Sunsynk Inverter Noob Question around AC overload

[C2905]

Hi
Hoping to confirm my understanding from some of the senior pros on this forum that has been an incredible source of learning for me over the last couple of months. Commissioned my smallish system last week Wednesday (5 x 545 panels, 5.5 Hubble AM2 and 5Kw Sunsynk). Overall very happy but the geyser is a @#**. Need to sort that out - but a story for another day.

Just want to put my mind at ease around the potential risk of an AC overload and want to confirm which reading on the attached Sunsynk Flow chart is the one that would trigger a trip on my Inverter. I am assuming it is the value highlighted in green - the wattage measured at the Inverter itself and not any of the other wattages (highlighted in red and orange) or sum thereof.

Thanks

 

[Mzezman]

It would be the green one yes - that's the max amount the inverter can provide. Depending how your Db is wired the green may or may not include the yellow amounts as well (non-essential)

 

[rh1]

Hi
Hoping to confirm my understanding from some of the senior pros on this forum that has been an incredible source of learning for me over the last couple of months. Commissioned my smallish system last week Wednesday (5 x 545 panels, 5.5 Hubble AM2 and 5Kw Sunsynk). Overall very happy but the geyser is a @#**. Need to sort that out - but a story for another day.

Just want to put my mind at ease around the potential risk of an AC overload and want to confirm which reading on the attached Sunsynk Flow chart is the one that would trigger a trip on my Inverter. I am assuming it is the value highlighted in green - the wattage measured at the Inverter itself and not any of the other wattages (highlighted in red and orange) or sum thereof.

Thanks

To get to 3 nearly 4kWh, I had the washing machine, pool pump, wellpoint pump, 2 x aircons and a kettle on, including normal stuff thats always on. You really have to have a lot of things going. As soon as the kettle stopped. It went down to under 2kWh.

Interesting flowchart, mine looks slightly different.

 

[HowTo]

Hi
Hoping to confirm my understanding from some of the senior pros on this forum that has been an incredible source of learning for me over the last couple of months. Commissioned my smallish system last week Wednesday (5 x 545 panels, 5.5 Hubble AM2 and 5Kw Sunsynk). Overall very happy but the geyser is a @#**. Need to sort that out - but a story for another day.

Just want to put my mind at ease around the potential risk of an AC overload and want to confirm which reading on the attached Sunsynk Flow chart is the one that would trigger a trip on my Inverter. I am assuming it is the value highlighted in green - the wattage measured at the Inverter itself and not any of the other wattages (highlighted in red and orange) or sum thereof.

Thanks

As long you have Eskom availble it would not trip. It will get what is needed from Eskom. (Grid Yellow) supplement.

If Eskom is not availble it would trip the inverter.

 

[semaphore]

To get to 3 nearly 4kWh, I had the washing machine, pool pump, wellpoint pump, 2 x aircons and a kettle on, including normal stuff thats always on. You really have to have a lot of things going. As soon as the kettle stopped. It went down to under 2kWh.

Interesting flowchart, mine looks slightly different.

Your kettle must be amazing, mine by itself pulls 2.5kw. I can easily trip my 8kw inverter if I’m not careful hence my reason upgrading to the 16, the constant balancing act is just annoying me these days.

 

[SauRoNZA]

It would be the green one yes - that's the max amount the inverter can provide. Depending how your Db is wired the green may or may not include the yellow amounts as well (non-essential)

The screen looks entirely different when there is no essentials and non-essentials split.

 

[SauRoNZA]

To get to 3 nearly 4kWh, I had the washing machine, pool pump, wellpoint pump, 2 x aircons and a kettle on, including normal stuff thats always on. You really have to have a lot of things going. As soon as the kettle stopped. It went down to under 2kWh.

Interesting flowchart, mine looks slightly different.

Aircons being “on” is not quite the same as compressors actually running and if those all happened at the same time guaranteed it would go well beyond 4kWh.

 

[rh1]

Your kettle must be amazing, mine by itself pulls 2.5kw. I can easily trip my 8kw inverter if I’m not careful hence my reason upgrading to the 16, the constant balancing act is just annoying me these days.

Yip it seems to be the preferred mybb kettle: Checkers Platinum Branded one. I bought it as a temporary kettle, but never got around upgrading it. 5 years later still going strong.

 

[rh1]

Your kettle must be amazing, mine by itself pulls 2.5kw. I can easily trip my 8kw inverter if I’m not careful hence my reason upgrading to the 16, the constant balancing act is just annoying me these days.

Most of my appliance is newer type. Even my aircons are inverter aircons. The only old device is the old double door Defy Fridge, built before the turkish takeover.

 

[Lupus]

Your kettle must be amazing, mine by itself pulls 2.5kw. I can easily trip my 8kw inverter if I’m not careful hence my reason upgrading to the 16, the constant balancing act is just annoying me these days.

I've got an ecco kettle from takealot that only draws 1.3kw? What kettle do you have?