Sunsynk Ridgeblade

Speedster said:
Not sure if you're just trolling now
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Not meaning to, just an example, 105kWh. I'm sure batteries will come down in cost big time in future.

For now, max out on PV and enough battery for 24 hours, with genny backup.

Then when NERSA pulls their finger out and residential PV feed-in is on par with the the rest of the world allowing you to pay off your system much quicker, then can add storage bit by bit.

If you spend money on a high maintenance woman on your roof, you'll regret it.
 
wingnut771 said:
Not meaning to, just an example, 105kWh. I'm sure batteries will come down in cost big time in future.

For now, max out on PV and enough battery for 24 hours, with genny backup.

Then when NERSA pulls their finger out and residential PV feed-in is on par with the the rest of the world allowing you to pay off your system much quicker, then can add storage bit by bit.

If you spend money on a high maintenance woman on your roof, you'll regret it.
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I think we're on two different pages - you're projecting as to what might be in the future, I'm looking at what's available now. Also, as I said right at the start of this thread, I'm not hopeful regarding this product.
 
Speedster said:
I think we're on two different pages - you're projecting as to what might be in the future, I'm looking at what's available now. Also, as I said right at the start of this thread, I'm not hopeful regarding this product.
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Just making a point that wind power is not money well spent imho. Of all the YT users I've watched all say they would rather get more PV if they could have a do over.
 
wingnut771 said:
Just making a point that wind power is not money well spent imho. Of all the YT users I've watched all say they would rather get more PV if they could have a do over.
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It’s a different thing to add to the mix. Wind would obviously be spiky, so you’d need to be able to dump the output into a battery for use when you need it. But it needn’t be to the exclusion of PV.

My roof basically won’t fit any more panels (it’s quite a small semidetached house) but I could probably get a row of wind turbines along the parapet. I would nee to see some numbers but I live in Muizenberg where it’s windy a lot. It’s not possible to make simple statements about such things generally - it all depends on the context.
 
newby_investor said:
It’s a different thing to add to the mix. Wind would obviously be spiky, so you’d need to be able to dump the output into a battery for use when you need it. But it needn’t be to the exclusion of PV.

My roof basically won’t fit any more panels (it’s quite a small semidetached house) but I could probably get a row of wind turbines along the parapet. I would nee to see some numbers but I live in Muizenberg where it’s windy a lot. It’s not possible to make simple statements about such things generally - it all depends on the context.
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I would rather build ground mounted PV than waste money on wind.
 
WAslayer said:
I assume this is the same:

RB1 Residential - Ridgeblade

ridgeblade.com ridgeblade.com

In which case:

2 kW continuous (2.7kW peak) per 5 rotor system

With a 5 rotor system taking up 6.5m of ridge..
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Even 1kW 12/7 is a win win for me.

All depending what it costs.

That means overnight baseload is entirely covered.
 
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WAslayer said:
Also seems you need a wind specific inverter, but unconfirmed..
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Don’t you just mean a controller as most of the turbines have?

I know the Sunsynk’s are turbine aware, so maybe that’s all it means.
 
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