Posted January 27, 20223 yr Good day, We did an installation for a guy with sunsynk, He wants to add wind turbines to the system. Which turbines will be the best with the system with compatibility?
May 30, 20222 yr On 2022/01/27 at 3:06 PM, GARRED said: Which turbines will be the best with the system with compatibility? Following. Did you eventually add a wind turbine to the SunSynk hybrid?
June 21, 20222 yr On 2022/01/27 at 2:06 PM, GARRED said: Good day, We did an installation for a guy with sunsynk, He wants to add wind turbines to the system. Which turbines will be the best with the system with compatibility? Hi There Did you guys ad a Turbine? And so which one ? Edited June 21, 20222 yr by deserthogtac
June 21, 20222 yr @Powerforum Store Steve has successfully done this. Steve please do share your wisdom. He intergrated it with a wind grid tie inverter. Sincerely Jason
October 10, 20222 yr Good day All I'm busy with Wind turbine integration on the SunSynk and Deye inverters. I was wondering if there is someone that could assist me with the integration part of this? and if someone has managed to accomplish this yet? Â Kind Regars Evan-061 438 0369 Nodist solar www.nodistsolar.co.za
October 10, 20222 yr @Powerforum Store Steve has successfully done this. Steve please do share your wisdom. He intergrated it with a wind grid tie inverter. Sincerely Jason Â
May 8, 20231 yr On 2022/10/10 at 11:55 AM, Evan9707 said: Good day All I'm busy with Wind turbine integration on the SunSynk and Deye inverters. I was wondering if there is someone that could assist me with the integration part of this? and if someone has managed to accomplish this yet? Â Kind Regars Evan-061 438 0369 Nodist solar www.nodistsolar.co.za Did you get the Turbine working on the Sunsynk? If so, which Turbine did you use. Looks like there is not much success stories for Turbines onto the Sunsynks?
May 8, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, onverwag said: Did you get the Turbine working on the Sunsynk? If so, which Turbine did you use. Looks like there is not much success stories for Turbines onto the Sunsynks? Does it not work by just following the guideline in the manual by rectifying the AC from turbine and connect it on its own into a MPPT on the Sunsynk. Add the caps in parallel and 1kW resistor in series. Edited May 8, 20231 yr by Scorp007
May 11, 20231 yr On 2022/10/10 at 12:05 PM, Energy-Jason said: @Powerforum Store Steve has successfully done this. Steve please do share your wisdom. He intergrated it with a wind grid tie inverter. Sincerely Jason  Still silence.... Has anybody had success with a wind turbine and sending it through a Sunsynk inverter via the Aux/Gen port? Â
May 24, 20231 yr I have solar with the 5kw Sunsynk hybrid. I am also VERY curious if the wind turbine can be combined into the system? As it seems, radio silence!  Anyone with a bit of knowledge?
May 24, 20231 yr 8 minutes ago, konradtoerien said: I have solar with the 5kw Sunsynk hybrid. I am also VERY curious if the wind turbine can be combined into the system? As it seems, radio silence!  Anyone with a bit of knowledge? Read the manual and you will see how the input is connected to a MPPT. NO comment in the past when I placed the actual circuit.Â
May 24, 20231 yr Sorry Scorp, not aimed at you. But thank you for the advice! I havent studied the manual, but Im also snobbish towards the turbine and prices... This stuff is expensive as hell!
May 24, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, konradtoerien said: Sorry Scorp, not aimed at you. But thank you for the advice! I havent studied the manual, but Im also snobbish towards the turbine and prices... This stuff is expensive as hell! Personally I think there are so many negatives around wind for personal use. We would love to have some generation during the night. May be I am biased because we don't have much wind in Gauteng so a no go tech.Â
May 24, 20231 yr On 2023/05/11 at 7:15 PM, cndavel said: Still silence.... Has anybody had success with a wind turbine and sending it through a Sunsynk inverter via the Aux/Gen port?  Silence as I doubt many would try a method not indicated by Sunsynk I wish someone like @Steve87 or other installers could comment on using the MPPT input. Not many can blow up a Sunsynk doing R&D at home. Edited May 24, 20231 yr by Scorp007
May 24, 20231 yr Hi all. We are building a constant voltage controller for wind turbine. Will be able to use sunsynk, Solis, victron. Give us 7 weeks more ;). Sincerely Jason
May 24, 20231 yr Jason you beast! Thank you for the replies! We stay in the West Coast...reason for thinking wind as other atlernative as well. All Im looking for is something to provide a charge at night or at least just to keep the battery from draining too fast during cloudy weather. So nothing major.  Thank you guys for all the advice!
