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I have confirmed that it is currently 12 455W panels that I have

Hi All, Not sure if this is the correct category but here goes. I currently have a 8 KW Deye Hybrid Inverter with 12 x 450ish panels, when we did the installation my installer said we can go to a max of 20, so will be doing this soon. Now my question is actually the following, I want to go way beyond the 20 max that the inverter supports, my thinking is adding an external mppt that directly charges the batteries which then indirectly gives me more solar access to the house, is this possible? I have 4x 5.12 Shoto batteries that all connects to a battery bus and then to the inverter from there. Let me know if you require more info to make suggestions, I am not keen on adding another inverter in parallel at this stage since more panels with just a mppt will probably be cheaper, but if there is no other option then you got to do what you got to do Thanks

Who would you guys recommend to do work in Pretoria? Or is it something any qualified electrician can do and just then afterwards get a COC done?

Another thing I want to do is also hook up a generator for when things go really bad

Another thing I just thought about, without batteries, when the grid dies during the day does the inverter die with it or will it use solar to power itself?

I think you sold me on a sunsync 😂 question then becomes do you get a 5kw now and add another later of needed or just get a 8kw from the get go? At what is a good price Also I don’t think it is worth it to worry about how long it takes for it to pay for itself, no idea how long I will stay in the house I am currently in, already starting to think I need a bigger house, so will probably only be in this house another year or two, selling price of house can always cover part or most of the solar installation

Awesome, I will look into it, I am assuming it can do what I want it to do regarding initially only helping with power savings during day time and expanding later

Hi Everybody, So I have been interested in Solar for a while now, and have finally started doing the required research to get going There is so many options for inverters etc that I have no idea where to start, what would be best value for money spent etc. What I want to accomplish is getting a 5+ kw inverter up and running connecting some PV panels and reduce my eskom account during day time use, most of my electricity usage is during day light hours. Eventually I would like to get to a point where eskom is just a back up and that load shedding has no impact on my life