Barry de Kock

Hi Cef, Thank you Sir, great program and the update so far is AWESOME and giving me so much more insight into the working and operational side of my Solar setup. You can and should advise Goodwe what can be done for their apps and programs. Thank you

Hi Cef, Thank you again for a most awesome program, I will be downloading and installing. The work and time you have put into this is highly appreciated and making sense of a solar installation. Thank you again

Cef, The preview looks absolutely AWESOME, can't wait. Thank you for a great program. Barry

How are the daily income and total income settings activated? After 18 months of operation, our system shows R0.00

Hi Cef, Installed as per the instructions, but cannot get 3.40 to run correctly. Attached photos of the error messages I get when starting up and trying to run. Any Idea as to what I am doing wrong? Thank you.

CEF, Thank you again for an excellent addition in terms of an information platform for a lay person like me to be able to make sense of my system. Your hard work and dedication is highly appreciated. Barry

This is a most AWESOME program. I can now make sense of my PV and inverter as a solar system. Cef, THANK YOU for your time and effort, you are a star, your work, effort and dedication is highly appreciated. Barry

Hello Cef, You are correct that my question was about the "LCD Mode" - Parameters and the information there. Unless I have a big load the power balance have a continuous minus XXXw and I was trying to correct it via the settings on the Parameters screen. What would the "normal" settings be on the Parameters screen, photo of mine attached. Thank you again for a great program, Regards

Cef, Thank you for the updated version, downloaded it, installed the program and it runs like a well oiled machine. Thank you for your hard work and input giving us a real time monitor to see how the system is performing. Well done to an awesome program. In the MODE section, the info given there, is that generated by the program, or settings needed to be input by the users? What is the normal readings and settings for the items on the MODE page? Thank you again for your great effort and awesome real time monitor.

Cef, Thank you for this excellent program. As a newby to SOLAR, it is a great way to try and make sense of what is happening and going on within the system. Well done.

Thank you and also for the program, downloaded it, battled a bit to get it going, but smiling now.

Good day, As a newby, please advise where this can be changed. Thank you

Hi David, Inverter linked to WiFi and on the SEMS portal as well as PV Master, but I have no clue what to look for and how to interpret some of the info. Could you give me some guidelines what and where to look for what and use the information?

Thank you, Only trip if Escom/grid side is off. Supplementary power from grid side does come through when needed. Apologies if I do not explain/express myself correctly, new to this with all the terminology and items.

Again, new to it all. Where on the app will i find the information?

Thank you for your reply, In all fairness to the installer, who has been very helpful and has taken his yearly holiday break, put the system in/on backup mode leaving the battery charged at 100% by Escom. When following your recommendation regarding batteryview, which mode should I change it to? Geysers and oven was left on Escom grid, no kettle, gas hob and like you say "Background Noise" adds up, but, we try not to overload/ exceed items being used as inexperienced solar newbies. We do try to use the washing machine, dishwasher and other high draw household items during periods of high PV, full sun generation. Hair dryer being used maybe once a week and we do realise that we need to educate ourselves as to how, what, where and when to use items adapting to the solar power system. If it is the battery that trips, what would be the process to reset it and the system?

With my inexperience I do not know if it is the inverter tripping or the battery tripping/shutting down.

Thank you for the feedback. 1. Richard, the Inverter is a Goodwe 5048D-ES 2. Buyeye, all else are the plugs and lights. (the house fridge, mini bar fridge and upright freezer, HiFi, TV, WiFi and computer.) Regarding the stove we have a gas hob and electric oven. 3. Achmat, thank you for the info regarding batteries. Do you reckon that it is the Inverter tripping?

Our System: Goodwe 5048D-ES 10 x 435 watt Canadian Solar panels (CS3W-435MS) 1 x Pylontech Lithium US3000 Oven and 2 geysers operating from the grid, all else on the Solar system My question: The system, taken into use on Friday afternoon (11/12), tripped in the early hours of Sunday morning, about 03h00 (13/12) when we had a power failure due to cable theft (Alberton area). The installer came out and the system was reset, but, due to us not having "Solar Experience", we tripped the system later on, by using to many appliances and not knowing how to reset the system after tripping. This resulted in us not having power for a couple of hours until Sunday evening 21h00, when Escom power was restored and the the system restarted with all systems operating. Total power failure time about 16 hours, Sunday was a good day, with loads of sun. When the trip happened there was about 65% charge in the battery. Monday, with the help of the installer, it was established that the system trips as the use of items increased. With the microwave on, no problem, then the hair dryer got added and the system tripped apparently at "15" something (Watts, I do not know). I do not know if it is the battery or the inverter, but the installer is of the opinion that it could be a problem with the battery. Would it be advisable to add another battery unit? We currently have the single battery on recommendation of the installer. The first couple of days the battery charged to a max. of 88% then it went up to 100% whilst operating on the Backup mode, Wednesday morning (16/12) Today we experienced another trip, but with Escom power it took a while and everything was back up and running. When we had a power failure (Sunday) it was a more complicated reset by the installer, as the battery discharged to minimum without anything drawing current for some unknown reason. The system is now operating on "Backup Mode", battery not discharging and I would like to know how to prevent the system tripping, make use of the battery and save some money in the process. I would like to know if it is the battery or the inverter causing the system to trip. Any advice on how to prevent the system from tripping and how to reset the system when it happens please.