Excited to be off of the Eskom grid.

[EnderZaMan]

We've finally taken the step to move off of the Eskom grid.

We are a farm in the South of Johannesburg, with 15 houses. We are in the process of moving off of the Eskom grid, almost done!

Just waiting for batteries from Hong Kong and then we'll be good to go! Panels will be powering 15 houses, along with 6 powerful irrigation and borehole pumps, as well as refrigeration for our raspberries!

 

[netcruiser]

Impressive! What's your setup specs?

 

[EnderZaMan]

Impressive! What's your setup specs?

Will get those listed out for you if you're interested.

 

[gbyleveldt]

We’re all very, very interested

 

[richjdavies]

Nice job. Keep those panels clean and strings maintained!

 

[AchmatK]

Will get those listed out for you if you're interested.

Congrats.

And put up those details of your setup. Off grid setup with batteries for 15 houses would be quite an investment.

 

[CAPS LOCK]

Is it an optical illusion, or are the banks of panels angled steeper on the right side compared to left?

 

[itareanlnotani]

Looks like a fairly decent amount of generation capability there!

The spacing looks a little tight from that angle, I'd probably have gone with a slightly higher separation distance between the rows to avoid possible shading issues in winter months. I'm sure the installer has thought of that though.

Nice!

 

[RonSwanson]

We've finally taken the step to move off of the Eskom grid.

We are a farm in the South of Johannesburg, with 15 houses. We are in the process of moving off of the Eskom grid, almost done!

Just waiting for batteries from Hong Kong and then we'll be good to go! Panels will be powering 15 houses, along with 6 powerful irrigation and borehole pumps, as well as refrigeration for our raspberries!


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So THAT'S why we cannot get hold of any JA Solar Mono Percs of late!
Nice install! Keen to know the details, inverters and batteries (model and specs) as well as how you plan to secure them.

 

[The_Traveller]

Just waiting for batteries from Hong Kong and then we'll be good to go! Panels will be powering 15 houses, along with 6 powerful irrigation and borehole pumps, as well as refrigeration for our raspberries!

Congrats on this.

Curious to know what ESS you are purchasing and you did your homework ? Not all lithium are the same and only a few brands are proving their worth.

 

[EnderZaMan]

We contracted out a company to do the setup FreedomWon, will get setup details asap.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Fek dude, that is a seriously impressive setup.

 

[Jola]

Living in a shithole country, one has to consider security for this equipment, what are you doing about this ?

But congrats, impressive setup !

 

[EnderZaMan]

Living in a shithole country, one has to consider security for this equipment, what are you doing about this ?

But congrats, impressive setup !

Yeah, unfortunately they stole 20 panels a few weeks ago.
We've just implemented fencing, various different motion sensors and cameras with two armed night watchmen.

 

[gregmcc]

Wow impressive. Would hate to think how much this all cost.

 

[Jola]

Yeah, unfortunately they stole 20 panels a few weeks ago.
We've just implemented fencing, various different motion sensors and cameras with two armed night watchmen.

Sad ! And expensive ! But this is SA.

 

[Thor]

What does the farm produce (asking because that's a very expensive setup)

Awesome though, like please do share the stats and interfaces would be cool to see.

 

[Thor]

Yeah, unfortunately they stole 20 panels a few weeks ago.
We've just implemented fencing, various different motion sensors and cameras with two armed night watchmen.

That didn't take long.


Sucks.

 

[grok]

Probably everyone reading this is jelly right now, but this could be something communities consider to rid themselves of Eskom's poisoned future.

Keen to read the specs & pricing, gotta learn from the front-runners.

 

[calypso]

Is a 140kwh battery big enough for 15 houses + gear?