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Just had a quote, obviously he will have to uninstall the old inverter and batteries, get the DNO, installation and scaffolding (£600 he told me) so almost £5,000 labour, is that the going rate? what do you guys think of it?

The voltage limit is for a single MPPT, not combined. Its up to 500v on each. If for example you had your existing 15 panels over two MPPTs, one string would be approx 210-220v and the other 240v-250v. You would then have the other two MPPTs free for more panels.

As someone running two inverters ...

I found this specification on the internet for a similarly named panel which has a Vmp of 31.18V and in line with what I would typically expect from a 400 watt panel https://shop.sun-volt.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PERLIGHT-400W-ALL-BLACK-EVO-PLM-400H8MB-108-SERIES.pdf - If it is this panel ...

A single KH10 or 10.5 would serve you fine depending on how large your proposed new array is. Your existing 15x 400w panels on one roof could be split between two MPPTs, leaving another two MPPTs for your new array. There would not be an issue with your house fuse as that would only be 45A ...

Actually the EP11 do make a lot of sense

I suppose my main concern is the stress on my fuse board, though I may be able to get them to change the 80a to a 100a fuse

The DNO may well limit what inverters I can have

If I have 2 ep11’s charging up overnight on say 2*k7’s in parallel as well as my ...

Thanks guys.
I am definitely going down the route of the EQ4800 stacks, I like the idea of the k9/10 series of inverters but I don’t think I can unless I am understanding this wrong.
From what I gather you can’t exceed the voltage power with panels I currently have 15x evolution elite 400w panels ...

Apparently according to Fox, having two hybrid inverters is a thing called cross charging, with 2 or more hybrids the6 think that the little amount of power being transferred to the grid (although minimal 24/7) they think it’s an export and start charging the batteries, this then causes the hybrid ...

Some of you may know my current set up, 6kw Solar panels (NE facing) H1 5.0-E and 18kw battery storage
Being as the installers put it on wrong side of roof it hasn’t been performing greatly but not too bad. I have only recently been taking advantage of intelligent octopus go, charging on the night ...

If I was to sell the HV2600’s (v1 version D) and the H1.5.0-E inverter
What would a fair price be?
They’re 29 months old and not had much use till a month ago when I switched to octopus go
If I could get £450 per battery and maybe similar for the inverter it would probably pay for the switch to EQ ...

I assumed so lol, I didn’t think for a moment that you had advised me incorrectly, but thought i would let you know their reply.
I will go ahead and get it installed (will be after Xmas now) but will let you know how I get on.
Thinking ahead, the two arrays will be about 30m apart, is it best for ...

Dave Foster wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 1:15 pm Yes that would work, the batteries just have to be similar in total capacity

Just had reply from FoxESS, they’re saying hv2600 v1 version D won’t work with G2?

That’s great news, thank you. I was hoping there would be a way of upgrading but utilising the current set up without it being wasted money. Being as it’s only two years old. Now I just have to replace the inverter

I currently have 6kw system with 7 x HV2600 batteries but I need extra battery storage
I need basically another 18kw but was thinking of installing another 6kw system on another roof but using either ECS or EQ batteries (future proofing) but will I be able to link the batteries in parallel or do ...

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I’ve been under the assumption that my set up was 6kw, apparently the solar panels are but by the look of these pics I have a H1 5.0 E which I gather isn’t a G2 version
And my batteries look like they’re v1 too

Looks like I’ll have to sell these to upgrade

I am interested in expanding too with similar set up, but do the batteries have to be the same (HV2600 v2) or can I use maybe the new EQ4800 batteries in my 2nd array?

Looking for a new install, maybe 6kw with 30+ kw batteries
Are there any benefits of ECS over EQ or are the technologies more or less identical?
I have read somewhere that had (maybe incorrect) information that the charge/discharge rate was higher with the ECS over the EQ

I currently have 6kw system with 7 x HV2600 batteries but I need extra battery storage
I need basically another 18kw but was thinking of installing another 6kw system on another roof but using either ECS or EQ batteries (future proofing) but will I be able to link the batteries in parallel or do I ...