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I have a 8 kW (16x 360 w panels) system with a 10 kW Sunsync inverter and 4x Pylontech US3000 C battery storage. Connected to the grid but not able to feed into the grid in Makhanda / EC. My question: why do the lights dim and flicker when we lose the grid/utility in the middle of the day with full sun or in the evening with fully charged batteries. Everytime the utility power is cut the lights start dimming/flickering although there is plenty of solar power or battery available. My installer has made some changes but it does not really make a difference. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you

Hi, we installed a 8kW pv system with 18 Canadian 330W panels, 2x 5 kW Synapse inverters and 14.5 Kwh battery storage. This is a most amazing setup and although the Synapse can't feed into the grid and thus we're a little cheaper, we are more than satisfied. I have a pre-paid meter and have added since 2019 about 4x R1000 for bad weather days and set the system on solar/battery/utility last and it works like a bomb. By 16:00 the batteries are usually fully charged and we make it through the night easily with the heat pump kicking in at 5 in the morning on battery and seldom moves across to utility. Not sure what I have set my batteries to discharge to but it is not below 50% to protect them. We have adjusted to pv and after 17:00 we only use electricity for fridge, lights, outside lights and TV and cook with gas. Washing machine is a new Bosch energy saving and fridge is Bosch AAA. All heavy electricity usage like ironing, dishwasher,welding ect we do during sunshine time and all is good.

Good morning, I need some advice on settings for a Synapps 5kv x2 inverter on a 8 kv system using 18x 330w panels and 4x phylontec lithium ion battery bank. What should my optimal settings be to use Eskom as little as possible as I am currently using 5 to 8 units per day from the utility (previous 18 to 20) and wondered if I can reduce that even more. Many thanks