May 25, 20231 yr 13 hours ago, Scorp007 said: Personally I think there are so many negatives around wind for personal use. We would love to have some generation during the night. May be I am biased because we don't have much wind in Gauteng so a no go tech. I agree. I have moved from Pretoria to the Cape and have been here for 3.5 years... What wind? Simplistically you get a breeze, wind and a storm. Storm = damage, trees blow over Wind = walk on the beach and get sand blown into your eyes Breeze = having your hair blown deurmekaar....  😃 I often go to Strand and the times I experienced wind, I can count on one hand. I think wind-turbines are a hobby for the tinkers and DIYers. You need quite an expensive setup to even just get an occasional 300W_ave or 1000W_peak. I don't think it is worth it for someone that has grid available. If you are truly off-grid and stay in a very windy and remote location, then it might make sense. Wind-turbines need a lot of regular inspection and mechanical maintenance or they can be very dangerous. You would not want a thing like that land on your neighbour's property. The properties in the cape are extraordinary small. Even if one had reliable wind, a wind-turbine would be a non-starter for most people. Small wind-turbines that can generate 10 or 15W for things like remote sensors, weather stations, etc. can make sense. Edited May 25, 20231 yr by Modina
May 25, 20231 yr Here is one wind turbine from Electromann for 5.5k but will it add value to my existing solar system? https://electromannsa.co.za/product/fltnxy-power-800w-48v-small-wind-turbine-for-home-use/?keyword=&utm_term=&utm_campaign=&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=3590323982&hsa_cam=20116463243&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjryjBhD0ARIsAMLvnF-jsL_V6M6tytqkAJcxYq0JfFr5S5pkW2W8uze0EJke4dNicqrrpOUaAvI2EALw_wcB
May 25, 20231 yr @TaliaB I first thought you meant 5.5KW 😂 I see it's 5.5K Rand. Well, the guys show the right pictures, standing in remote locations with no other houses far & wide in sight.  R 5500 sounds very cheap. That price will likely only be the generating head with blades. They say with MPPT, but I doubt it. Although that MPPT is only analogue, no microprocessor in there. I saw the schematic of someone who back-engineered it. It's not 48V, only 12/24V. It even says so on the label. The mast alone, with steel anchor cables, foundation, etc. will likely cost another 5.5K, if not more.
July 14, 20231 yr On 2023/05/24 at 8:20 PM, Energy-Jason said: Hi all. We are building a constant voltage controller for wind turbine. Will be able to use sunsynk, Solis, victron. Give us 7 weeks more ;). Sincerely Jason Any feedback? Your 7 weeks are up, and I am following with interest.
