SunDayFunDay Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) Lets Start Here Due to unreliability of Eskom and faults in my area I have decided to go the solar route. This is not a solo effort I'm a noob this thread will serve its purpose and place as a tutorial for whoever would like to know how and what needs to be done under the careful watch of forum members into building a solar system from scratch as a noob please note your input is valuable and will be much appreciated, I will include cost and sizing and all small detail where I can provide it. Hopefully you can learn and make your own small system These are the main components below however there minute details such as capacity of Dc Breakers, SPDs, the correct AC Breakers from the main board to the AC Disconnect, Roof Mount and Accessories, wiring, placement of panels, testing and balancing of system. There are 10 critical key components to any solar system, some of which depends on your budget** (Sizing and Full Specs will be done once I get an idea) Equipment Solar Inverter** Battery** Solar Panels** Materials: DC Combiner Box (Breaker and SPDs/Fuses) AC Disconnect Box (Breakers) Battery Fuse Earth Spike Earth-Neutral Bond Wiring Roof Mount Edited August 28 by SunDayFunDay ibiza, TheMac, WannabeSolarSparky and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimCam Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Let the pictures and diagrams begin.... May you have fun with the installation, and use of your new expensive "toy". SunDayFunDay and WannabeSolarSparky 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Energy-Jason Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Excellent! Will feature it under our picks! Jay SunDayFunDay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDayFunDay Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 (edited) 59 minutes ago, TimCam said: Let the pictures and diagrams begin.... May you have fun with the installation, and use of your new expensive "toy". Its coming.. My first obstacle is relocating the DB, its not ideally located I will post pics over the weekend. You can see and let me know what I should do. Edited August 28 by SunDayFunDay TimCam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDayFunDay Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 4 minutes ago, Energy-Jason said: Excellent! Will feature it under our picks! Jay This is going to be a long thread, hopefully I can keep it simple and easy to understand Energy-Jason and stefan44 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snazzy_Awe Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Any updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimCam Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 @SunDayFunDay Bump.... Any news or pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmail-kassir Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 On 2024/08/28 at 6:02 PM, SunDayFunDay said: Lets Start Here any updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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