sarelb

Hi Sarel
 
Congratulations on your installation. You have a nice set-up here and i have a system similar to yours.
 
Just be very careful with the way you earth the system, even the so-called pro's get it wrong sometimes when it comes to this type of system.It's not grid tie system nor a off-grid system, its what the yanks call an island system, as there is still utility power connected to your property. 
 
Enjoy the energy of the sun.

Hi guys,
 
I am fairly new to the forum and found a lot of useful information here.
 
This is my current system.
 
30 x 300w Renesola pv
2 x 120a WRND MPPT Charge controllers
1 6kw PowerStar IR Inverter
16 x Narada 12v 200ah battery bank
 
I have attached a few pics.
 
Sarel

Hi Clint
No, I have a prepaid meter.  The only items on my municipality bill are property rates, waste management, water and sanitation.
Our plan is to buy R100 prepaid units every month (the lowest rate) and build up for when we need a few units when we have bad weather.
I am in Centurion and we are part of City of Tshwane.

Hi Chris,
We first used an Efergy meter and started with a daily consumption of 60kwh (unbelievable yes).  We then switched off the outer buildings (not used unless we have friends over).  Then we converted one geyser to heat pump and another geyser to Plasma.  We also replaced all our lights with LED lights.  We also "learned" to use electricity wisely (don't walk out of a room with aircon running, etc).
Now we are using between 24 and 35 kwh per day and we run everything off solar.

Hi Chris,
We first used an Efergy meter and started with a daily consumption of 60kwh (unbelievable yes).  We then switched off the outer buildings (not used unless we have friends over).  Then we converted one geyser to heat pump and another geyser to Plasma.  We also replaced all our lights with LED lights.  We also "learned" to use electricity wisely (don't walk out of a room with aircon running, etc).
Now we are using between 24 and 35 kwh per day and we run everything off solar.

Well done.
 
Some nice kit you've got there.
 
The local authority talks about an SSEG.
 
You're an LSEG.