Posted September 2, 2024Sep 2 Getting ready to wire up my new DB Still need to decide on where exactly to put the new SONOFF POW Ring Smart Power Meter which will be monitoring the main Eskom incoming line.
September 2, 2024Sep 2 Author All morning to do just some of the load side wiring. Much respect for electricians who do this everyday.
September 2, 2024Sep 2 2 minutes ago, WannabeSolarSparky said: All morning to do just some of the load side wiring. Much respect for electricians who do this everyday. Worth all the effort. You will enjoy them.
September 4, 2024Sep 4 Author 8 meters of 10mm cable into such a small space is no joke 🤣 Almost done with the wiring.
September 4, 2024Sep 4 46 minutes ago, WannabeSolarSparky said: 8 meters of 10mm cable into such a small space is no joke 🤣 Almost done with the wiring. Welcome to my world🤣 wait till you get to 16mm² armoured then it is fun and games. Looks good, home automation journey the way to go good solid product.
September 4, 2024Sep 4 Author 19 minutes ago, TaliaB said: wait till you get to 16mm² armoured then it is fun and games Yeah, I can well imagine that now. I told my electrician on the weekend that it will take me a day to wire up this DB, he laughed at me... I am now on day 3 and still not done. He will have the easy part, checking my work and then connecting the circuits to this new board.
September 4, 2024Sep 4 19 minutes ago, WannabeSolarSparky said: I told my electrician on the weekend that it will take me a day to wire up this DB, he laughed at me... I am now on day 3 and still not done. I know the feeling. The last installation I did took me more than a week with moving everything and separating it into multiple DBs. It does leave you with a feeling of accomplishment, though. I still don't want to do that every day.
September 4, 2024Sep 4 On 2024/09/02 at 1:41 PM, WannabeSolarSparky said: Much respect for electricians who do this everyday I couldn't agree more.
September 7, 2024Sep 7 Author DB Wiring done and tested Eskom Side and Inverter Side Now to get the electrician to come test and connect everything Eskom Side Inverter Side
September 7, 2024Sep 7 Author My inverter and batteries have been on holiday for almost a week now. Almost time for them to get back into production again.
September 7, 2024Sep 7 3 hours ago, WannabeSolarSparky said: DB Wiring done and tested Eskom Side and Inverter Side Now to get the electrician to come test and connect everything Eskom Side Inverter Side Well done @WannabeSolarSparkylooks good. Just some advice as to run bare copper earth conductor past the front switchgear terminals. It more a case of best practice than illegal or must not be done. Should a sparky use non insulated shaft screwdriver on one of the live terminals and should touch the bare earth wire bam short curcuit. You could either re route the bare earth wire around the back of the switchgear or use green/ yellow insulated earth wire. Question? I have circled in yellow that i assume is your earth/neutral bond it almost looks from the angle of the pic if the earth wire is running from the top of the spd to the contactor and i dont see a neutral wire on the contactor. It is always diffucult with wiring to get the full picture from a picture taken. Many happy Sonoff days. Edited September 7, 2024Sep 7 by TaliaB
September 7, 2024Sep 7 Author 28 minutes ago, TaliaB said: Just some advice as to run bare copper earth conductor past the front switchgear terminals. @TaliaB advice, suggestions, recommendations are always appreciated New insulated earth wire is already on order And will be running below all the other wires. Bonding relay will be wired when the connection to the inverter is done, that top right part (Pretty much the breakers, spd etc in your yellow ring) will be done by the electrician when he connects the inverter incoming and island signal wire for the contactor. As for those sonoffs spm relay-meters, i have been running them for almost 2 years already on my old DB, they are awesome. The geyser one in the pic is new, its replacing my old powr3 with the new powr320d as I have replaced the geyser element with a lower wattage one which draws much lower amps. Edited September 7, 2024Sep 7 by WannabeSolarSparky thanks
September 7, 2024Sep 7 I wish Sonoff Africa can correct their circuit wiring details. Load and SONOFF neutral wiring in blue errors.
September 7, 2024Sep 7 Author 4 minutes ago, Scorp007 said: I wish Sonoff Africa can correct their circuit wiring details. Load and SONOFF neutral wiring in blue errors. Looks correct to me on their website? Neutral black on photo, and Neutral blue on diagram.
September 7, 2024Sep 7 Author 8 minutes ago, Scorp007 said: I wish Sonoff Africa can correct their circuit wiring details. Load and SONOFF neutral wiring in blue errors. Unless you referring to this image? In which case i think it is simply their graphics guy who made a mistake extending the blue neutral over to the live on the left diagram.
September 7, 2024Sep 7 5 minutes ago, WannabeSolarSparky said: Unless you referring to this image? In which case i think it is simply their graphics guy who made a mistake extending the blue neutral over to the live on the left diagram. Yes I mean the wiring on their Web. Even a CAD error should be checked.
September 7, 2024Sep 7 Author 20 minutes ago, Scorp007 said: Yes I mean the wiring on their Web. Even a CAD error should be checked Just finished setting up my new sonoff POWCT Ring with tasmota, wiring was not an issue 🙃
September 7, 2024Sep 7 Author Wow pretty decent sensor, it even measure tiny loads. And matches exactly what my multimeter says, will have to check on a full 50 amp load to see if it needs further calibration.
September 7, 2024Sep 7 3 hours ago, WannabeSolarSparky said: Wow pretty decent sensor, it even measure tiny loads. And matches exactly what my multimeter says, will have to check on a full 50 amp load to see if it needs further calibration. Nice i would like to see the power factor at 50A at the moment with very low current the power factor is half power used half wasted and you pay for it. Looking forward to full load Eskom feed parameters. Edited September 7, 2024Sep 7 by TaliaB
September 9, 2024Sep 9 Author Thanks for the earthing tip @TaliaB Actually now have more room to work now that I am using the 10mm insulated earth wire 😃 Should be completed today and the electrician already booked for tomorrow
September 10, 2024Sep 10 Author Sitting here patiently waiting for the electrician Still need to install trunking, bring in the bonding signal wire and mount the 2x 32amp sockets to the wall and wire up the 2X 32amp plugs.
September 11, 2024Sep 11 Author Trunking done Electrician arrived 5 minutes ago, busy hooking everything up.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 Author New Sonoff DB is connected Added a microinverter to the aux as well, working great, it will catch afternoon sun giving an extra 500 watts to the system. Edited September 12, 2024Sep 12 by WannabeSolarSparky
October 17, 2024Oct 17 Hi WannabeSolarSparky I love your installs, They always get done and work well. One thing to remember is to always have the POW and the CT on the same power feed and phase for accuracy. Aleks Sonoff Africa
October 28, 2024Oct 28 Author On 2024/10/17 at 6:39 AM, Sonoff Africa said: POW and the CT on the same power feed and phase for accuracy. Yip that fancy new pow with ct is only connected to eskom incoming, mostly though that nice new meter is hardly ever on as my eskom is manually switched off most of the year 🤣 It measures quite accurately as compared with my fluke meter needed a small calibration but now measuring great, for my domestic use anyway
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