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  1. PhoenixEnergy

    Backup Power - Need advice

    You can. But that’s just a poor oversight from your installer who should have done something from the beginning. And split up your loads into essential and non essential. Where the non essential loads turn off during loadshedding
  2. PhoenixEnergy

    Stage 7 load shedding warning for South Africa

    Eskom might need to add a few more stages. Its looking like stage 8 might not be enough to save us from a grid collapse now...
  3. PhoenixEnergy

    So long Eskom, and thanks for all the fish!

    No problem. I was just was just worried about that 3 year warranty. 5 years is fine since your ROI would be done by that time anyway. BTW after 5 years, you will still have 80% capacity remaining. Its still going to be a almost brand new battery
  4. PhoenixEnergy

    So long Eskom, and thanks for all the fish!

    Whats the warranty? Looks like that battery has a 2-3 year warranty from the manufacturer?
  5. PhoenixEnergy

    So long Eskom, and thanks for all the fish!

    The king has a small 150V MPPT which means you would have 2 panels per string, the VM3 has a 450V MPPT which is a tiny bit smaller than the Sunsynk, and allows you to have 8 panels per string
  6. PhoenixEnergy

    So long Eskom, and thanks for all the fish!

    Axpert VM 3
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    So long Eskom, and thanks for all the fish!

    Yep. You definetly dont wanna be throwing away solar power like that. Especially during winter where you want to milk every little bit of power out of your panels to charge up your battery. Piece of advice. I would recommend you taking an inverter like the Sunsynk/Deye or the new Kodak 6.2kW...
  8. PhoenixEnergy

    Macbook Air M1 Accesories

    Why so complicated? How many monitors do you want to connect? I have been using this since December last year when I got my M1 Pro https://www.takealot.com/anker-555-usb-c-pd-powerexpand-hub-8-in-1/PLID91582391
  9. PhoenixEnergy

    So long Eskom, and thanks for all the fish!

    Quick question. Why are you being given a shitty inverter with a 2.4kW PWM controller. Right now, any permanent solar install should be using MPPT controllers
  10. PhoenixEnergy

    So long Eskom, and thanks for all the fish!

    Good price all in all. Looks like your sparky did a great job considering all the curve balls! Why didn’t you go with the Sunsynk 12kw 3Phase inverter if the property already had 3 phase supply?
  11. PhoenixEnergy

    Eskom says load-shedding is here to stay for the next six to 12 months

    Where did you get your information from? Even the drop-in replacements which sometimes are rated to 2000 cycles until they reach 80-70% capacity which is still 5 years?
  12. PhoenixEnergy

    Raspberry Pi boards stock in SA

    If you are still interested in a small form factor Pc. I have a 6th gen i5 NUC with 16Gb ram and 128Gb ssd that I can sell to you?
  13. PhoenixEnergy

    Which inverter and batteries will work best?

    +1 here for faulty thermostats are dangerous as they can eat your electricity like nobody's business!
  14. PhoenixEnergy

    WebAfrica committing fraud

    Holy crap balls. Sthando is litterally the definition of "Not my job bro" No attempt to try to get a superior involved or anything
  15. PhoenixEnergy

    Charging LFP battery with lead acid charger? Yes or no?

    Try to find a charger that doesnt have a "boost" stage. That stage desulphates the lead acid battery. Best bet would be to fork out the extra and get a battery charger that has a lithium mode. I think there are some bosch 12v chargers out there that has lithium modes
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