Hi,

 

Can I please have some guidance as to what the going rate will be to install an additional Pylontech battery?

 

Thanks 

I bought 2 x UP5000 4.8kWh batteries for R 26,000 each.

Solar Solutions.  
Good prices for genuine items, but not a professional setup.  Funny collections, backyard style.

Pylontech is one of the easier ones to add - their intra-battery cables are snap-on and the comms cables are standard ethernet cables. You should be able to add it yourself if you are so inclined

2 hours ago, mzezman said:

Pylontech is one of the easier ones to add - their intra-battery cables are snap-on and the comms cables are standard ethernet cables. You should be able to add it yourself if you are so inclined

not to mention that you do not need copper busbar. easy installation, safe and neat

2 hours ago, BluePeter said:

I bought 2 x UP5000 4.8kWh batteries for R 26,000 each.

Solar Solutions.  
Good prices for genuine items, but not a professional setup.  Funny collections, backyard style.

bought mine for R22k vat inclusive at inverterwarehouse 

2 hours ago, ArnoC said:

Hi,

 

Can I please have some guidance as to what the going rate will be to install an additional Pylontech battery?

 

Thanks 

This depends on which Pylontech battery you want to add. 

Communica in Midrans seems to have stock

https://www.communica.co.za/products/batt-48v74ac-li-ion-pyl

I prefer a place where I can walk in, with cash, and then walk out with my stuff. I'm old school and do not want to take chances with online stores as there are so many scammers out there. I would rather pay that extra grand and get my stuff immediately than try and save few hundreds, only to be scammed out of thousands 

Inverterware house is my go to place, but they are out of stock 

https://www.inverter-warehouse.co.za/collections/batteries/Lithium

I have also bought from the solar shop 

https://www.solar-shop.co.za/pylontech/536-pylontech-up5000-48kwh-li-ion-solar-battery-48v.html

and they seem to have stock too but the prices are now ridiculously high. I guess they will not go down any time soon

1 hour ago, hoohloc said:

https://www.solar-shop.co.za/pylontech/536-pylontech-up5000-48kwh-li-ion-solar-battery-48v.html

+1 on Solar Shop. Have bought inverters as well as a couple of Pylons from them in the past. And their price includes shipping (which for Inverter Warehouse I think still needs to be added)

 

16 hours ago, hoohloc said:

bought mine for R22k vat inclusive at inverterwarehouse 

You sure?
Their site says R 27,500 for the UP5000

 

6 minutes ago, BluePeter said:

You sure?
Their site says R 27,500 for the UP5000

 

Just wanted to add my 2c on the installation of US3000C's. I bought an extra one last year and it arrived a week before the the earliest time someone was available to install it. Turns out after some quick consultation with my supplier at the time it was a 10min job and ended up doing it myself off a Youtube video. If need be I can find it, think i have it bookmarked for the future. Been running great. Actually have a few questions on future expansion but ill put those in another separate post.

On 2023/03/14 at 8:19 PM, mzezman said:

Pylontech is one of the easier ones to add - their intra-battery cables are snap-on and the comms cables are standard ethernet cables. You should be able to add it yourself if you are so inclined

BUT, beware that if you are adding it to US2000/3000 A/B then you will need to upgrade the firmware of the older batteries so they can talk to each other.

What old batteries are you using?

35 minutes ago, FixAMess said:

BUT, beware that if you are adding it to US2000/3000 A/B then you will need to upgrade the firmware of the older batteries so they can talk to each other.

What old batteries are you using?

Good callout - OP should have the detail