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I need to purchase a power supply that can charge single LFP cells. Is there any preferred place in Cape Town to get this type of power supply or is it a Takealot special to get one?

well that is one way forward and I am considering microinverters. However this is for my boat and I haven't seen or heard of micro inverters being used in that environment.

I am installing a 48v PV system. Because of shading issues I need to connect each panel to its own mppt. This means I need a PV panel that can output over 61v NOCT in order for the mppt to start up and put some amps into the battery bank. So I need to find high voltage PV panels. Not finding much out there. Anyone ?

Nice find !! Thank you.

As the tittle says - looking for the most efficient panels in 1134ish wide size - anything in the 22% range or is 21.9% it in RSA ?

Got it thanks. I will check this out when I get back to CT next week. Right now enjoying the heat in Zambia 😉 CT is getting cold and wet again (of course its that time of year)

Yes I checked out the local suppliers with stocks. I went to the show in Cape Town a few months ago and met Amy from Docan - I bought her show samples from her when the show was over. The LF304 are USD$115 per cell in stock at Docan ZA. The same cell is USD$70 ex China stock. I need 160 (maybe a few more if I can fit them in). Do the math 160 x $45 USD per cell overhead to buy ZA stock. Thats $7200 USD - or approx. R133,200.00 !!!!! Its quite the pay day for a local supplier. So better I make those savings then hand them over. I am getting quotes from AMY now. I live in Zambia but working on a project in CT. In Zambia LiFePO4 is duty free and Zero rated for VAT. If I do go ahead and ship it might be just better to import them to Zambia rather then go through RSA. This is why I wanted to know about taxes in RSA. It looks like it will be far cheaper to just direct import into Zambia. I could really use them in RSA on the project to build everything in here but for that sort of saving it might be better to consider mock up cells here in RSA for placement/wiring and then drop in the real cells at home - not sure yet. But 133K is a mighty good incentive to figure out something. Looks like shipping into Dar Es Salam is around $900 now that shipping has returned to normal pricing. Will see, but good info here, thanks.

Good to know, thanks. So then it looks like duty free +VAT ?

Then after customs duty (if any - depends which code is used - hence the confusion), there is VAT - are Lithium cells Zero rated and no VAT or subject to 15%VAT even if they are duty free.

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It looks as though duty rates are dependant on the area/trade bloc the goods are coming from. It would appear that China comes under the heading "General" If that is true there are 2 tariff headings that could apply ; 8506.50.90 - 20% Duty rate. OR 8507.60 - 0% Duty rate I think it would be 85.07.60 but wanted to check with others here who have imported thier own cells.

Trying to figure out the expenses involved in importing LFP cells from China into RSA. I have a Tariff book for RSA from SARS but its a little confusing. (isn't anything SARS confusing?)

Does anybody know which Victron dealer is participating in the buy 2 get one free promo? From the Goggling I have done I can only find dealers offing a discount on the 3rd unit - not buy 2 get one free. Any heads up appreciated.

16S21P !! Not so sure about the 21P bit though. No visibility on each and every cell. How is the BMS handling this ?

interesting. in his vid he very clearly said no solar through the aux port but here you doing it. dont know what to think of the info out there on these inverters