All things Sunsynk (Deye, Inge, etc...)

[jezzad]

Why twin and earth?
Armour cable for my outside run to the DB, regular cable for the conduited runs between boxes and inverters.

Looked at this option yesterday. Might be the only option at the moment

 

[Elax]

Is anybody feeding back into the grid in Tshwane? I'm installing in about a month, and have an old school circular disc power meter, which I'd like to get to turn back a bit for a reserve.

 

[Fcon_Vpro]

Here I sit, inverter battery and all components ready to go. Install due today and cannot for the life of me find any cabling in Cape Town.

No stock of 6mm Twin and Earth
No stock of 10mm Twin and Earth

What did you use for your install?

If you desperate for cable then there are a few ways around:
You can use GP wire but then just use conduit to protect it.
Or you can use Norsk/Surfix, Cabtyre, armoured cable.
It all depends where its being installed and what you using it for

 

[Fcon_Vpro]

Is anybody feeding back into the grid in Tshwane? I'm installing in about a month, and have an old school circular disc power meter, which I'd like to get to turn back a bit for a reserve.

I know this isnt answering your question but just a heads up.
Dont do it unless your power provider approves it.
Even if your meter spins back, the power techs working on systems down stream can be killed.

 

[Elax]

I know this isnt answering your question but just a heads up.
Dont do it unless your power provider approves it.
Even if your meter spins back, the power techs working on systems down stream can be killed.

I'm aware of this. Apparently there's a gadget of some sorts that would kill the feedback if no power comes in

 

[ghaye]

I'm aware of this. Apparently there's a gadget of some sorts that would kill the feedback if no power comes in

Your inverter should do this.

 

[RonSwanson]

I can't help you Ron.

I'm not asking for any help, but good to know.

 

[Elax]

Your inverter should do this.

Great. I'm not too familiar just yet with all the technical details. Will check with the installer

 

[Speedster]

Is anybody feeding back into the grid in Tshwane? I'm installing in about a month, and have an old school circular disc power meter, which I'd like to get to turn back a bit for a reserve.

Spin that baby back. I certainly would if I had one.

 

[spit]

Does anyone know why the inverter did not trip during this incident?

 

[xrapidx]

You can go over by a % when on-grid.

 

[Neuk_]

Does anyone know why the inverter did not trip during this incident?
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It looks like the inverter used the AC to AC bypass in addition to the DC to AC inverter limit to meet the load.

 

[PRP]

Does anyone know why the inverter did not trip during this incident?
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Do you have non essentials? All that load might not be on the essential side. Non essentials surplus demand is just taken from the grid.

 

[Speedster]

Does anyone know why the inverter did not trip during this incident?
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8KW SunSynk can do 50A (basically 11kW) when grid is available

 

[Stonemason]

Is anybody feeding back into the grid in Tshwane? I'm installing in about a month, and have an old school circular disc power meter, which I'd like to get to turn back a bit for a reserve.

Yes, I am feeding back and am saving heaps of money as long as the grid is up.

This is my graph for today and as you can see, I am pushing a good bit back into the grid.

Even if your meter spins back, the power techs working on systems down stream can be killed.

If you have a good inverter, it stops the backfeed once the grid is down.

 

[Neuk_]

Does anybody else have issues with the Generation Purpose on the web view? It works fine on the app on my iPhone but clearly the mathematics is wrong somewhere...

 

[Stonemason]

Does anybody else have issues with the Generation Purpose on the web view? It works fine on the app on my iPhone but clearly the mathematics is wrong somewhere...

Nope mine is correct:



But I think it might add consumption from the battery to the Consumption figure while on the graph it shows only how the power generated by your PV was distributed.

edit: I now see my figures are also out but it confirms what I said above.

 

[Neuk_]

Nope mine is correct:

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But I think it might add consumption from the battery to the Consumption figure while on the graph it shows only how the power generated by your PV was distributed.

As I said, the app on my iPhone is correct, it is only the web view that is wrong, I would have thought the logic behind the data is the same. It looks like you may be right, in the web view the Consumption figure matches the total consumption figure from battery and solar while the app shows only consumed from solar.

 

[Speedster]

Assume you need to be in a location that supports this - i.e. I assume Eskom or muni permission is required.

Nope. Just an old meter.

Curiously, the easy alternative to a fancy R10k meter for grid feedback is a simple 1960 issue rotating disc.

 

[Stonemason]

Assume you need to be in a location that supports this - i.e. I assume Eskom or muni permission is required.
A misconfiguration or faulty inverter or firmware could bite you legally big time.

Nope, but I have the right type of meter.