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It's totally achievable, if you're going Lithium theres a long return on investment. If you shop savvy , can be well worth the money

https://diysolarforum.com/ Try diysolar Just to point out the above-mentioned forum is U.S.A. based, so all prices are in $, and they have different terminology and regulations than here in the U.K. (Not to mention more sunshine)

I guess the only way to tell is to turn everything else in the house off and run just the solic & PV for a day

about 1 KWh , or £0.35 , I don't know about you but that's a good chunk of my electric bill lol !

Brilliant that is not what I wanted to hear about solic lol !!!!

Wireless sender unit

Yes , both lights on solic show green , wireless sender light flashes red/green when working , as expected Yes if I remember right you have to calibrate the thing by turning PV off , and run something in the house like a kettle so it learns which way is which I followed it step by step ...

Now importing 210w , but clamp says 3.8amps (907w)!

Curiouser and curiouser Solic 200 turned on , making hot water, full sun on the solar Smart meter says we are importing 100w-160w Amp clamp on the meter tails reads 6.7~ amps , 6.8x240v=1632w ... 1.63kw . Obviously doesn't tell me which direction the amps are going I am confused !

Hi all looking for some advice please I have installed a wireless solic 200 , it seems to be having some issues A) almost every day it switches into 'overheat' mode , two red lights on the box , won't come back on until breaker is tripped on and off , or you have to press the boost button...

I'm off to the bank, see if they'll accept me for a second mortgage so I can buy one :oops:

Thank you both

Thank you John, I was looking at that inverter. That's a good set up, how long do you think you could last off grid ?

Hi John so we have a 4kw solar array on the roof - it was all here when we moved in. It's south facing, 16x250w panels, 60.5v, two strings of 8 panels. Grid tied with a SMA sunnyboy 3.6kw inverter , it looks a lot like this : And then separate from the grid tie system , in my shed , I have a...

Now that I'd be interested in! Could save me a small fortune? It's an SMA sunnyboy Ah the batteries are separate from the grid tie solar system, they are in my shed right now on a big smart charger