March 10, 20224 yr Hey guys Very new to all of this solar and inverter stuff. Got a company to install a small 3kva inverter system (Solarwise hybrid inverter) with 4 x 330w solar panels and a 24v lithium battery with an automatic switch over. This was installed as i was getting fed up of the current load shedding and wanted something to just keep the lights and TV on. Anyway, wanted to find out how this system is suppose to charge etc. For today, we currently have load shedding 3 times. 2am - 4:30am then 10am - 12:30pm and then 18:00 - 20:30 At 2am it switched over to battery and back to Eskom at 4am but at 8am this morning when i went to check on the system the battery was not charging as yet and on the battery, the indicator for the battery showed it was getting low. Should there be some settings on the inverter that will need to be checked? Edited March 10, 20224 yr by Shaheenem
March 10, 20224 yr There usually is a setting to allow charging from: A - solar only or B - from grid (and possibly from solar as well) you, for now, will have to allow charging from grid as well...
March 11, 20224 yr Author Thank you. Set it up to charge using solar and then eskom when solar is not available. How would this system affect the prepaid meter? Edited March 12, 20224 yr by Shaheenem
March 12, 20224 yr 12 hours ago, Shaheenem said: How would this system affect the prepaid meter? It shouldn't at all, since your inverter is not able to send power to the grid as far as I know.
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