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My Eskom Killer

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External grid : Eskom (old Rotating meter store exess power in grid, to avoid cycling batteries at night)

Hybrid inverters:  2 X Victron Multiplu 48Volt/5000VA/70Amp, (master slave parallel operation give 10000VA),

Victrons Include multistage chargers limited to 60A+60A=120A Battery charging current.

Internal Grid: 2 X Eltek THEIA HE-t 4.4 grid-tie inverters providing power directly to load at 97% effeciency. excess is routed back to grid or batteries by victrons. 

The Victrons also Throttle excess power on Eltek's through frequency shifting when eskom down.

Batteries : 24 X 2V @ 500A Lead Crystal Batteries CNF J-500, providing 48V @ 500A

20 X 305 W Monocrytaline panels , arranges in 2 strings of 10 panels at 360V feeding into the two Eltek inverters respectivly

A BMV-600S battery monitor tells, what coming and going.

Effergy engage,  cloud based power monitor keeps track of usage.

 

 

Lead Crystal Batteries.jpg

6100w solar array.jpg

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Power Room 1.jpg

Victrons and Elteks working together.jpg

Eltek THEIA HEt 4.4 Gridtie.jpg

Victron up close.jpg

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Thanks Jaco,

The Systems certainly keeps the lights on and make 38KW/h on a good day,  but I have a shading problem on the one string in the winter, which was a design compromise when I designed the house, but watch this space, I am busy  cooking up a new plan.

 

 

  • 3 years later...

Hi

l like your set up l am trying to do the same ac coupled system with two 10kva Quattros and 4 Eltek inverters. 4.4kw. I have not yet set up the frequency shifting. l would like to know the settings that you applied and also do you have the installer's password?

beautiful set up.

regards,

Malvin

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