Solar Hot water system (thanks to forum, Warpspeed and others)


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KeepIS

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Posted: 06:58am 24 Dec 2022      

Yes I've read every build post (including your posts) to see what hurdles were overcome by everyone. My main problem is my age and recovering from another recent health setback, it means that doing things like this are a bit tougher.

Fortunately I have the technical skills. I'm going with the OzInverter. I was lucky enough to find one 2.?kW AeroSharp. But I'm using 2 or 3 toriods from the small SMA GTI. The AeroSharp is a similar size but much taller, so 3 x SMA = 2 X AeroSharp.

I plan on starting a build thread (or is might be a help thread?) if I have problems. Just testing the caps and already found issues with one under soak test. If that one had been used in an inverter, it would have eventually destroyed the inverter with any heat built up around the CAP. Next is testing every MOSFET, fortunately I have all the test gear.

Looking forward to the adventure.

Mike.
Edited 2022-12-24 16:59 by KeepIS