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@flamegrilled are you city of Cape Town

can't you buy a Volta old generation

As @TaliaB mentioned, he uses an 'isolator", a circuit breaker will create an arc when opened/closed under load, so have to us a Nork breaker or an actual isolator

Having great results from the bi-facial panels in my installations, not scientifically measured, but overall, seems to produce more than normal panels

I have never set up voltage mode for any of my clients, always lithium bms, but some of them still get the F56 low voltage trip ( without grid ), when they go over the discharge limits set up on the inverter or if it is a one battery set up

approximately 3 years old, replaced with a larger inverter- comes with wifi dongle Located Northern suburbs Cape Town

@Virwat , remember, these are the push connectors, there is a major supply issue out there

Unfortunately, if you are not in Jo'brg, the Sunsynk has to be shipped to to them, creates a lot longer wait time for repairs

A Victron has a built in automatic neutral to earth relay which activates in the ups mode, so you should have any stray voltage

you would be ok with 5 per string also

Sunsynk 8 kW should be rated at 22A per string, 450V max, so five in series on a string will be fine

yes, it is still the same

@Garthox Do you have the push connectors ?

@Calli , the warranty would would be held by Voltex, or actually Sunsynk South Africa. Since Herholdts parted ways with Sunsynk, they are referring you to contact Sunsynk for any assistance. Not sure how long the special is good for, when i bought mine, they had 38 left in stock, which was about two weeks ago.

@Marcodp , I am an installer in Cape Town, I can assist you and also put you in touch with an engineer who can do the Eskom registration, please message me or call me on 079-289-7355.

Voltex is selling the Sunsynk 5.32 kWk battery for R16,100 ( just bought one ), however you need the push connector cables

I hate winter, cold, rain, cloudy, etc, etc, etc🙂🙂

Has anyone used one in their home/business, thinking of getting one to measure peak loads, etc in a db

@James1 , agree with you there, I am also an installer and run my own house on a 5 kW, wife has learnt how to keep grid to essentially zero ( trickle feed ) and except for geyser and oven on non essential, whole house is on essential, hardly an ac overload trip, but, yes, for clients, who don't to to bother managing loads, i try to steer them away from the 5 kW, if at all possible. My markup and labor is the same for a 5kw or 8 kw, so only difference is price of the 2

My monthly consumption is approximately 500 kWh's, in summer I buy about 25-30 KWh's per month and winter about 100 kWh's

@BarendD, are you located in Cape Town, if so, you don't have to do a line drawing, it is part of the online application, if not, you can use a drawing provided by CoCT. I have always pointed the arrow on the CT towards the inverter in my installations and reversed the wires at the inverter if the CT is showing negative.

a lot of Volta problems seems to be related to bms firmware updates

I run an 18000 BTU inverter aircon on a 5 kW Sunsynk, with no issues at all. with 15 kWh's of battery charged by solar panels, run it practically all night.

To be listed, Sapvia has quite high annual dues, thats why I am not on it

Yes, you are correct, that means one who has passed/completed SAPVIA accreditation. Where are you located