00 Thank you for the feedback. For the generator I was going on what info I was given, the generator was installed without consulting anyone, and they went ahead based on an electrician they found on-line's suggestions. I was only told about it after it was installed. You are correct I went in and checked the Generator it says: 6.8kW 28A 230V For the server room I worked out the watts load based on the total potential of the device's power supplies MAX ratings all together, but based on the Amps, it looks closer to 8 to 9.5kVA. For the Amps I took the readings directly from the APC UPS over time so 30 to 40Amps, but it generally stays withing the low to mid 30's. Kind Regards

Hi Everyone There are likely many similar posts already with similar questions and solutions, I have read through some and have a very basic idea / understanding of things. With that said I am looking for some advise and pointers on a solution I would like to have setup for a small business. They currently have a small server room that uses +/- 6000watts to 7000watts and 30 to 40 Amps. (Some devices can be shifted around to bring this down closer to 5000watts or less.) They will need to power this room as well as 1x laptop 40 to 75watts, 5x small form factor PC's 230watts each and 2x standard desktops +/- 500watts each. They only need to be up for 3 hours at a time for now. They already purchased a generator on the recommendation of an electrician, 28A, 6800kW petrol generator, it cannot handle the load. I am thinking of a solution whereby they can run either one large inverter with a battery bank or two inverters in parallel i.e. 1x 3kva + 1x 8kva and a battery bank and then use the generator to charge the batteries once the power has gone out. Or 1x 10kva or 12kva inverter and battery bank + generator to charge the batteries? Is it possible to run a generator to charge the batteries? And if so is there perhaps a recommended brand for this? Kind Regards