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Item: 12V Exide Silver Calcium Deep Cycle Batteries x 2 Age: 1 Week Price: R 2000 each or R 3900 if you take both. Payment Method Accepted: EFT or Cash Warranty: Remainder of Warranty (think it is 2 years) Packaging: Original Condition: Like new Location: Cape Town - Northern Suburbs Reason: Decided to go 48V Lithium Shipping: Too heavy Collection: most welcome to collect Link: https://www.campandclimb.co.za/product/exide-smf100-deep-cycle-battery-12v?dTribesID=A6sjAzONbQJsp44CnVTI7rKrSkIWPN8M|adtribes|35970&utm_source=Google Shopping&utm_campaign=Google Merchant Centre&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=35970&gclid=Cj0KCQiAys2MBhDOARIsAFf1D1cBkR1LkBbrBIbAs77CsY5VmS4osXenWPrYiYQ1xEOSrsJ3Twe02HQaAvHXEALw_wcB

Item: SYNAPSE INVERTER 2.4KW 24V HYBRID Age: 1 week Price: R4500.00 Payment Method Accepted: EFT Warranty: Remainder of 1 year warranty. Original Invoice will be provided. Packaging: Original Packaging with all accessories Condition: Like New Location: Cape Town - Northern Suburbs Reason: Decided to go Bigger Shipping: On Buyer at your risk after monies reflect in my account Collection: Yes, most welcome Link: https://www.brights.co.za/product/synapse-inverter-2-4kw-24v-hybrid/

Hi. Just checking, I know its a long shot. This still available?

Thanks for reply. Makes absolute sense. Now to wait 6 weeks for S100s to come back into stock. Cant find them anywhere in stock at the moment.

@Tariq Thanks for the confirmation. I am definitely looking at the S100's but just wanted to check that I am not missing something by not upgrading to the AM4.

Hi. Hope you all well. New here, so please be gentle I currently have a 24v Synapse 2.4KW inverter, connected to essential supplies for backups only during loadshedding. Currently have it hooked up to 2 x 12v 100ah deep cycle lead acid batteries in series (I know this is old school). These batteries are about 2 months old, and have been working fine) I have been looking at replacing batteries to 1 x Hubble AM4 (24V Lithium) and I have been wondering how this will affect my runtime and if I can add to the essential loads if I change to a Lithium Battery. Except for the additional 40% runtime, and the life expectancy boost of lithium batteries (Life Cycle), will the battery drain still be similar to lead acid? I have also noted that the Hubble AM-4 is rated at 2.6KWh. How is this different from the normal lead acids? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

@MongooseMan and @Tariq Thanks so much for the guidance and offers of assistance. I will definitely take these into consideration once I have all my ducks in a row. Appreciate it.

Thanks. What kind of time frame are we looking at for COCT approval? If you look at the website, they require you to apply before you purchase and also for the installer to provide plans etc for the system which must be approved before you build. So are you saying that if you have a COCT approved inverter and single phase, you dont have to do the application? Thanks. Sorry for all the questions, just want to know what I am letting myself in for.

I am referring to the regulations on the website: https://www.capetown.gov.za/Family and home/Greener-living/Saving-electricity-at-home/going-solar. https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Procedures%2c guidelines and regulations/Requiremenst for Samll-Scale Embedded Generation.pdf Was just wondering if I will have to go through all this... or is this all outdated info?

I see that the City of Cape Town wants us to jump through quite a bit of hoops to obtain permission to install a PV system. Anyone here that can recommend an installer that will be able to provide the necessary information required by COCT?

Thanks for the advice all. Will forge ahead with the investigations and feedback once I know a bit more in terms of power hungry appliances.

Thanks for the tips. Really did not know Plasma's take up that much power. I do have a Plasma that could do with replacing that is on most of the time. Think I will get me a Sonoff Pow R2 as well to test components draw. (make up a lead) Anyone know where I can source and Efergy? Doesnt seem to be in stock anywhere.

Thanks for the response and suggestions. Fortunately for me , no one baths. All showers. I have noticed that my teen daughters have the electric blankets going at night, however. They have been back at school since the beginning of August so no real day time usage until 3pm when they get home. I will admit that the parents are real tea drinkers (even in summer) so have not really watched how they boil water etc. I like the idea of the blinking prepaid meter to see what circuits are they heavy pullers. I think I will invest in an Effergy to give me a clearer idea though.

Hi. Thanks so much for you response. Yeh, I am at a loss here of what is using so much electricity. Like I said, I had 2 geysers that were on permanently, and have recently invested in a Solar Geyser to provide the necessary savings of electricity, but I am still not satisfied that we are using this much electricity a day. (Ave spend per month is between R 3500 - R 4000 per month. ) If I can make some kind of saving here that would help to fund the batteries i need to purchase. I think the first thing I will need to do is perhaps get my electrician out here and try to identify the power guzzlers (as per my knowledge, it is only the pool pump and geysers that utilise quite a bit. Pool pump is 0.75KW x 6 hours = 4.5 KW or units - Geyser 100L - 2KW element on for 2 hours a day = 4KW) Other Geyser Solar 150 L Top up in winter and early mornings (3KW element on for 2 hours a day) = 6KW That takes us up to 14.5KW per day for these alone. I am still missing another 26KW usage which I cant put my finger on. Forgot to mention, that stoves are all Gas. One electric oven (used maybe once a week) and other oven is Gas. So not attributing much to loss to this. Any recommendations for how I can start tracking these usages? I have read about the Effergy units, but not sure how good or accurate they actually are. Any advice would be appreciated.