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    Solar cost per kWh

    Let's not derail the intention of the thread... context is key. OP was simply asking where everyone is in their life cycle of cost per kwh. It was not intended to be an accurate forecast of what we think we can recover for bought hardware, factoring USD/ZAR long term trends for adding...
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    Snyper's Solar Farm

    I think you might struggle to fill up 16.5kwh in winter, depending on your usage during the day. I have 4.28kwp and 10.5kwh of storage. In summer, batteries are full by 11am. In winter, I rarely got above 60%. Days are shorter plus we use electric heaters during the day as well. This year...
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    The Battery Thread (Solar / Inverter)

    Well in my case, the meter is not bi-direcrional. It reads flow but not direction. So if I feed back 5kwh, it will read that as 5kwh's of CONSUMPTION.
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    The Battery Thread (Solar / Inverter)

    Absolutely! Myself and a few friends all have the same issue. No/low production after midday because of nowhere to put it. Geyser at 65deg, batteries full... at least CoCT give u the option to register and feed. Over here in Jhb, u can't feed anything in... period! I have a 4.28kwp array which...
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    Downgrading 3 phase supply

    Calm down there tiger... the whole point of the community is to learn and advise, not be complete experts on every single thread. Hopefully the OP will heed warnings and just hire a qualified and competent person to do a proper 3-phase installation. If he chooses not to, yes, his Darwinian fate...
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    Downgrading 3 phase supply

    I'm actually not sure exactly why, but electricians are quite hesitant to do this. Maybe only if you're pulling lights, TV and small loads, but definitely not for entire DB's. I understand my single phase DB well enough but I haven't read up on 3-phase and definitely don't know what phase...
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    Downgrading 3 phase supply

    First of all, surely it's illegal to touch or tamper with the outside meter. I know that for CoJ, the outside belongs to City Power and you aren't allowed to do your own work on it. Secondly, If you're going solar, you are already spending in excess of R100k if you're doing its remotely nicely...
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    Eskom energy costs have increased so it is viable go off-grid and get your capital costs back with return

    Thats actually brilliant. Gas can be set at a specific temperature. So it monitors input and output temp. I'm guessing that it actually doesn't matter what the input temp is... u would just set output at say 60deg, with the gas geyser being the last part in line before the taps. So if geyser...
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    Eskom energy costs have increased so it is viable go off-grid and get your capital costs back with return

    That's a really hard question actually. Solar geysers are great... but they tend to be at their hottest when you don't actually need the hot water (I.e. afternoon). If my family has staggered baths starting from say 6pm, there's no sun warming the water again. It's an electric element or a heat...
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    Eskom energy costs have increased so it is viable go off-grid and get your capital costs back with return

    Absolutely.... I agree with that. My goal is also a cost and disruption one. I'm happy to reduce monthly cost by 80% for 10 months and have 100% uptime all year around. And the large initial cost is actually funded from my homeloan so in my current case, I pay R1000 more on my homeloan but...
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    Eskom energy costs have increased so it is viable go off-grid and get your capital costs back with return

    I agree with the articles estimates. To go off-grid requires serious behavioral changes to your consumption and massive investment in batteries. I would even suggest that the 4.5kw of panels is waaaaay too small. I've got 4.2kw of panels on my roof and for 6-8 months of the year I can cover...
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    Guide: How to get your importers code

    Wow... useful! Thanks for the article!
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    The Battery Thread (Solar / Inverter)

    Agree fully. I got 8x 540w panels at pretty much the same R/kw as the 420w panels. And saved around R3k on installation costs by having 2 less panels for the same output. So effectively scored 1 panel for free. If it was the other way around for cost, I would gladly have taken the 10x 420w.
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    The Battery Thread (Solar / Inverter)

    Panel size makes no difference really. Smaller panels can be arranged easier on oddly shaped roofs. But if you have a big unobstructed roof, it really makes no difference. I went for 540w JA as newer panels tend to go that route. Older, smaller panels may be hard to replace or add to in 2...
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    Samsung Galaxy S10

    This had been sold.
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