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

[TheJman]

Not yet, not yet.

It's only been two days of Solar so I don't trust my calcs yet

Ok yeah, I ran mine at 100% for literally 2 weeks when we got it (was stage 6 then as well).

Just start slow with it, even 30min increments of delaying grid charge to let the sun come up.

Today had 4.5hour load shedding from midnight to 4.30am - battery got to 74% - now getting 2kw pumping into battery from sun - already up to 92% (and load shedding started again at 8am and will be until 12:30).

 

[AfricanTech]

Ok yeah, I ran mine at 100% for literally 2 weeks when we got it (was stage 6 then as well).

Just start slow with it, even 30min increments of delaying grid charge to let the sun come up.

Today had 4.5hour load shedding from midnight to 4.30am - battery got to 74% - now getting 2kw pumping into battery from sun - already up to 92% (and load shedding started again at 8am and will be until 12:30).

I decided to throw caution to the wind (well sort of) last night since the solar forecast for today was good.

My schedule now looks like this:



Even though loadshedding kicked in at 08h00, the battery didn't drop lower than 34% because my panels started trickle feeding at around the same time.



Battery SoC is now at 78% and happily pulling around 3,525W from the PV (house load is low right now and I set the inverter to charge the Hubble AM5's at 60A).

Solar Power truly is a thing of beauty.

 

[lkpat]

Who else is powering their Pi with one of these?

5V 3A DC-DC Step-down Buck Converter

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Mine arrived today. Looking forward to hooking it up to the battery.
Call me paranoid, but I want to connect an in-line barrel fuse and can't decide what to get fuse wise. I guess I should look at the current draw from the battery side which, given that the 5v side will draw no more than 3a, I'm guessing that 1a or so on the 50v side... dunno what the smallest 50v DC fuse is...

 

[TheJman]

I decided to throw caution to the wind (well sort of) last night since the solar forecast for today was good.

My schedule now looks like this:

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Even though loadshedding kicked in at 08h00, the battery didn't drop lower than 34% because my panels started trickle feeding at around the same time.

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Battery SoC is now at 78% and happily pulling around 3,525W from the PV (house load is low right now and I set the inverter to charge the Hubble AM5's at 60A).

Solar Power truly is a thing of beauty.


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Nice man!! Yeah, it took me some time to trust it - but now, the mad scientist phase begins.... I'm pushing the system little bit at a time to see where that break point is

 

[chickenbeef]

Does this look like a decent deal/kit? If I price the stuff individually it costs a bit more.

8KW DEYE PYLON 4.8

This Package Includes: 1 x Deye 8Kw Hybrid Inverter 14 x 425W TRINA Solar Panels (NEW MODEL, LATEST TECHNOLOGY) 100 x 6mm Solar Cable 10 x Mc4 Connectors 1 x Pvc2 Combiner 1 x Ac Protection 1 x UP500 Li-Ion Battery 1 x Cable Pack 4 x 35mm Battery Cable 8 x 35mm Lugs 1 x Dc...

www.solarwaysuppliers.co.za

or the Shoto:

8KW DEYE PACK 5.12

This Package Includes: 1 x DEYE 8Kw Hybrid Inverter 14 x 420W Solar Panels 100m x 6mm Solar Cable 10 x Mc4 Connectors 1 x Pvc2 Combiner 1 x Ac Protection 1 x Shoto 5.12kw Li-Ion Battery 1 x Comm Cable 12 x 35mm Lugs 1 x Dc Disconnector 4 x 35mm Battery Cable 1 x Battery...

www.solarwaysuppliers.co.za

Not sure what panels are included and waiting for them to respond. I'll add another battery to that and then another 2 later.

 

[lkpat]

Does this look like a decent deal/kit? If I price the stuff individually it costs a bit more.

8KW DEYE PYLON 4.8

This Package Includes: 1 x Deye 8Kw Hybrid Inverter 14 x 425W TRINA Solar Panels (NEW MODEL, LATEST TECHNOLOGY) 100 x 6mm Solar Cable 10 x Mc4 Connectors 1 x Pvc2 Combiner 1 x Ac Protection 1 x UP500 Li-Ion Battery 1 x Cable Pack 4 x 35mm Battery Cable 8 x 35mm Lugs 1 x Dc...

www.solarwaysuppliers.co.za

or the Shoto:

8KW DEYE PACK 5.12

This Package Includes: 1 x DEYE 8Kw Hybrid Inverter 14 x 420W Solar Panels 100m x 6mm Solar Cable 10 x Mc4 Connectors 1 x Pvc2 Combiner 1 x Ac Protection 1 x Shoto 5.12kw Li-Ion Battery 1 x Comm Cable 12 x 35mm Lugs 1 x Dc Disconnector 4 x 35mm Battery Cable 1 x Battery...

www.solarwaysuppliers.co.za

Not sure what panels are included and waiting for them to respond. I'll add another battery to that and then another 2 later.

Review Companies Online | Customer Service & Company Ratings | hellopeter.com

www.hellopeter.com

 

[chickenbeef]

Review Companies Online | Customer Service & Company Ratings | hellopeter.com

www.hellopeter.com

They were recommended a few times in this thread. The bad reviews are quite old there and the recent reviews seem fine.

 

[Fcon_Vpro]

Does this look like a decent deal/kit? If I price the stuff individually it costs a bit more.

