Solaring in Solitude

would you guys say this is a good quote:

8kw Deye inverter with wifi
2 * 5.12kwh shoto batteries
10 * 545w panels

within installation and materials for R180k
 
jvk said:
would you guys say this is a good quote:

8kw Deye inverter with wifi
2 * 5.12kwh shoto batteries
10 * 545w panels

within installation and materials for R180k
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Yes that's a good quote at this point in time. It was about par a year ago...
 
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jvk said:
would you guys say this is a good quote:

8kw Deye inverter with wifi
2 * 5.12kwh shoto batteries
10 * 545w panels

within installation and materials for R180k
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That's about on-par with recent quotes I did as well. I chose to go with 8 panels instead of 10 in this scenario for 2 reasons, apparently it's better to do 8 panels per string (safer) and for R180k (plus minus) I opted to go with Sunsynk 8kw inverter and 2 x Sunsynk batteries (nothing wrong with Deye and Shoto but Sunsynk support is better locally from what I hear and you get a 10 year warranty instead of 5. Plus these Sunksynk batteries discharge at 1C vs 0.5C). So I sacrificed 2 panels to go with Sunsynk for the same price. The view is that I can always add another string of 8 later down the line and possibly a 3rd battery.
 
Zodiak said:
That's about on-par with recent quotes I did as well. I chose to go with 8 panels instead of 10 in this scenario for 2 reasons, apparently it's better to do 8 panels per string (safer) and for R180k (plus minus) I opted to go with Sunsynk 8kw inverter and 2 x Sunsynk batteries (nothing wrong with Deye and Shoto but Sunsynk support is better locally from what I hear and you get a 10 year warranty instead of 5. Plus these Sunksynk batteries discharge at 1C vs 0.5C). So I sacrificed 2 panels to go with Sunsynk for the same price. The view is that I can always add another string of 8 later down the line and possibly a 3rd battery.
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and what time are the batteries charged?
 
I hope I can get a COC from Smart Tech Solar sometime soon though. My insurance is waiting for it.
 
Solitude said:
That's a difficult one to answer. Depends on the weather, how much I've used, loadshedding etc.
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Maybe the better question is what is your SOC at sunrise, then fully charged in sunny weather. I know now is not the time to ask as it's still new and weather and LS is bad..
 
wingnut771 said:
Maybe the better question is what is your SOC at sunrise, then fully charged in sunny weather. I know now is not the time to ask as it's still new and weather and LS is bad..
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It looks like on average my SOC goes down to around 55 by sunrise and is then fully charged by around 10:30.

With today being so rainy it's currently sitting on 65 and it's about the highest it's been today.
 
Solitude said:
It looks like on average my SOC goes down to around 55 by sunrise and is then fully charged by around 10:30.

With today being so rainy it's currently sitting on 65 and it's about the highest it's been today.
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So tomorrow morning SOC will be 10%?
 
wingnut771 said:
So tomorrow morning SOC will be 10%?
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No, I think it's set to take power from Eskom to get it to 100%.

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Please show pics of earth bond relay/box.

Can they give you a coc without this?
 
Solitude said:
No, I think it's set to take power from Eskom to get it to 100%.

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Play around with these settings to maximise your generation capacity and reduce your consumption from the grid, for summer I am comfortable with 40% SOC%/V grid for the whole 24 hours. I found that only early mornings I might be under 40% , if there was loadshedding and if I was running the aircon. Lowest I have been is 38%. So find out what works for you.
 
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