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Sunsynk 8kw won't connect to the grid

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Hi Guys 

Last night my Sunsynk 8kw decided that it was disowning Eskom and will no longer connect to the grid 🙂 

It came up with an F13 Grid_Mode_changed error and since then seems unable to connect. 

The green light does come on for AC power supply above the screen. 

Anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem could be? 

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Tried restarting etc, still wouldn't connect. 

I have however managed to work out what the problem was with some assistance from my installer 🙂  

It was seeing the grid voltage correctly but was seeing 0hz on the Solarman app (and on my Home Assistant) 

The inverter either changed it's grid frequency setting to 60hz instead of 50hz when it was running the generator by itself (not sure if that is even possible, or I may have changed it by mistake when I was adjusting the grid shaving setting (probably more likely) and that is what caused it to not be able to connect to Eskom. 

I assume that is what caused the F13 Error that was reported. 

Once I changed it back to 50hz it connected again.

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