Posted September 22, 20204 yr Hi Dreaming about solar... not because of Escom, but because it's cool stuff. Never got so far to make the jump. The >100K always found another place where it was spend (sometimes on very big white elephants). Today, I made the dive and transferred the payment of my first solar system. (With luck on my side, I will be dead before the panels read their end of life) Sunsynk 8 6.4 BSL Bull JA Solar 405 Mono's and all the other related goodiest A very big thank you to the guys from Power Forum Store for the good prices, good courier costs and excellent service. I will start a post on my build so that other can see how a newbie tries to figure out all this nice goodies.
September 22, 20204 yr It's a huge pleasure. I will also be putting up my own system very soon. I have been dreaming about it since 2013 when I started the forum. Please do document your process! Well done sir! Sincerely Jason
September 22, 20204 yr Hi Guss Welcome to the world of solar power. A world where you can turn lights on at any time you choose. A world where nobody else dictates when you can do a washing load. A world where you never have to miss your favorite show..... This is the best decision you have ever made. We don’t worry about load shedding, we make our own power!! If you need any advice on anything, we are ALL here to help.
September 22, 20204 yr 4 hours ago, Guss said: Hi Dreaming about solar... not because of Escom, but because it's cool stuff. Never got so far to make the jump. The >100K always found another place where it was spend (sometimes on very big white elephants). Today, I made the dive and transferred the payment of my first solar system. (With luck on my side, I will be dead before the panels read their end of life) Sunsynk 8 6.4 BSL Bull JA Solar 405 Mono's and all the other related goodiest A very big thank you to the guys from Power Forum Store for the good prices, good courier costs and excellent service. I will start a post on my build so that other can see how a newbie tries to figure out all this nice goodies. Only a pleasure to help Guss you know we are all here to help and support you if you need us.
September 23, 20204 yr Guys... If you're sitting on the fence... JUMP! The very best way to learn is to just start.
September 23, 20204 yr 12 hours ago, Solaris said: Hi Guss Welcome to the world of solar power. A world where you can turn lights on at any time you choose. And walk around behind the family turning of lights the whole time, seeing every watt everything draws the whole time 😅 Welcome Guss, I am also new here, so much info on this forum that helped me a lot already Edited September 23, 20204 yr by PhilFM
September 23, 20204 yr 12 hours ago, Solaris said: Hi Guss Welcome to the world of solar power. A world where you can turn lights on at any time you choose. A world where nobody else dictates when you can do a washing load. A world where you never have to miss your favorite show..... This is the best decision you have ever made. We don’t worry about load shedding, we make our own power!! If you need any advice on anything, we are ALL here to help. This sounds like the Matrix! Hehe
September 23, 20204 yr 3 hours ago, PhilFM said: walk around behind the family turning of lights the whole time I thought I was the only one doing this..... 🤣🤣
September 23, 20204 yr 41 minutes ago, Solaris said: I thought I was the only one doing this..... 🤣🤣 I am one of those that look at the graph's the WHOLE day, if I see a spike I want to know who put on what ☺️
September 23, 20204 yr LOL. I was about to make a chirp about doing what you want WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING!. But I see others beat me to it.
September 24, 20204 yr On 2020/09/22 at 7:08 PM, Guss said: Hi Dreaming about solar... not because of Escom, but because it's cool stuff. Never got so far to make the jump. The >100K always found another place where it was spend (sometimes on very big white elephants). Today, I made the dive and transferred the payment of my first solar system. (With luck on my side, I will be dead before the panels read their end of life) Sunsynk 8 6.4 BSL Bull JA Solar 405 Mono's and all the other related goodiest A very big thank you to the guys from Power Forum Store for the good prices, good courier costs and excellent service. I will start a post on my build so that other can see how a newbie tries to figure out all this nice goodies. Exciting stuff glad you took the plunge with that setup you won't look back those 6.4 KW BSL Bull batteries are beasts!! Lifepo4 technology. Great choice on the inverter and solar panels too... your a lucky man!!
October 13, 20204 yr On 2020/09/23 at 9:31 AM, PhilFM said: And walk around behind the family turning of lights the whole time, seeing every watt everything draws the whole time 😅 So true..
October 13, 20204 yr On 2020/09/23 at 1:51 PM, PhilFM said: I am one of those that look at the graph's the WHOLE day, if I see a spike I want to know who put on what ☺️ Same here. How long have you had your system. I thought it was because mine is only two months old. 🤣
October 14, 20204 yr Mine is also not that old, but I doubt it will change, might become worse as I love to tinker 🤣
October 14, 20204 yr On 2020/10/12 at 6:51 PM, Guss said: Build has started. The album is here: Really looking very neat. Makes me want to redo some stuff on my install 🤐
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