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

ViciousClone said:
Thanks Speedster
Ron brought up a good point earlier, now i'm pondering the idea of going x8 450/460W panels, regarding the budget.

It's either 550W x6, or 450W x8, is it better to have more panels to better pull in light in a larger area, or a stronger focused area
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Chances are those panel configurations will be very similar in physical size. Depending on your mounting system, there might be more costs in mounting more panels. What is the thinking behind going for the smaller panels?
 
ViciousClone said:
Thanks Speedster
Ron brought up a good point earlier, now i'm pondering the idea of going x8 450/460W panels, regarding the budget.

It's either 550W x6, or 450W x8, is it better to have more panels to better pull in light in a larger area, or a stronger focused area
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What is the space on the roof like? Try and find panels that will leave space for a second string so you can upgrade again later.

I'd say 2 strings of 460w x 7 panels to give you a total of 6440w.
 
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Kosmik said:
Did exactly that, whole system as a reboot.
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How old - and how many, also - how are your batteries configured on the inverter?

Also - if you have more than one - check the dip switches, they had mine wrong initially which caused them to behave erratically.
 
TedLasso said:
No it wasn't :)
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Did you rewire it after it burned out then?

It's wired in reverse in your pic.

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Appliance on the left (OUTput), power on the right (INput). Third wire from the right should be live from the supply, I see your multiplug on there.
It's clearly labelled on the sonoff.
 
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B-1 said:
What is the space on the roof like? Try and find panels that will leave space for a second string so you can upgrade again later.

I'd say 2 strings of 460w x 7 panels to give you a total of 6440w.
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I can't give you the exact measurements, but here's a overhead shot from google earth. This is around 10AM.


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My neighbor installed 8x 460W's

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ViciousClone said:
Thanks for the advice gent’s

Mind pointing me in the direction of solar panel providers. I see Geewiz has a few, voltex, Sun pays(not sure about them, and herholdts but they only sell pallets of 31’s
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I bought mine from inverter-warehouse.co.za
 
xrapidx said:
How old - and how many, also - how are your batteries configured on the inverter?

Also - if you have more than one - check the dip switches, they had mine wrong initially which caused them to behave erratically.
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Two batteries. I'm not exactly sure how its configured as its a bit deeper than I have access too besides the float, charge , capacity etc. Those all look right.
 
xrapidx said:
Was sent to me a week AFTER I did solar-assistant - I have drawers fill of these things.
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Hehe. If I had need to change anything remotely on the inverter I'd definitely go this route. I built a funky little ESP-guy for my alarm integration and haven't had a moment's issue since I stuck it up in the alarm box.

Back to the inverter, I don't think I've changed a setting in the last six months so don't really have need for any automated control.
 
Kosmik said:
Two batteries. I'm not exactly sure how its configured as its a bit deeper than I have access too besides the float, charge , capacity etc. Those all look right.
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Check your dip switches first - I have four AM2s - two of them had the same address, battery SOC via inverter was all over the show.

Check your battery settings on the inverter - to see what the battery type is set to.

DISCLAIMER: I can only comment on what I've experienced - certainly no expert.
 
Speedster said:
Back to the inverter, I don't think I've changed a setting in the last six months so don't really have need for any automated control.
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I frequently change my setttings - but only the work mode, and grid charge rate - my idea is to create "work-mode" templates, and depending on weather and load-shedding status, apply a relevant work mode template for the day.
 
ViciousClone said:
Jinko 550W - Is this a bit far out at 13.54A?

I'm trying to aim for 3kw at least, 6-8 would get there at least.
The firmware was updated probably 3 months ago.
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Also a note on the 13A clipping. In the right conditions you can still get your full 550W, because the voltage could go higher than 40.99V shown in the specs (for STC conditions).

See my example here:

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

Your installer will most probably use solarman to make remote config changes if needed? At least that's what the installer told my parents with their Deye. I have the Sunsynk dongle running alongside solar assistant on mine. My installer doesn't have access to solar assistant, and it's not...
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