Recent content by jacksdad

I’m always interested when this topic comes up. I’ve bought and sold a number of items on various platforms over last year or two. The only time I’ve ever had any hassles was when selling my ValveAudio Exclame on AVInsider. Guy made no bones about intention to sell it on and beat me down to an...

Raymond Ackerman, a legend of retail.

When updating firmware on Victron kit there is a procedure to follow which will do a backup of your existing settings and then restore them back to what they were prior to the firmware update. If you don't follow the procedure your inverter will revert back to default settings after the update.

Almost definitely it would be fully charged if it is a lithium battery. Most 5kWh lithium batteries are 100Ah, so the theory is that a 100Ah battery can be recharged from 0% to 100% in 1hr if you apply 100A(1C) of charge current or 2hrs if you apply charge current of 50A(.5C). The thing is, you...

Yup, that is exactly how it works. Your limitation is your inverter. Some inverters have a PWM or MPPT solar controller which allows you to connect solar, others might require an additional external solar controller. However, your limitation is your inverter, in your example, during...

You would be surprised, I just shipped a 78kg crate, 88cmx51cmx43cm, from the West Coast to Durban with The Courier Guy, all of R581. You could fit a bunch of mags in a box that size.

I've installed one about a year ago and it works brilliantly. It is fairly straight forward to install, it has a L & N terminal at the top and a L terminal at the bottom. I have a 20A circuit breaker (MCB) feeding my geyser, I disconnected the live wire from the geyser MCB and connected to the...

That will be great. Nology have had had a "Coming Soon" sticker posted on the EM page since shortly after I posted in Aug last year. Requested an update last week and am still waiting for their response. One hopes that their backup service proves to be better than their poor marketing and PR...

I'm afraid I don't have any experience with a 48V system. I have just acquired a Multiplus just like yours and I'm pairing it with a BlueNova Racpower bn52v-100-5.2k bp. Standing in my garage at the mo waiting for installation on Wednesday or Thursday this week. Just be careful which battery...

Good to see that you didn't miss the important stuff... 2 x cases Alto.

I'm not a sparkie so cannot provide professional electrical advise but as pointed out by LAV, I think priority number one is to ensure that your installation is compliant and that your insurance company is happy with it. You need to stress with your sparky that he needs to CoC the install which...

Those numbers have changed a bit since 2020. From a recent article in Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.co.za/zimbabwe-bans-unprocessed-lithium-exports-demands-benefaction-2022-12

I have a pair of Paradigm Studio v3's that I bought about 10 yrs ago. After moving to a new house, they weren't great for the space so went into storage about 6years ago. I am now at a stage of my life that I need to downscale and have decided to sell them. I hauled them out of storage and have...

Slightly off topic, but the new SA agents for Shelly, Nology, say they will not be bringing in the Shelly EM or 3EM due to certification issues. Got me thinking about all those that source these devices outside of SA, what will happen insurance wise if you experience a fire or some type of...

Nice install Wolla. As a matter of interest, what is the slope on that roof, it looks a little shallower than the tiled roof more to the eastern side?