I currently have Kodak OGS inverter + Kodak Battery and I'm moving into a house that has Luxpower inverter + Hubble batter (both options at 5Kva). As I will probably not be able to connect both of them, which option would you recommend I keep and which one should I sell?

Edited August 11, 20232 yr by Morena
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Your own experience with your Kodak equipment should tell you if you have confidence in it, and if you are happy with it and probably got comfortable with the workings, then why change?
Do let us know if you intend to sell. I would most certainly be interested in the Hubble if it is still in fairly good conditions and not older than about 2 years.

41 minutes ago, Morena said:

I currently have Kodak OGS inverter + Kodak Battery and I'm moving into a house that has Luxpower inverter + Hubble batter (both options at 5Kva). As I will probably not be able to connect both of them, which option would you recommend I keep and which one should I sell?

I still feel the same as a week ago 😀

Keep the Hubble, sell the rest and buy SunSynk with money. 

19 hours ago, Scorp007 said:

I still feel the same as a week ago 😀

@Scorp007 Are you an installer? If yes and you're within the Gauteng region, please share your contact details with me

19 hours ago, PowerUser said:

Keep the Hubble, sell the rest and buy SunSynk with money. 

Thank you. You're the second person who recommends the SunSynk and selling the other items.

20 hours ago, zsde said:

Your own experience with your Kodak equipment should tell you if you have confidence in it, and if you are happy with it and probably got comfortable with the workings, then why change?
Do let us know if you intend to sell. I would most certainly be interested in the Hubble if it is still in fairly good conditions and not older than about 2 years.

Thank you. The plan is to have a solar solution in our new homw. In the current home I didn't have any challenges with the Kodak products as the battery could last me 24 hours with the fridge, TV, 2 computers and lights (8 rooms in total with 2 light bulbs each) when we had issues. But it does look like a good solar system will require Sunsynk and other batteries. I will definitely let you know if I'm selling the Hubble.

1 hour ago, Morena said:

@Scorp007 Are you an installer? If yes and you're within the Gauteng region, please share your contact details with me

No i am not an installer. Just have an interest in PV since I started with my system 4yrs ago. 

I have to partially subtract my statement purely because of a complete 5kW Sunsynk with Sunsynk battery and panels for R68000. This is a great offer. 

On 2023/08/12 at 5:58 PM, Scorp007 said:

No i am not an installer. Just have an interest in PV since I started with my system 4yrs ago. 

I have to partially subtract my statement purely because of a complete 5kW Sunsynk with Sunsynk battery and panels for R68000. This is a great offer. 

@Scorp007 Thank you very much for your contribution. Please share the link of where I can buy the 5KW Sunsynk with Sunsynk battery and panels. It is indeed a great offer

1 hour ago, Morena said:

@Scorp007 Thank you very much for your contribution. Please share the link of where I can buy the 5KW Sunsynk with Sunsynk battery and panels. It is indeed a great offer

AFAIK it is for installers at ARB electrical wholesalers. Best is to get an installer to buy it. 

12x425W Trina panels plus the 5kW Sunsynk and 5kWh Sunsynk battery. 

Edited August 13, 20232 yr by Scorp007

@Morena I have a Kodak at my house running already 2 years, no hassles.

 

My brother installed a Luxpower SNA5000 and, i must say very nice inverter. It has a very nice app and you can do remote setting, monitoring even remote firmware updates. I would go for the Luxpower. The luxpower also are parallel compatible for later upgrade. But then the Kodal also.

 

The Luxpower are compatible with most batteries, my brother have a cheaper SVolt battery and even that battery works with full comms etc. Very cool.

 

As for the sell all and buy Sunsynk... why all you will get extra are possible bidirectional capabilities. If you want to do that then good option. But why spend more money for just another 5kW, unless you go for the 8kW. But i would rather buy more batteries or panels and leave the Luxpower as is. They are really good, my opinion as good as Sunsynk just cheaper. LXP Luxpower are also bidirectional.

BTW whisch model Luxpower is in the new house? SNA or LXP?

 

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 20232 yr by jlr

@jlr This is very encouraging to hear and is in line with @Scorp007 initial advise. The house seller said he doesn't know which model the Luxpower or Hubble is. The conveyancer stated that the house should be finally transferred today and then I can get the previous installer who assisted me with the Kodak installation to come and evaluate then let you know the exact specs of the equipment. The most important thing is that your comments have helped me understand the possibilities.

The installer has high regard for Sunsynk, which is what he mostly installs for his clients, and he recommends it but I have informed him that I want to evaluate all options. After all, moving into a house from a complex will require new furniture and other things but I am excited of the opportunity of solar installations.