July 14, 20231 yr Hi Guys so we have been working very hard to get a workable solution for the wind turbine integration with Home Inverter systems and also larger scale commercial systems. So what we have found so far is that you can integrate a wind turbine with a SUNSYNK / DEYE inverter in a couple of ways. ( HYBRID INVERTER SYSTEMS) Option 1 is with a MPPT Controller that connects to your battery bank this is the least efficient method reason being you are always going from a High voltage to a low voltage and then back to a higher voltage AC to DC to AC Conversion process this creates a lot of loss converting the Wind power to usable AC power We also find that there is always competition between the wind turbine MPPT controller and the Hybrid Inverter Internal MPPT's and because there is no meaningful communication between the Wind Turbine controller and the Hybrid inverter you have to try an set everything up in Voltage mode which causes a lot of headaches to get everything fine tuned to work together. Also the Wind turbine MPPT Controllers have very limited communication capabilities and it would require special software development to facilitate this which increases the complexity of this method. The Wind Turbine MPPT's also do not support all brands of lithium batteries so again you have to revert to Voltage control method which is not ideal because the battery BMS cannot manage charge and discharge rates using CAN or RS485 communication with the battery. These systems are based on our own Variable Pitch ODIN Wind turbine range that start at 2KW up to 100KW The other option is using a Victron system and integrating a Bornay Wind Turbine MPPT with the Victron system however this is not the most efficient method because everything in the Victron system converts from Low Voltage to High Voltage and the Bornay MPPT Couples to the 48V Lithium Storage Bornay can also couple with SMA however this method is mainly used for Grid tied solutions and not relevant in this discussion. However the Victron system can communicate with the Bornay wind turbines well enough and can reflect wind turbine production on a online portal linked to the Victron application using a custom Raspbery Pie integration however this is very technical and takes a very long time to get everything working seamlessly. So in short the Wind Turbine MPPT Connected to the Lithium battery in low voltage is not a very good way to connect the Turbine to your system because you always have the low voltage to high voltage conversion process which entails a lot of losses. Works on Off Grid and Grid Connected Configurations. Note we have successfully applied these applications and they do work but not as efficiently as we would like it to work. Option 2 Connect the Wind turbine via one of the MPPT's of the Hybrid inverter using a Constant Voltage controller which matches the MPPT of the inverter of choice. So lets assume it is a 5 KW Sunsynk you will then sacrifice one of the MPPT's on the inverter for exclusive wind power production. You can then connect a wind turbine with a constant voltage controller with its own dump load ( 3Phase AC) that produces a constant voltage of say 350VDC to the MPPT You are limited to the size of the turbine by the maximum production of that MPPT which is in the Sunsynk 5KW case 3250 Watt also note the startup voltage of the Sunsynk MPPT is 125VDC and production voltage of 150VDC ( This means that the MPPT will only start producing useable power at 150VDC) This means the maximum size of the turbine you can connect to that MPPT is a 3 KW variable pitch wind turbine these turbines can typically produce 10% more power than their rating sometimes a little more. Then you have to configure the Sunsynk inverter with the exact Power Production curve under its settings also program the inverter that there is now a wind turbine connected to the MPPT and not solar panels so that the MPPT can accept constant voltage and stop tracking the power produced. Once Configured correctly (Theoretically) then wind power produced would be handled by the Sunsynk inverter exactly the same way as when you have solar panels attached. Down side of this Method is you loose one of your MPPT's that you could have had solar panels instead. Works on Off Grid and Grid Connected Configurations. Please note we have not tested this method however we are in the process of setting up a test system at my home fortunately form me Wind speeds here can reach up to 120 KMPH or 33 MS. Please let me know if anyone has successfully used this method to connect a wind turbine some data of that project would be appreciated Option 3 Using the AUX Input Output port of the SUNSYNK Inverter (Rudimentary AC Couple) In this scenario we can use the 5 KW Sunsynk again this time however the maximum size of the wind turbine connected is limited to 50% of the Maximum continuous capacity of the wind turbine so that would be 2500 Watt or 2.5 KW So our turbines do not come in odd sizes they are 2, 