Out of curiosity dose anyone know what the latest SW version is in a Solis 5G 6kwh.
I currently have 3A0029.
Just curious that's all.
That doesn't sound right unless the battery only has 0.5C and not 1C charge/discharge.
Seems like a waste not having 100a charge/discharge on a 5kwh battery. You sure the charge/discharge settings are correct on the inverter? The inverter can do 100a for sure. Check the spec sheet of the battery and see if it's only 50a
Sorry autocorrect. It was tweaks not tweets.
I don't do twitter.
I don't know the settings as my installer did it all.i know my limitations when it comes to the inverter.
That is pretty great TBH. You mentioned tweats... anything you can share? Was it on the Solis Inverter side of the house or the battery side that you tweaked?
I suspect - with a 4.8Kw Dyness battery - i cant get to 5Kw unless I add a second 4.8Kw Dynness battery - im only getting 2.5Kw now - but i think thats correct for my setup (my inverter is 6Kw and 5g)
Only the 5g ones can do it, 4g was 3kw
We both work from home for most of the week. For the mileage we are doing we are saving 30-40 euros a week with the one ev. Going with a second ev would yield a similar saving but countered by having to pay additional charging at the night rate to make sure both cars are sufficiently charged. With longer days ahead maximising the yield from the inverter that we have seems the most sensible option.
Wait until summer comes around.
Does it "really" matter though? 5kw verses 3Kw? I ask not knowing your situation.
My thinking on this is more around the fact that you have a certain energy in your battery. That battery will last a certain time limit. If it's empty at 7pm and you've been importing 2Kw from the grid cause the battery couldn't give everything......or the battery is empty at 6Pm cause it could give everything.......you're just moving the timeline of what your importing. In either case it's given out all that it has stored into your house. No?
I should say that with the high usage that I have, there hasn't been one single day that my battery (8.2Kwhr) has gotten me to night rate......so I might be a little unusual here.
Your installer must have have had the settings wrong on your old inverter so. Both the Solis 5kW and 6kW can both output 5kW via EPS output if battery supports it.
Good luck with that 👍👍
Thanks for saying that. I'm running the BYD 10.5KW
It was on your advice I went for the 6kw inverter for my install and really glad I did so thanks for that. What batteries are you running in your system?
New 6kwh inverter and a tweek on the settings. Thats a result I think. The battery was putting out 3kwh and now its 5kwh. Game changer imo
my bad, was taking this image as two strings
For EV charging, especially with a car maybe not at home during the midday hours, storage of the excess makes sense, but only if you do decent milage AND that battery storage can be bought at a low price point (maybe under €1k per 5kW), which you will only do with a DIY Battery install at present
Your going to struggle there with your inverter. What you can do is upgrade your panels by adding 7-8 more into your existing 3.3kw inverter. Even though you will have 5Kw+ in panels, you inverter will only pull down 3.3Kw.
In some respects, you will be "wasting" generation, but what it will mean for you, is that you will hit your "max production" threshold on more days of the year. If for example say you were generating 2-3Kwhr off your existing panels for some day in Feb. Then increasing your panel capacity would raise that generation to 3-4Kwhr. However come summer time.....when the sun is shining you'll be wasting your panels output by your inverter cap.
It's a tough one to call. I think long term, if you are thinging of powering your EV and adding a 2nd one, coupled to the rising price of electricity/gas (Ukraine notwithstanding) replacing your existing system with a higher capacity one is the way to go. Keep your existing panels, but add a new array of new panels to a new hybrid inverter rated 5Kw (ideally 6Kw)
300e per additional panel. We have one ev and possibly a second in the near future.
Thats a single string inverter. and the 600V is per string.
Max output on the inverter is 3.3kW so maybe one or two extra panels on each string would help you achieve this on less bright days. Has max input voltage of 600v so you are well within that at 7 panels/string.
Look at the cost of installing these as that will certainly show if it is worthwhile. If a fitter has to come back to install extra rails and the panels I would think it probably isn't worth the cost.
The inverter is a Solis-mini-3000-4G. 10no. 320w currently fitted.
Assuming you have an inverter that supports 2x strings (and if you post the make/model someone here can confirm) you should be able to add a bunch of panels no problem. You're main limitation might be the size of the inverter itself. E.g. if it's a 3Kw inverter than you will be limited to 3Kw unless you swap out the inverter (that can add significantly to the cost - but depending on your situation might not be a deal breaker)
You'd need to check the specification of your inverter and panels to determine how many panels may be connected. but as bullit said 12 or 13 is typical. German division of my inverter manufacturer has an excel sheet to calculate all this easily and for instance with my panels 12 is max but another manufacturers panels the max is 7 per string!
If you only have 10 on one string you could add a second string (assuming you have two MPPT). Note like the max per string there is also a minimum per string as well.
10 panel currently. In one row.
Not sure the app will tell you that directly. How many panels you have currently and in what configuration? A string can hold 12 panels (13 at an absolute push).
Up and going again. My app is Solarman Smart. How do I see what free capacity I have to add 1 or 2 panels? When it was installed I was told that it could take 1 maybe 2 additional.
SD Dracula - 8 express nails through panel and into wall
Thanks for the advice
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It was on "all on grid", should it have been "self consumption"?
I have a cable reel, but only with 2 sockets on it, the only thing is I needed power in 3 completely separate locations, and all fed from the attic.
Attic down to landing, then split 3 ways, to her office, my office, and then the cable reel went down to the living room where the modem is.
I could probably get away with 3 cable reel's, but I'm hoping it won't be too regular an occurrence..
Might be of some use to avoid the extension into extension into extension......
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