Registration is the first step before taxation.

Why you need approval from anyone to alleviate the pain of erratic electrical supply and spiralling cost of electricity is beyond me.

Do the installation right, get a C.O.C. and that's where it should stop.

The next thing you know you will have to register excess food during a food shortage.

How far are we willing to let the private corporation of the City of Cape Town micro-manage our lives?

 

 

43 minutes ago, WestCoastUPS said:

Registration is the first step before taxation.

Why you need approval from anyone to alleviate the pain of erratic electrical supply and spiralling cost of electricity is beyond me.

Do the installation right, get a C.O.C. and that's where it should stop.

The next thing you know you will have to register excess food during a food shortage.

How far are we willing to let the private corporation of the City of Cape Town micro-manage our lives?

 

 

But feeding into the grid without approval means with lots of inverters on the network we can and do destabilise the grid and can cause a lot more power failures than we already have with ageing equipment. 

In Aus they moving towards the grid operator being in a position to switch inverters of if the network is unstable due to power generation from solar. 

The above is if I understood the article correctly. 

😬  Recommendations for 8kw sunsync or equivalentCityofCapeTownapproved. 2 batteries and 12 Canadian panels so many offers ? I'mconfused at prices I'm an pensionerin Edgemead and want the best system at the fairest price without shortcuts some are ridiculously overpriced who is a safe bet?

On 2024/08/09 at 11:31 AM, Shaun vd Merwe said:

😬  Recommendations for 8kw sunsync or equivalentCityofCapeTownapproved. 2 batteries and 12 Canadian panels so many offers ? I'mconfused at prices I'm an pensionerin Edgemead and want the best system at the fairest price without shortcuts some are ridiculously overpriced who is a safe bet?

Sunsynk is approved so just get spesified quotes and then you can filter out. 

Also get a quote from Just Green Technologies

Being a sunsynk user i would recommend it.  I bought at the peak of demand with very high prices.  I reckon you can get your install for anything between 150k-180k.  Panels alone these days are half the price and batteries about 20% cheaper.  Demand has dropped significantly giving you more negotiation power. 

12 hours ago, Scorp007 said:

Sunsynk is approved so just get spesified quotes and then you can filter out. 

Also get a quote from Just Green Technologies

 

I fully agree with above comments as i have installed many Sunsynk and Deye machines they are great. But for me personally it would be a toss up between Sunsynk 8kw and Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PRO they are the new kid on the block.

On 2024/08/09 at 11:31 AM, Shaun vd Merwe said:

😬  Recommendations for 8kw sunsync or equivalentCityofCapeTownapproved. 2 batteries and 12 Canadian panels so many offers ? I'mconfused at prices I'm an pensionerin Edgemead and want the best system at the fairest price without shortcuts some are ridiculously overpriced who is a safe bet?

There are guys out there trying to make a quick buck, there are guys without good skills... It's hard to know what you're getting. I remember when I first ventured into solar it was hard to know who to entrust and what was a good deal. 

Looking around for references is only so helpful. When we first go solar, we don't know what to expect, but if it got us through a load shed then great. 

I have seen recent installations in my area with South facing panels. That raises question marks about the installer. 

Price is a consideration, of course, but it's not everything.

Example. I recently got in-ceiling insulation for my home. I contacted various companies. Some never responded. Some had a chat over the phone and said well that's about X square meters so about this much. This with no inspection. Exactly one company sent out somebody to measure, to inspect for downlighters (they put little insulating caps over those), if there was old insulation in there already etc. They were also going to give an SABS certificate that I could pass on to my insurers. I found out that there's a lot of guys in the insulation business doing it as a side hustle. 

Same applies here. Have they come out and visited you and inspected? Have they discussed your requirements and your current usage? Get details of what they're providing. Do they include surge protection? Does the quote include splitting the DB, all the fuses including between battery and inverter? Do they take care of all the paperwork with the City? (they'll all say yes, so this is a case where references will help). 

I went in blind. The guys who did my install did make a site visit, did discuss my requirements, did look around for sub DBs and asked what was on them. Looking back they did a lot of things right, but I didn't know that at the time. I do know that I wouldn't have dealt with anybody who didn't have that chat with me, or (as with the insulation) was too glib. 

How long have they been doing this? My installer is still around. I know other folks who have been left with no support. My installer is not just still around, but is offering maintenance packages, and, 6 years down the line, recently intervened with the inverter and battery manufacturers on my behalf. And that's worth something. 

The company is solar4life. Currently they only operate in Gauteng and Durban, so not much use to you. 

Edited August 11, 20241 yr by Bobster.

3 hours ago, TaliaB said:

I fully agree with above comments as i have installed many Sunsynk and Deye machines they are great. But for me personally it would be a toss up between Sunsynk 8kw and Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PRO they are the new kid on the block.

This time I am going against the trend. The above inverters have a good follow amongst installers and users. 

My call now that the Luxpower SNA has CT support I would start with a single 6kW and see if it can handle the load. If not just add a 2nd one. I rate the R11th price tag great value for $. 

2 of these will allow up to 16kW of PV if one would think about feed in and also 4 x MPPTs. 

The only disadvantage is the SNA does not have essential and non essential load outputs.

Yes it is on the CoCT approved list. 

Edited August 11, 20241 yr by Scorp007

On 2023/03/09 at 3:23 PM, BTTB said:

Well, Snap, here I am typing about all this stuff and the COCT calls me. 
Explained to them the system, said they'll email me with line drawings etc. 
Seems the door is open. 

Your Unit is not installed correctly there is supposed to be proper ventilation around your inverter and it seems too close to the wall on one side.