3, 5, or 10 KW so the choice would be 2 KW The Configuration of this system is relatively simple we get the wind turbine with a constant voltage controller @ 350VAC coupled to a Solis S6 2 KW grid tied inverter the grid tied inverter connects @230 VAC to the AUX Port of the Sunsynk inverter the CT Clamp of the Solis inverter then gets connected to the Utility Side of the Sunsynk where the Utility connects or Connects to the Load Side of the inverter configuration and method of use will determine if you would even use the Solis CT. This systems works well the inverter controls production and what the power get used for because it is already 230VAC Loads can consume the produced power directly. Or the produced power can be used by the inverter to charge batteries and even support non essentials loads or export to utility. Benefits are for one you do not lose an MPPT that would've been used for solar power 99% of the time you are converting from high voltage to low voltage less efficiency losses. The inverter controls where the power produced are sent seamlessly you have full record on the app of power produced via the AUX port no additional applications needed you can also use Solis Cloud to monitor Wind power production a second source of information to compare. Down side is you are limited to 50% of the inverter capacity that limits the size of the turbine you can use. We can also supply the turbine with a Grid tied controller but there are a few complications with regard to that one being the controllers do not always come with CT clamps and remote monitoring so we rather opt for the Solis and constant voltage controller option. We have a working system in the field like that which works well however we had to change the dump load to a geyser element the Inverter is a Sunsynk 5 KW with a 2KW Fixed blade turbine. We have discontinued the fixed blade turbine due to over run problems and potential devastating failure if the dump load or cable fails.  Hence the reason we only do variable pitch turbines and not fixed blade turbines in our ODIN range. The Solis inverter is very unique in the sense that it is one of the few inverters where you can tell it to accept constant voltage and also parallel its MPPT's as one large DC connection there is actually settings for this on the Solis inverter does not matter what model all of them support this function. Other nice thing on the Solis inverters is the low startup and production voltage of only 90VDC which means the turbine will be producing power very soon this is a great benefit especially for wind power production. Also it Converts High Voltage to Slightly lower Voltage which means less efficiency losses. As the sizing becomes larger the losses become even less and voltage ranges increases a lot up to 850VDC but that is for 100 KW turbines always via the Solis grid tied inverters in conjunction with Constant voltage controllers. Option 4 This option we are the most excited about.. Solis S6 Hybrid Inverter current Models 5, 6, and 8 KW available in Conjunction with Solis Grid Tied Inverters configuration as follows Solis S6 Advanced Hybrid 5 KW With a Solis grid Tied S6 4.6kW 2MPPT 1PH Inverter and a 5KW Variable Pitch Wind Turbine Solis S6 Advanced Hybrid 6 KW With a Solis grid Tied S6 6kW 2MPPT 1PH Inverter and a 5KW Variable Pitch Wind Turbine Solis S6 Advanced Hybrid 8 KW With a Solis grid Tied S6 8kW 2MPPT 1PH Inverter and a 10KW Variable Pitch Wind Turbine The beauty of this setup is Solis S6 Advanced Hybrids can AC Couple on the Load Side of the inverter and supports frequency shifting to prevent the batteries to over charge just like Victron. You can also use the AUX or generator port however then you will lose the ability to connect a diesel or petrol generator and if you do use a generator on the AUX port then you can still AC couple on the load side of the inverter. The AC Coupling Ratio is 1 to 1 this means the max continuous capacity of the inverter in question so no capacity loss on the wind turbine size you can connect You can have 3 x S6 Inverters in parallel with 1 large 3 phase Solis grid tie inverter and one large wind turbine connected instead of 3 smaller turbines. This opens up massive possibilities to expand your system to almost any size even further than 1MW combining Turbines and hybrid inverters when Solis releases their much more Powerful Hybrids into the market ( Hush Hush) 🙂  How will these systems work well quite simple really Solis S6 Hybrid 5 KW with a Solis S6 4.6 KW Grid tied inverter coupled to the load side of the inverter the wind turbine connects to the Solis grid tied inverter with a very high quality constant voltage controller @450VDC the constant voltage controller has its own coms and online portal for extra data and RS485 access with modbus and comes with a dump load the variable pitch turbine uses a mechanical variable pitch mechanism up to 10KW which means even if the dump load fail or there is a cable break the turbine cannot run