[Wanted] Electrician to connect inverter to mains

[Spookpis]

Looking for an electrician to connect my Inverter battery setup to my mains. If someone can recommend someone, that will be nice, thanks

Just labor as all switches fuses etc etc have been bought

Item: Human Electrician
Packaging: Appropriate attire
Ballpark/Budget Amount:
Location: Fourways Johannesburg
Willing to accept a shipped item:
Ballpark/Budget Amount: Fair rate

 

[Spookpis]

Bump

Before Easter maybe?

 

[Confucius]

What inverter do you have?

Does this include mounting the inverter & batteries or is that already done.

Do any circuits need to be rewired. It’s a real problem sometimes when the neutrals are mixed. Can take a long time to fault find and resolve.

Are you expecting this price to include a CoC as well?

It’s probably not going to happen before Easter though.

Oh, I’m not an electrician

 

[ettiene]

At the rate of R1000 you won't get a proper electrician, rather a prostitute doing wiring.

 

[ettiene]

And that writes CoC's

 

[Spookpis]

What inverter do you have?

Does this include mounting the inverter & batteries or is that already done.

Do any circuits need to be rewired. It’s a real problem sometimes when the neutrals are mixed. Can take a long time to fault find and resolve.

Are you expecting this price to include a CoC as well?

It’s probably not going to happen before Easter though.

Oh, I’m not an electrician

So the setup is as follows (All Mounted):
5kwh Lithium battery
Fuse between battery and Inverter
3kva Growatt Inverter
Surge protector
Mini DB with 2 x 40A Breakers and changeover

So I just need the wiring done from the inverter to the mains.

 

[Spookpis]

At the rate of R1000 you won't get a proper electrician, rather a prostitute doing wiring.

Considering what needs to be done...

I'll even hold the ladder and offer a beer

 

[Qui_Illustrati]

So the setup is as follows (All Mounted):
5kwh Lithium battery
Fuse between battery and Inverter
3kva Growatt Inverter
Surge protector
Mini DB with 2 x 40A Breakers and changeover

So I just need the wiring done from the inverter to the mains.

With that inverter and battery you'd have to split loads. Essential and non essential. So, it wouldn't be simply wiring to mains.

How are you using it now? Extension lead run?

 

[ettiene]

Considering what needs to be done...

I'll even hold the ladder and offer a beer

Do you have a existing COC?

 

[Spookpis]

Do you have a existing COC?

From the developers, yea

 

[Spookpis]

With that inverter and battery you'd have to split loads. Essential and non essential. So, it wouldn't be simply wiring to mains.

How are you using it now? Extension lead run?

Running it exactly as you mentioned


I have very little running, it's me and my daughter, I have calculated the worst-case load, without a geyser and oven obviously, and won't nearly hit 3kw, maybe when I boil the kettle, while I have everything running.

So with that said, I'm not sure if I really need to split the load... I may be wrong. I have basic knowledge of electrical work.

 

[Qui_Illustrati]

Running it exactly as you mentioned


I have very little running, it's me and my daughter, I have calculated the worst-case load, without a geyser and oven obviously, and won't nearly hit 3kw, maybe when I boil the kettle, while I have everything running.

So with that said, I'm not sure if I really need to split the load... I may be wrong. I have basic knowledge of electrical work.

If you don't split loads the chances of overload/overcurrent is ever present when 'managing' loads become tedious or overlooked. It's a tiny inverter to go straight in to mains with the potential to power all circuits. From my experience with Growatts they shit the bed when you look at them sideways. Better not to give them more reason to shit the bed 😁
These are off grid inverters and load seperation is almost mandatory from what I recall.

 

[Spookpis]

If you don't split loads the chances of overload/overcurrent is ever present when 'managing' loads become tedious or overlooked. It's a tiny inverter to go straight in to mains with the potential to power all circuits. From my experience with Growatts they shit the bed when you look at them sideways. Better not to give them more reason to shit the bed 😁
These are off grid inverters and load seperation is almost mandatory from what I recall.

Thanks for the input.

I think for now I can just be aware of the fact, and balance the load myself. Then I'll upgrade the inverter at a later stage.

 

[Confucius]

How about kettle, microwave, oven, iron, geyser, stove if not gas.

All of those are borderline 3kw already.

I see you exclude geyser and oven which means you still need to split. You cannot have 2 sources in the same db unless it’s on a different row.

 

[Spookpis]

How about kettle, microwave, oven, iron, geyser, stove if not gas.

All of those are borderline 3kw already.

I see you exclude geyser and oven which means you still need to split. You cannot have 2 sources in the same db unless it’s on a different row.

Running gas stove, so that's cooking and kettle covered.

I use electricity very sparingly, hence I was refering to my max usage at any given time will be just over 2kw. But lights and plugs draw around 750w to maybe 1kw on an average use case.

I hear you regarding the split that will happen to not include the Geyser and stove. So yea, not sure if that's a massive thing to do.