8KW DEYE PYLON 4.8

This Package Includes: 1 x Deye 8Kw Hybrid Inverter 14 x 425W TRINA Solar Panels (NEW MODEL, LATEST TECHNOLOGY) 100 x 6mm Solar Cable 10 x Mc4 Connectors 1 x Pvc2 Combiner 1 x Ac Protection 1 x UP500 Li-Ion Battery 1 x Cable Pack 4 x 35mm Battery Cable 8 x 35mm Lugs 1 x Dc...

www.solarwaysuppliers.co.za

or the Shoto:

8KW DEYE PACK 5.12

This Package Includes: 1 x DEYE 8Kw Hybrid Inverter 14 x 420W Solar Panels 100m x 6mm Solar Cable 10 x Mc4 Connectors 1 x Pvc2 Combiner 1 x Ac Protection 1 x Shoto 5.12kw Li-Ion Battery 1 x Comm Cable 12 x 35mm Lugs 1 x Dc Disconnector 4 x 35mm Battery Cable 1 x Battery...

www.solarwaysuppliers.co.za

Not sure what panels are included and waiting for them to respond. I'll add another battery to that and then another 2 later.

Their pricing is always good relative to other places. Either kit will be fine.
I bought individual components from them because of how I designed my system.
But when I calculated their kit price, it was slightly cheaper than buying individually.

I have that Shoto SDC battery and it works great.
However if I was to buy again and those were my 2 choices, id probably pick the pylontech battery only because stock seems better available than the Shoto. So if you looking for another battery you will find one easier.
On the Shoto I have seen 3 different models available: SDA, SDC and HP10. I cant find any information if the batteries are compatible with each other. And finding stockists of the SDC has been difficult.
Although if they are selling them in kits then looks like the Shoto is back in stock and then my point is moot.
SDA version seems readily available though.

Review Companies Online | Customer Service & Company Ratings | hellopeter.com

www.hellopeter.com

They are fine to buy from. I have bought from them.
Their logistics can be improved but they are legit. (Long waits when collecting stock because of demand and because they load solar panels one by one)
Biggest complaints ive seen about them are people in Cape Town wanting stock thats only available in JHB and being charged a delivery fee to move it from JHB to Cape Town. They felt that inter branch transfers should be free.

 

[Mzezman]

Does this look like a decent deal/kit? If I price the stuff individually it costs a bit more.

8KW DEYE PYLON 4.8

This Package Includes: 1 x Deye 8Kw Hybrid Inverter 14 x 425W TRINA Solar Panels (NEW MODEL, LATEST TECHNOLOGY) 100 x 6mm Solar Cable 10 x Mc4 Connectors 1 x Pvc2 Combiner 1 x Ac Protection 1 x UP500 Li-Ion Battery 1 x Cable Pack 4 x 35mm Battery Cable 8 x 35mm Lugs 1 x Dc...

www.solarwaysuppliers.co.za

or the Shoto:

8KW DEYE PACK 5.12

This Package Includes: 1 x DEYE 8Kw Hybrid Inverter 14 x 420W Solar Panels 100m x 6mm Solar Cable 10 x Mc4 Connectors 1 x Pvc2 Combiner 1 x Ac Protection 1 x Shoto 5.12kw Li-Ion Battery 1 x Comm Cable 12 x 35mm Lugs 1 x Dc Disconnector 4 x 35mm Battery Cable 1 x Battery...

www.solarwaysuppliers.co.za

Not sure what panels are included and waiting for them to respond. I'll add another battery to that and then another 2 later.

I can vouch for them, bought my 2nd inverter and 3rd battery from them. Delivery took sometime but all was resolved by them with no issues. Their customer support works best online, calls were problematic

 

[Kosmik]

Arb question, do you guys get these "reverse dips" on your grid inputs? I can only assume that this is possibly the system leaking a bit into the grid which it shouldn't but maybes its a spike from shedding etc?



Although this happened post shedding. Was around 420W.

 

[TheJman]

Arb question, do you guys get these "reverse dips" on your grid inputs? I can only assume that this is possibly the system leaking a bit into the grid which it shouldn't but maybes its a spike from shedding etc?

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Although this happened post shedding. Was around 420W.

Yeah, I've had it happen a couple of times - thank goodness nothing has tripped on the meter!

My problem I'm having lately is that my battery is hitting set SOC, but then still drawing small amounts from the battery (like between 10-50w), even though grid is up.

 

[Mzezman]

Yeah, I've had it happen a couple of times - thank goodness nothing has tripped on the meter!

My problem I'm having lately is that my battery is hitting set SOC, but then still drawing small amounts from the battery (like between 10-50w), even though grid is up.

Inverter is powered off the battery

 

[TheJman]

Inverter is powered off the battery

It never used to draw though (when grid is available)

 

[Mzezman]

It never used to draw though (when grid is available)

Is there something else perhaps that's changed in the environment

 

[TheJman]

Is there something else perhaps that's changed in the environment

Nadda, just noticed the other morning that I was drawing from battery, below the set SOC

 

[DawieZA]

Nadda, just noticed the other morning that I was drawing from battery, below the set SOC

Same issue here. Noticed it the other day.

 

[Fcon_Vpro]

Nadda, just noticed the other morning that I was drawing from battery, below the set SOC

Same issue here. Noticed it the other day.

Are your soc's 100% for that period?

 

[TheJman]

Are your soc's 100% for that period?

SOC is set at 75%

 

[DawieZA]

Are your soc's 100% for that period?

40% for me.

 

[RonSwanson]

Prioritise load will send PV to the laod first then whatever is left over if then sent to charge batteries

Haven't changed my settings because of S6
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Neither have I. Having sufficient storage capacity to get through the night (and low baseload), plus plenty of panels on the roof, means that I really don't care what Eskom does or does not do.