away because the blades of the turbine will continuously change pitch up to 0 degrees much higher levels of failure safety. The Solis Hybrid will control where the power produced by the grid tied inverter coupled to the turbine goes for example charging batteries supporting loads essential and non essential and even export excess wind power production to grid and all of that without sacrificing any Solar dedicated MPPT's for wind power. You will also be able to add the grid tied inverter to the Solis application that runs on a browser or on your phone so that you can see a consolidated power production history and stats in real time via Bluetooth or with a 2 minute delay on your browser. The New S6 Advanced Hybrid also has a 4ms transfer time and a very short startup time and one large bonus they are fan less up to the 6KW unit. The Solis Grid tied inverters can frequency shift and support parallel DC connection of their MPPT's and supports constant voltage input from a wind power source using a constant voltage controller. From an efficiency point of view there is nothing in the market at the moment that can match this system. I have been very fortunate to have a Solis S6 6 KW Advanced Hybrid inverter with 7KW (To be expanded to max 10 KW ) solar panels 7 x Hubble AM2 Batteries installed with a second unit in parallel very soon which we will populate 1 MPPT with solar panels and the other with the turbine We will be adding a 2 KW variable pitch wind turbine to the parallel system so we can test the following in real world applications this system powers my home off grid with no eskom availability I will also be adding a Petrol Generator to the system. Connect the turbine to one of the MPPT's Connect the turbine to a Grid tied inverter and AC Couple I will post Pictures Videos and Historical records to show how well it all works together and we may even integrate something like home assistant to maximize generated power to various loads like aircons geysers water pumps etc ( will have to get creative) Oh and PS Keep a keen eye on Powerforum Store Commercial thread we will be giving away some cool stuff soon and also have some really amazing prices on batteries, solar panels and inverters... Have a great one Regards Steve ..Â
July 14, 20231 yr 39 minutes ago, Powerforum Store said: Hi Guys so we have been working very hard to get a workable solution for the wind turbine integration with Home Inverter systems and also larger scale commercial systems. So what we have found so far is that you can integrate a wind turbine with a SUNSYNK / DEYE inverter in a couple of ways. ( HYBRID INVERTER SYSTEMS) Option 1 is with a MPPT Controller that connects to your battery bank this is the least efficient method reason being you are always going from a High voltage to a low voltage and then back to a higher voltage AC to DC to AC Conversion process this creates a lot of loss converting the Wind power to usable AC power We also find that there is always competition between the wind turbine MPPT controller and the Hybrid Inverter Internal MPPT's and because there is no meaningful communication between the Wind Turbine controller and the Hybrid inverter you have to try an set everything up in Voltage mode which causes a lot of headaches to get everything fine tuned to work together. Also the Wind turbine MPPT Controllers have very limited communication capabilities and it would require special software development to facilitate this which increases the complexity of this method. The Wind Turbine MPPT's also do not support all brands of lithium batteries so again you have to revert to Voltage control method which is not ideal because the battery BMS cannot manage charge and discharge rates using CAN or RS485 communication with the battery. These systems are based on our own Variable Pitch ODIN Wind turbine range that start at 2KW up to 100KW The other option is using a Victron system and integrating a Bornay Wind Turbine MPPT with the Victron system however this is not the most efficient method because everything in the Victron system converts from Low Voltage to High Voltage and the Bornay MPPT Couples to the 48V Lithium Storage Bornay can also couple with SMA however this method is mainly used for Grid tied solutions and not relevant in this discussion. However the Victron system can communicate with the Bornay wind turbines well enough and can reflect wind turbine production on a online portal linked to the Victron application using a custom Raspbery Pie integration however this is very technical and takes a very long time to get everything working seamlessly. So in short the Wind Turbine MPPT Connected to the Lithium battery in low voltage is not a very good way to connect the Turbine to your system because you always have the low voltage to high voltage conversion process which entails a lot of losses. Works on Off Grid and Grid Connected Configurations. Note we have successfully applied these applications and they do work but not as