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hoohloc

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  1. Lets agree to disagree and avoid further derailing the threat. @Jaco Kotze you are getting 1294W from the Utility, your house is using 966w that is why you have only 328w to charge your batteries. To increase that 328W, you need to cut power to the house and use the 1294w available to charge the batteries or increase the 1294w by increasing the utility charge current because you can not change the 230v you get from the utility. The only variable that you can change is the current draw and if your inverter is limited to 5,6A, then tough. If you can find a way to increase that charge current and get more input power to your inverter, your only option is to isolate the power going to the house. I honestly do not see any other option. The inverter can not generate extra power, you get what you put in and nothing more. @P1000 has the correct answer, hopefully he will share. BTW, setting 13 or 20 was just an example, as explained, I have no clue how Goodwe works but I bet the basic operating principles of all inverters are the same
  2. That's your opinion and I doubt OP feels the same My opinion, I see it as helping because atleast he has an idea of what to look for. On his inverter the setting might be 13 or 20, but if you know what to look for, you will find it.
  3. So! Goodwe doesn't have Utility Charge current setting? I didn't know that, I honestly thought this applies to all inverters. It shows we learn every day and please note that I give advice or comments based on my real life experience working with Growatt. I have no experience with other inverters, so all my references will be based on growatt
  4. Again, read the original post and answer what has been asked. Forget about what I'm smoking because I aint going to share. The op asked how he can quickly charge his batteries, increasing the AC charge current will definitely increase the rate of charging as your input power to the inverter will be higher at higher current. School physics will tell you that the input power equals the out put power plus losses. Now if you have 10A x 230v, your input is 2300w, increasing the AC charge current to 30A will give you 30 x 230 =6900W and that is a what will be available for the inverter to use to convert to DC and charge your battery. The OP has Pylons, he needs a solution to his problem, not Hubble or 1C
  5. Yes, the one on the AC, he is charging from the grid and not PV. Read his post, and how on earth will you be able to get 100A from the grid without burning your house wiring? that isif the 63A breaker fail
  6. He already has Pylontecs, are you saying he should get Hubble? @Jaco Kotze Check your AC charge current and change it from the current setting and increase it. Note: do not increase it to 63A as it will trip your power to the house. Mine is set to 50A and my pylons charge slightly quicker from the grid than when the current was on 30A. BTW, even with Hubble's 1C you will not be able to charge the battery at 100A from the grid. Your 63A break will trip
  7. He already has Pylontecs, are you saying he should get Hubble? @Jaco Kotze Check your AC charge current and change it from the current setting and increase it. Note: do not increase it to 63A as it will trip your power to the house. Mine is set to 50A and my pylons charge slightly quicker from the grid than when the current was on 30A. BTW, even with Hubble's 1C you will not be able to charge the battery at 100A from the grid. Your 63A break will trip
  8. He already has Pylontecs, are you saying he should get Hubble? @Jaco Kotze Check your AC charge current and change it from the current setting and increase it. Note: do not increase it to 63A as it will trip your power to the house. Mine is set to 50A and my pylons charge slightly quicker from the grid than when the current was on 30A. BTW, even with Hubble's 1C you will not be able to charge the battery at 100A from the grid. Your 63A break will trip
  9. Eish! sorry about that, atleast you have a happy client and trust that you will get more referrals from him. I always insist on a site visit and try to check everything
  10. Get four Pylontech US3000C, which will give you 14kwh of storage or get three Pylontech UP5000 which will give you 14.4kwh of storage
  11. Thank you for the confidence in me @Edu If you managed to update the FW of the other two inverters and only one failed the update, it means there is nothing wrong with the FW and you used the right one for your model. My advice, take the inverter back to the supplier and have them repair or exchange it. Since your installation is new, use the warranty and claim. If only you had came forward with your issue before doing the FW update. These things can't run for 10 days and then all of a sudden stop, some thing or someone must have fiddled with the settings
  12. Straight forward install, where you don't need to drill through any walls, you provide the ladders, step ladder and a long ladder to climb over the roof, inverter and batteries to be installed right next to the DB, no splitting of DB, good access to a big ceiling/roof (not flat roof, I hate running cables in a flat roof), site within 10km radius from where I stay. I wouldn't charge more than R3k, but that is me
  13. You need to do a site visit in order to tell if labor charge is high or fair. The installer must have been to site and saw all the challenges he will face during the installation and then quoted accordingly. Commenting on the price without all the facts is pointless, best speak to the installer and negotiate a price
  14. The prices looks ok for both quotations except for the CoC if you are jhb. I paid R1500 for my CoC in 2020, R4k is a bit too much, maybe you can negotiate. I would go for the second option, LuxPower or Growatt SP5000ES, you will get 10Kw instead of 8Kw, two inverters and two batteries. The installer shows confidence in the battery, if he is willing to swop with Hubble in 6 months if you are not happy. But what happens if you are not happy with Hubble after the swap?
  15. Hubble removed the display screen and forgot to correct the numbering. they just skipped number 5 and went straight to 6
  16. If he says that then it means he must have tested it or did an installation using it sunsynk. After all, the battery looks similar to Hubble, my guess is that the internals and BMS might also be the same. Since there is no info on this battery, you will be the one confirm if it works and share with the forum.
  17. The LuxPower has two MPPTs, on paper it looks like it is better than the Growatt SPF5000ES and cheaper. I'm a fan of Growatt but in all honesty, I would go for a LuxPower if I were to do my install again.
  18. The battery look proper, never heard of it but if the price is good, go for it and write a review. Not so long ago, some of these 1C battery brands were also unknown and they still have a long way to prove them selves too.
  19. The inverter got fixed, and to be honest, the delay in my claim was purely because of the supplier. Growatt stepped up and all was sorted in reasonable time. Failures happen with electronic devices, it is the support you get when you have a failure that counts. In my case, Growatt support was tops and the inverter is still running fine a year later and with more years of warranty still remaining
  20. I would assume you will need lots of ventilation in the room you will be installing it.
  21. If you decide to go with the similar set up as mine, then you do not really need a Sunsynk. You can use the extra funds and get more batteries or PV panels. The two runs my entire house and two ACs, 12000btu and 24000btu, geyser, stove, oven and all other appliances with ease. Just change your geyser element to a 1.5kw if using a 150L geyser. And I'm using the cheaper version that doesn't blend solar and grid power, never had to worry about AC passthrough or inverter tripping of over load. One thing to note, I have installed a gas water heater for morning showers because my geyser is switched off before sun set and then back on at sun rise. At night, only one AC is used because I need the batteries to take me through out the night.
  22. If looking for a silent inverter, have a look at Solar Select LuxPower SNA5000. I don't have much info on it but I've heard it does not use a fan to cool, need to find some who can confirm that
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