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  1. Can you post a pic of the panel specs. I highly doubt those are 12v panels. Look for the Open circuit voltage (Voc) values on the panels.
  2. Can you perhaps share the details and possibly sales links of this inverter please?
  3. " I didn't have a proper MC4 crimper, so I just squashed the connectors on with pliers" You should fix this though Edit : I misread - thought you actually joined the wires by twisting them together with pliers .My bad. Squashing them IN the connectors with pliers seems just fine to me
  4. Very interesting content. Wondering the validity of it all. Make sense in a way I guess, my Solis has integrated isolator
  5. Sounds like you don't have a battery hooked up and it's running as grid tied. Without battery, when the sun goes down the inverter powers off even with AC present. This is by design.
  6. Have one of these. And it does what you need it to. Feeds excess to non-essential circuits as well as excess of excess to grid if you so choose. Has the option to block export. the 3kw is limited on the Backup AC port - so anything on essential is limited to 3kw. Which is for the most part more than enough for essential loads. Non essentials benefit from PV when the grid is available. That's when i choose to go balls to the wall and run the geyser, dishwasher, washing machine etc etc etc
  7. Are you removing the smashed panels? I have 3 out of the 6 panels on a string that are smashed. Sealed them with clear epoxy and they still work mostly fine.
  8. Are you absolutely sure Time of Use is turned off? If there is a discharge window set in time of use it will discharge your battery to grid in that window. Edit. I see your last post was an answer:D Perhaps enable time of use as a test, set a charge and discharge time slot, in the discharge time slot make it for 10min, see what happens when that window comes around. If it discharges to grid for that few minutes and not longer that's a good start. Then disable time of use and enable self use and monitor further. Maybe, just a glitch that needs to be enabled to be disabled. A pity they removed the screen from these new gen inverters. Have the previous model with the screen and there has been ocassions in the past where I set something on the app and it doesn't pass through. The screen was helpful through many glitchy app phases.
  9. If well within the voltage specs it shouldn't go "poof". Curious to know though, when folks are seeing way higher than rated output are they seeing voltages going past the advertised Voc or just amps climbing?
  10. I'm near certain you still can export. Meter will either trip after a certain threshold or just merrily export away while your units deplete as it cannot differentiate if electricity is going in or out. My Conlog Prepaid doesn't trip and from experimentation doesn't appear to have a threshold where it will trip either and it gladly accepts export all while charging me to send power back. Something to be careful of.
  11. Mine is similar to the second pic installed on an IBR roof. Not going to lie, I've had water ingress post installing but have since applied a generous amount of rubber sealant under, in and around every mount hole. No more ingress and fingers crossed it holds up. I plan on inspecting before each rainy season though.
  12. Have similar rails and they've survived the elements especially some near gale force winds.
  13. Are these "rules" applicable to Parklands though? COCT seems to be steering the ship off a cliff but Parklands and surrounds is not on COCT but Eskom. That's been my only consolation all along. Eskom and their incompetence can't steer any thing anywhere and will turn a blind eye, indefinitely I hope, to it all
  14. No cost if you're residential?
  15. Had a very similar issue way back when using analog cameras. Came down to an earthing issue on my side. Maybe an avenue worth exploring?
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