efficiently as we would like it to work. Option 2 Connect the Wind turbine via one of the MPPT's of the Hybrid inverter using a Constant Voltage controller which matches the MPPT of the inverter of choice. So lets assume it is a 5 KW Sunsynk you will then sacrifice one of the MPPT's on the inverter for exclusive wind power production. You can then connect a wind turbine with a constant voltage controller with its own dump load ( 3Phase AC) that produces a constant voltage of say 350VDC to the MPPT You are limited to the size of the turbine by the maximum production of that MPPT which is in the Sunsynk 5KW case 3250 Watt also note the startup voltage of the Sunsynk MPPT is 125VDC and production voltage of 150VDC ( This means that the MPPT will only start producing useable power at 150VDC) This means the maximum size of the turbine you can connect to that MPPT is a 3 KW variable pitch wind turbine these turbines can typically produce 10% more power than their rating sometimes a little more. Then you have to configure the Sunsynk inverter with the exact Power Production curve under its settings also program the inverter that there is now a wind turbine connected to the MPPT and not solar panels so that the MPPT can accept constant voltage and stop tracking the power produced. Once Configured correctly (Theoretically) then wind power produced would be handled by the Sunsynk inverter exactly the same way as when you have solar panels attached. Down side of this Method is you loose one of your MPPT's that you could have had solar panels instead. Works on Off Grid and Grid Connected Configurations. Please note we have not tested this method however we are in the process of setting up a test system at my home fortunately form me Wind speeds here can reach up to 120 KMPH or 33 MS. Please let me know if anyone has successfully used this method to connect a wind turbine some data of that project would be appreciated Option 3 Using the AUX Input Output port of the SUNSYNK Inverter (Rudimentary AC Couple) In this scenario we can use the 5 KW Sunsynk again this time however the maximum size of the wind turbine connected is limited to 50% of the Maximum continuous capacity of the wind turbine so that would be 2500 Watt or 2.5 KW So our turbines do not come in odd sizes they are 2, 3, 5, or 10 KW so the choice would be 2 KW The Configuration of this system is relatively simple we get the wind turbine with a constant voltage controller @ 350VAC coupled to a Solis S6 2 KW grid tied inverter the grid tied inverter connects @230 VAC to the AUX Port of the Sunsynk inverter the CT Clamp of the Solis inverter then gets connected to the Utility Side of the Sunsynk where the Utility connects or Connects to the Load Side of the inverter configuration and method of use will determine if you would even use the Solis CT. This systems works well the inverter controls production and what the power get used for because it is already 230VAC Loads can consume the produced power directly. Or the produced power can be used by the inverter to charge batteries and even support non essentials loads or export to utility. Benefits are for one you do not lose an MPPT that would've been used for solar power 99% of the time you are converting from high voltage to low voltage less efficiency losses. The inverter controls where the power produced are sent seamlessly you have full record on the app of power produced via the AUX port no additional applications needed you can also use Solis Cloud to monitor Wind power production a second source of information to compare. Down side is you are limited to 50% of the inverter capacity that limits the size of the turbine you can use. We can also supply the turbine with a Grid tied controller but there are a few complications with regard to that one being the controllers do not always come with CT clamps and remote monitoring so we rather opt for the Solis and constant voltage controller option. We have a working system in the field like that which works well however we had to change the dump load to a geyser element the Inverter is a Sunsynk 5 KW with a 2KW Fixed blade turbine. We have discontinued the fixed blade turbine due to over run problems and potential devastating failure if the dump load or cable fails.  