Solaring in Solitude

[DawieZA]

Would you mind sharing your battery settings here? Would like to compare it with what my installer setup after the second one was installed.

 

[Solitude]

Would you mind sharing your battery settings here? Would like to compare it with what my installer setup after the second one was installed.

I will go have a look this evening. I take it I can find it on the menu somewhere?

 

[DawieZA]

I will go have a look this evening. I take it I can find it on the menu somewhere?

Correct yes. Under the gear icon on the main menu. Once you open the battery settings option, there should be three tabs. Would be great if you can share those three tabs.

 

[petum]

I'm glad to confirm that the earth bonding was done inside the inverter.

Can you take a pic?

Apparantly they just join neutral to earth ofter the inverter. No relay/contactors...

 

[Düber]

Can you take a pic?

Apparantly they just join neutral to earth ofter the inverter. No relay/contactors...

This is how the Deye manual shows it.
I'm not sure if I want to do it this way though. I would prefer that each source of power has it's bond at it's source and not sure how a generator would fit in with this arrangement.

 

[Fcon_Vpro]

This is how the Deye manual shows it.
I'm not sure if I want to do it this way though. I would prefer that each source of power has it's bond at it's source and not sure how a generator would fit in with this arrangement.

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Rather use a normally open(NO) type relay or contactor that will bond earth neutral on load output only when your grid drops.
You can wire the signal to the contactor or relay from the ATS output on the inverter.
Just make sure you have the signal Islanding mode selection checked on the inverter settings.

 

[Düber]

Rather use a normally open(NO) type relay or contactor that will bond earth neutral on load output only when your grid drops.
You can wire the signal to the contactor or relay from the ATS output on the inverter.
Just make sure you have the signal Islanding mode selection checked on the inverter settings.

That's exactly what I am planning to do.

 

[P924]

This is how the Deye manual shows it.
I'm not sure if I want to do it this way though. I would prefer that each source of power has it's bond at it's source and not sure how a generator would fit in with this arrangement.

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That's how they do it in Australia, but it's not legal in SA.

 

[Cam777]

I hope I can get a COC from Smart Tech Solar sometime soon though. My insurance is waiting for it.

Did you manage to get your COC from them?

 

[Solitude]

Did you manage to get your COC from them?

Yes I did.

 

[Cam777]

Thank you.

 

[Solitude]

As we get further away from summer my system has been struggling in the afternoon. I had two trees that were getting in the way of the sunlight. Had the poor trees cut down today and now it's running smoothly again.

 

[wingnut771]

As we get further away from summer my system has been struggling in the afternoon. I had two trees that were getting in the way of the sunlight. Had the poor trees cut down today and now it's running smoothly again.

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Couldn't you cut the tree shorter instead of completely?

 

[Solitude]

Couldn't you cut the tree shorter instead of completely?

Not in this case unfortunately. Luckily there's still lots of trees on my property. Including one huge one.

 

[TedLasso]

The irony of us all going 'green' is the amount of trees we need to take down to get there.

In the last few weeks, my neighbour finally bit the bullet and installed an inverter. They ended up taking down 4 palm trees (each at least 20 years old ) because the shadow they were creating blocked most of their solar panels and they had no other place to put the solar panels.

Ah it is what it is. #FsckyouEskom