Good day All, 

Been lurking around the site for a bit and thanks to all for the posts. Unfortunately only found the site a bit late into my research but a lot of posts have helped in confirming decisions made etc.

 

Plan is for a new off-grid installation to go into a new dwelling recently purchased in the KZN Midlands. The idea was not to go off-grid immediately but after getting the prices from Eskom just for monthly line rental (it location of the dwelling is considered rural), the decision became a no brainer. The dwelling is a relatively small set-up, 1 bed, 1 bath and I've sized the system from average power figures from the spot where I currently live. The existing wiring in the new place is extremely basic so plan is to replace what is there, lights will all be LED, gas stove/oven and gas water heater. The plan is to allow for generator back-up, to feed back into the system should there be extended periods of crappy weather.

The heart of the system going in includes:

• 10 x 355W Canadian Solar Panels (Plan is to add 2 more ASAP)
• Goodwe 5048D-ES
• 5 x 2.4kW/h Pylon Tech US2000B batteries

Hoping to start the installation in the next couple of weeks, so a couple questions my follow, if I can't find them searching existing posts.

 

Welcome Super_mil, i'm also new just signed up.

3 minutes ago, 175SBU said:

Welcome Super_mil, i'm also new just signed up.

Thanks Sbu. Should be an interesting journey 🙂

Hi SM 

Welcome to the forum.

A goodwe may not suit your needs if you plan to run offgrid. It is strictly a hybrid inverter and does not like a gennie as its grid source. If you are off grid then you are going to need a gennie.

Noted Chris, thanks for the info. 

For now I'm committed to the Goodwe as I've already purchased the item.

How is you system doing now?

 

17 hours ago, Pierre said:

How is you system doing now?

 

Also interested. Would like to know more specifically how the Pylon Tech batteries are holding up.