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Mike's (non-Sunsynk) System
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soulie
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on a more serious note ,you dont need camera ,its nice but an industrial infra red heat gun is fine .30 to say 160 deg .like those covid things they pushed in your face to get your temp with
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soulie
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sweet ,if thats your place and you need a coc ,i can allways do it telephonically ,or sidecutter it and leave it out,and thats not even on a plot .
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Be prepared to see a lot more of it, because munis are charging home owners to replace stolen cable that is not even on their plot.
Exactly this, you can make them as tight as you can and they will work themselves loose over time. Gotta do maintenance and tighten every so often.
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Recommendations?
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For a moment there I though the cable was connected to the electrical fencing. Imagine that
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Well if they leave it for long enough like that, it may soon be.I just check every few months. Only takes a few minutes. In saying that haven't found anything loose since the one incident but better safe than sorry
@Mike Hoxbig, did you finish paying off your loan for the solar? If so how hefty were the cancellation penalties?
Standard Bank's LookSee Solar are sending one of their installers tomorrow for sire inspection. I could wait till December to raise the funds but things always come up that just chows my money. I have just finished building a house and there is always projects.
Received a few quotations through them and I'm going with
5kW Deye
1x 5kWh Shoto/PylonTech
8x 545w panels
R109K.
Estimated R2.5k p/m. I'm hoping to pay it off by March next year
Standard Bank's LookSee Solar are sending one of their installers tomorrow for sire inspection. I could wait till December to raise the funds but things always come up that just chows my money. I have just finished building a house and there is always projects.
Received a few quotations through them and I'm going with
5kW Deye
1x 5kWh Shoto/PylonTech
8x 545w panels
R109K.
Estimated R2.5k p/m. I'm hoping to pay it off by March next year
I paid off the solar with 8 months.
I financed like R110k.
Didn't see any penalties but after 8 months I paid like R101k to settle
Fyi - solar advice not standard bank
I see on Solar Advice's website they say no penalties. I'll ask standard bank about that
Mike Hoxbig
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Yep paid off without penalties. Paid in a lump sum last year and one this year...
Cool. We might be using the same installer. If so, then SA and Std bank are using smae installer. His name is Stephen as well. He is on his way to do a site inspection today. He thought it was Thursday today.
Mike Hoxbig
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Today is 2 years for me.
Cut my Eskom usage by 2/3. Most of those purchased units come during winter when my wife goes ape with the heaters. But the additional batteries added last year have made a small dent in this...
Cut my Eskom usage by 2/3. Most of those purchased units come during winter when my wife goes ape with the heaters. But the additional batteries added last year have made a small dent in this...
Mike Hoxbig
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Just to illustrate the difference that the extra batteries made.
Year 1 (2 batteries):
Year 2 (4 batteries):
Production went up by 3 MWh and battery discharge by 2 MWh.
Grid purchase dropped by 1 MWh, but I wouldn't read too much into this. Each year winter is different, and we definitely used more power last year compared to the year before (about 2 MWh more based on the yearly consumption), and despite that, grid usage still dropped.
So basically if you're looking to get more utility out of your panels while dropping grid usage, add batteries...
Year 1 (2 batteries):
Year 2 (4 batteries):
Production went up by 3 MWh and battery discharge by 2 MWh.
Grid purchase dropped by 1 MWh, but I wouldn't read too much into this. Each year winter is different, and we definitely used more power last year compared to the year before (about 2 MWh more based on the yearly consumption), and despite that, grid usage still dropped.
So basically if you're looking to get more utility out of your panels while dropping grid usage, add batteries...
Alternatively move more loads to daylight hours so that one doesn't need to buy more batteries.
I have two batteries (10.6kWh) and I don't want to add any more as that pushes the break even point out to at least 10 years. Juggling loads is more cost effective and keeps my break even point at around 7 years.
Nice, I am looking at adding additional panels to my system. 1 cause they cheap as chips at the moment (although you need to install them) and 2 cause the solar rebate is ending shortly. Not sure if it makes more sense to rather just get an extra battery as only have 1 currently. My thoughts are winter is coming up and production drops off quite drastically in Cape Town
Mike Hoxbig
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Everything that can be moved has already been moved. For most of the year we pretty much don't use Eskom.
If you have a high-ish base load at night, you're going to need more batteries. Ours is 450-500W when asleep and 700W when awake. We have 20+ outside lights around the property.
The other thing that extra batteries allows is to run a couple of heating slots for the geyser in the evening/early morning. I can't tell you how helpful this is in winter...