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fuses are good .a good arrestor with good fuses rated appropriately will help with a strike .make sure your earthing is impecable even if you have to knock a 3 meter long earthspike in and pee on it everynight to keep the ground wet ,that is your first line of defence .keep the panels earthed .remember you can add more surge protectors especially in the db board schneider make very good modular units for the db .easy to swop out if shunted and no loss of power if blown .just unplug and plug a new cartridge in .
I bet everything with electronics in that house is either burnt or blown up
yip i got a static flash strike last year it blew 3 ups units .every led driver .gate motor charger .invertor .borehole pump .pool pump .all the lights .electric fence thumper .even all the hdmi amps and circuits blew .the only thing that saved the rest was the invertor that took the shunt .my earthing is spotton and it bent the lightning arrestor on the roof .that its now all wavy.it blew the aluminium earth cables off 3 earth rods my carport earth and earth rod basically vanished .
Pretty much yes.
it was scary .i was in the shower at the time .but what was even more scary was the electrician they sent out to evaluate .i thought i was clued up ,this MIE was tops and knew exactly what he was looking for .no bullshitting him .
Motherfsck, sorry to hear. That's a biggie. I should enquire with my insurer about my cover for surges etc. I have the inverter in place so kinda putting all my faith in it. We have these wild highveld storms in the afternoons.
the heineman surge arrestors in my db board were on the kitchen floor in pieces .first line of defence good Surgetek surge arrestors in the db or Schneider .dont even look at the retail units .earth everything and earth it again .the 3 ups units saved my computers and tvs as well as hifi and wifi modems all LTE .dstv blew the hdmi output .3 fridges and a big deepfreeze no issues ,intercom fried .but Santam came to the party .i had a 8 kg chlorine bucket hanging from the roof under a gutter it vanished except for the handle .i think thats what it struck .
ditto
we think we are mighty beasts ,meanwhile we are very insignificant little things .
It falls under the lightning section and not power surge
Yes, the DC (PV) has its own surge protectors installed.
Thanks, will definitely look into it.
True, but lightning can cause a surge condition by inducing current into the mains feed. You are very fortunate that your assessor gave you a favourable report, and considered the root cause to be lightning.
Them wanting to settle on the price of another brand inverter is not on. Sunsynk is widely available. If their suppliers can't supply Sunsynk, that's not your problem. I would insist on a cash in lieu settlement on a like for like basis. Speak to the assessor, no reason that you should be "out of pocket" for nearly R 7k.
