Generator or Inverter for residential use?

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

@Gtx Gaming what's that place you were punting not too long ago for batteries/inverters? All I remember is it was somewhere in Goodwood or Parow somewhere.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

@Gtx Gaming what's that place you were punting not too long ago for batteries/inverters? All I remember is it was somewhere in Goodwood or Parow somewhere.

Sik liquation.

They had some super power, yep thats name 105ah batterkes for R1900 the other day. These don't have screw in top, needed for mecer inverters. Would need to get clamps

 

[AchmatK]

jaco@randmark40.com

Pop him an email for a quote

Emailed him and he referred me to Lithium Batteries SA. Will see what they offer.

Lockable steel panel. These things get stolen like there is no tomorrow.

Once the wrong person sees them they will be gone quicker than a Polo parked at Eastgate shopping mall

Will also contact my insurer and ask what they require for it to be covered under my existing policy.

 

[Saba'a]

Emailed him and he referred me to Lithium Batteries SA. Will see what they offer. Will also contact my insurer and ask what they require for it to be covered under my existing policy.

Also waiting . Not sure if it should be household contents or part of house insurance

 

[Saba'a]

Emailed him and he referred me to Lithium Batteries SA. Will see what they offer. Will also contact my insurer and ask what they require for it to be covered under my existing policy.

Invoice and CoC.

 

[shyskillz]

Question i have the Ellies Trolley 1440 inverter , should i leave it pulled into the mains ?

 

[wingnut771]

Question i have the Ellies Trolley 1440 inverter , should i leave it pulled into the mains ?

yes, it will keep the battery charged. you should also simulate a power failure and run it on battery (don't drain battery past 50%) every now and then to "exercise" the battery, maybe once a month.

 

[AchmatK]

Found a place not far from me in Somerset West. Just waiting on better price from them on the Dyness 9.6kw battery. Their website pricing was a bit higher than anyone else.

 

[wingnut771]

Found a place not far from me in Somerset West. Just waiting on better price from them on the Dyness 9.6kw battery. Their website pricing was a bit higher than anyone else.

what's wrong with lithium batteries sa? those batteries are more my style as i like the component form factor.

 

[AchmatK]

what's wrong with lithium batteries sa? those batteries are more my style as i like the component form factor.

No stock. 2 to 3 weeks wait for new stock to arrive.

 

[AchmatK]

28 solar panels and sunsynk 8kw inverter delivered today.

 

[TheChamp]

28 solar panels and sunsynk 8kw inverter delivered today. View attachment 875875 View attachment 875877 View attachment 875879

If you had some room I would advice you to split them into at least two piles.

 

[The_Traveller]

If you had some room I would advice you to split them into at least two piles.

Good advise here , take it @signates

 

[AchmatK]

Best quote received for 3.5kw pylontech with wall bracket delivered by Monday.

Can't get the Dyness until 2 weeks.

 

[AchmatK]

If you had some room I would advice you to split them into at least two piles.

Will stack them in two groups.

 

[Saba'a]

Best quote received for 3.5kw pylontech with wall bracket delivered by Monday.

Can't get the Dyness until 2 weeks. View attachment 875919

Good price. Mine was R23 000

 

[AchmatK]

Battery options are confusing with vast difference in price and not all listing specs in the same format so very difficult to compare.

Looked at BYD, Pylontech, BlueNova, Dyness, Solar MD, Shoto, Hubble, Narada, TheSunPays, etc.

These are probably half of the battery manufacturers I looked at over the past few weeks.

That's not even considering supercapicitors and where they fit in this equation. Can get a 7kw sirius supercapacitor but haven't found anyone that's actually using these for domestic application and if current inverters on the market can be used with them. From what I've read up on them they an be recharged in a couple of minutes and have a cycle life of 1 000 000 cycles. They are obviously much more expensive than lithium batteries.

 

[Messugga]

That's not even considering superconductors and where they fit in this equation. Can get a 7kw surius superconductor but haven't found anyone that's actually using these for domestic application and if current inverters on the market can be used with them. From what I've read up on them they an be recharged in a couple of minutes and have a cycle life of 1 000 000 cycles. They are obviously much more expensive than lithium batteries.

Supercapacitor, you mean.

 

[AchmatK]

Supercapacitor, you mean.

Yes. Fixed.

 

[Saba'a]

Battery options are confusing with vast difference in price and not all listing specs in the same format so very difficult to compare.

Looked at BYD, Pylontech, BlueNova, Dyness, Solar MD, Shoto, Hubble, Narada, TheSunPays, etc.

These are probably half of the battery manufacturers I looked at over the past few weeks.

That's not even considering supercapicitors and where they fit in this equation. Can get a 7kw sirius supercapacitor but haven't found anyone that's actually using these for domestic application and if current inverters on the market can be used with them. From what I've read up on them they an be recharged in a couple of minutes and have a cycle life of 1 000 000 cycles. They are obviously much more expensive than lithium batteries.

Way out of my league! Way over R100 000! But if cycles true, its worth it.