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Hello and good day to members,

I'mfrom Karachi, Pakistan and consulted this forum for info on solar setup and must say this forum has best source of info i one happens to go solar route.

I have bought Axpert VM 3kva which takes max 1500 Watts PV. Currently going to use as UPS backup (get 2.5 hr 3 spells of no power on daily basis).

Current plan is to go with 2 x 105Ah Lead acid batteries as maintenance free is out of budget.

In few weeks I plan to have 4 x 325 W Risen panels installed ( Voc 46 V and Vmax 37V, Isc 8.65A)

Inverter itself has 102Voc max and MPPT range if 30-80V. 

electric load is not high 4 x Ceiling fans (2 very old which take twice power as compared to new ones installed 3 years ago). 1 computer at the moment with GFX card.

1 32" LED. I Chest freezer (220V, 0.75A) I refrigerator bought in 2001 (220V 1.75A) [dought this will run on inverter during day].

I have also looked into ICC software. My question for now is that can ICC be run on pi zero W or go with pi3? it is significantly cheaper than pi 3. My plan is to run freezer on Solar only during day and hence my look into ICC.

Whole setup is costing around  100K(9parts) and i intend to keep budget low for now and save for future expansion.

Thanks