8 hours ago, Scorp007 said:

AFAIK it is for installers at ARB electrical wholesalers. Best is to get an installer to buy it. 

12x425W Trina panels plus the 5kW Sunsynk and 5kWh Sunsynk battery. 

@Scorp007 Thank you very much. This forum is really a blessing and I'm thankful for your contribution.

The SA public are being hoodwinked by installers. The installers push a brand of inverter that suits them, not necessarily what's in the best interest of their clients. The sunsync vs luxpower point above confirms this. It used to be Victron or nothing, now it's sunsync!

Who really needs a bidirectional inverter. Most installs actually limit the feed to grid anyway...

50 minutes ago, FixAMess said:

The SA public are being hoodwinked by installers. The installers push a brand of inverter that suits them, not necessarily what's in the best interest of their clients. The sunsync vs luxpower point above confirms this. It used to be Victron or nothing, now it's sunsync!

Who really needs a bidirectional inverter. Most installs actually limit the feed to grid anyway...

@FixAMess This is why I appreciate this forum so much. I'm always cautious when resellers lean towards one brand and can't give you options. The information users have shared here is what I will use to ensure that I get different options presented to me before making my decision.

2 hours ago, FixAMess said:

The SA public are being hoodwinked by installers. The installers push a brand of inverter that suits them, not necessarily what's in the best interest of their clients. The sunsync vs luxpower point above confirms this. It used to be Victron or nothing, now it's sunsync!

Who really needs a bidirectional inverter. Most installs actually limit the feed to grid anyway...

For some the bi-directional works very well. It does not mean you have to feed to the grid. 

This is the same reason that people don't want to use string inverters but they have their place without feeding the grid. 

23 minutes ago, Scorp007 said:

For some the bi-directional works very well. It does not mean you have to feed to the grid. 

This is the same reason that people don't want to use string inverters but they have their place without feeding the grid. 

@Scorp007 I will share with all of you my final decision and plan. Like I have said, your inputs are very valuable to me.

hi @Scorp007 @Morena   bear in mind that the SunSynk grid-tied export function is still very useful  for exporting / pushing excess PV power onto the local non-essential loads like geyser or stove , without actually exporting onto your incoming Eskom supply. That's one of the main reasons the CT coils are placed onto the incoming , so that the SunSynk pushes onto the residential load but stop pushing / exporting when the CT's show export to Eskom.

9 hours ago, FixAMess said:

The SA public are being hoodwinked by installers. The installers push a brand of inverter that suits them, not necessarily what's in the best interest of their clients. The sunsync vs luxpower point above confirms this. It used to be Victron or nothing, now it's sunsync!

I have Victron and happy with my choice. Sunsynk was in its infancy at the time. Retrospectively, I could have left R40K in my pocket had I gone Sunsynk. 

LuxPower makes some fantastic kit (few of my family members have them; all really happy), I seriously considered the 5kW model when upgrading my old inverter earlier this year.

They should shake up the market by introducing a model with a CT coil and zero-export functionality, to give SunSynk/Deye some competition in the non-essentials-powered-by-excess-solar space; they'd make a killing.

57 minutes ago, BritishRacingGreen said:

hi @Scorp007 @Morena   bear in mind that the SunSynk grid-tied export function is still very useful  for exporting / pushing excess PV power onto the local non-essential loads like geyser or stove , without actually exporting onto your incoming Eskom supply. That's one of the main reasons the CT coils are placed onto the incoming , so that the SunSynk pushes onto the residential load but stop pushing / exporting when the CT's show export to Eskom.

@JayMardern Thank you very much for your valuable input.

27 minutes ago, Peter V said:

I have Victron and happy with my choice. Sunsynk was in its infancy at the time. Retrospectively, I could have left R40K in my pocket had I gone Sunsynk. 

@Peter V Thank you very much. Sunsynk does come at a bigger price hence my careful consideration before selling what could work very well without the additional expense while I still have furniture and other things to worry about

7 minutes ago, JayMardern said:

LuxPower makes some fantastic kit (few of my family members have them; all really happy), I seriously considered the 5kW model when upgrading my old inverter earlier this year.

They should shake up the market by introducing a model with a CT coil and zero-export functionality, to give SunSynk/Deye some competition in the non-essentials-powered-by-excess-solar space; they'd make a killing.

@JayMardern It is now clear that LuxPower and Hubble are really serious players in the market. I now have a lot more confidence and knowledge.. Thank you very much for your input.