Hence the reason we only do variable pitch turbines and not fixed blade turbines in our ODIN range. The Solis inverter is very unique in the sense that it is one of the few inverters where you can tell it to accept constant voltage and also parallel its MPPT's as one large DC connection there is actually settings for this on the Solis inverter does not matter what model all of them support this function. Other nice thing on the Solis inverters is the low startup and production voltage of only 90VDC which means the turbine will be producing power very soon this is a great benefit especially for wind power production. Also it Converts High Voltage to Slightly lower Voltage which means less efficiency losses. As the sizing becomes larger the losses become even less and voltage ranges increases a lot up to 850VDC but that is for 100 KW turbines always via the Solis grid tied inverters in conjunction with Constant voltage controllers. Option 4 This option we are the most excited about.. Solis S6 Hybrid Inverter current Models 5, 6, and 8 KW available in Conjunction with Solis Grid Tied Inverters configuration as follows Solis S6 Advanced Hybrid 5 KW With a Solis grid Tied S6 4.6kW 2MPPT 1PH Inverter and a 5KW Variable Pitch Wind Turbine Solis S6 Advanced Hybrid 6 KW With a Solis grid Tied S6 6kW 2MPPT 1PH Inverter and a 5KW Variable Pitch Wind Turbine Solis S6 Advanced Hybrid 8 KW With a Solis grid Tied S6 8kW 2MPPT 1PH Inverter and a 10KW Variable Pitch Wind Turbine The beauty of this setup is Solis S6 Advanced Hybrids can AC Couple on the Load Side of the inverter and supports frequency shifting to prevent the batteries to over charge just like Victron. You can also use the AUX or generator port however then you will lose the ability to connect a diesel or petrol generator and if you do use a generator on the AUX port then you can still AC couple on the load side of the inverter. The AC Coupling Ratio is 1 to 1 this means the max continuous capacity of the inverter in question so no capacity loss on the wind turbine size you can connect You can have 3 x S6 Inverters in parallel with 1 large 3 phase Solis grid tie inverter and one large wind turbine connected instead of 3 smaller turbines. This opens up massive possibilities to expand your system to almost any size even further than 1MW combining Turbines and hybrid inverters when Solis releases their much more Powerful Hybrids into the market ( Hush Hush) 🙂  How will these systems work well quite simple really Solis S6 Hybrid 5 KW with a Solis S6 4.6 KW Grid tied inverter coupled to the load side of the inverter the wind turbine connects to the Solis grid tied inverter with a very high quality constant voltage controller @450VDC the constant voltage controller has its own coms and online portal for extra data and RS485 access with modbus and comes with a dump load the variable pitch turbine uses a mechanical variable pitch mechanism up to 10KW which means even if the dump load fail or there is a cable break the turbine cannot run away because the blades of the turbine will continuously change pitch up to 0 degrees much higher levels of failure safety. The Solis Hybrid will control where the power produced by the grid tied inverter coupled to the turbine goes for example charging batteries supporting loads essential and non essential and even export excess wind power production to grid and all of that without sacrificing any Solar dedicated MPPT's for wind power. You will also be able to add the grid tied inverter to the Solis application that runs on a browser or on your phone so that you can see a consolidated power production history and stats in real time via Bluetooth or with a 2 minute delay on your browser. The New S6 Advanced Hybrid also has a 4ms transfer time and a very short startup time and one large bonus they are fan less up to the 6KW unit. The Solis Grid tied inverters can frequency shift and support parallel DC connection of their MPPT's and supports constant voltage input from a wind power source using a constant voltage controller. From an efficiency point of view there is nothing in the market at the moment that can match this system. I have been very fortunate to have a Solis S6 6 KW Advanced Hybrid inverter with 7KW (To be expanded to max 10 KW ) solar panels 7 x Hubble AM2 Batteries installed with a second unit in parallel very soon which we will populate 1 MPPT with solar panels and the other with the turbine We will be adding a 2 KW variable pitch wind turbine to the parallel system so we can test the following in real world applications this system powers my home off grid with no eskom availability I will also be adding a Petrol Generator to the system. Connect the turbine to one of the MPPT's Connect the turbine to a Grid tied inverter and AC Couple I will post Pictures Videos and Historical records to show how well it all works together and we may even integrate something like home assistant to maximize generated power to various loads like aircons geysers water pumps etc ( will have to get creative) Oh and PS Keep a keen eye on Powerforum Store Commercial thread we will be giving away some cool stuff soon and also have some really amazing prices on batteries, solar panels and inverters... Have a great one Regards Steve .. Good work Steve. Glad to be able to read of tests done using the hybrid MPPT which we know the theory is you cannot just connect a non solar panel DC to most MPPTs. Using the rectified DC from a normal genny to my mind even if not efficient removes the major problem of the genny being rejected due to QOS. Do I have it correct using a normal genny input via MPPT as if it is a wind generator?Â
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