Description

The 20.48kWh load shed kit is normal household operation. You can take out entire rooms, whole circuit breakers and if you are using power efficiently, you can take out your entire house.

Components:

1 x KODAK Solar Off-Grid Inverter 10kW 48V

4 x Revov R100 2nd Life 51.2V 100Ah 5.12kWh

2 x MGSA – 35mm x 25cm Battery Connectors

1 x KETO Battery Disconnector with 250A Fuses

2 x MGSA – 35mm x 100cm Battery Connectors

1 x  DC common bus bar

Installation:

The inverter needs to be wired into a distribution board or a pre designated red circuit. A red circuit is a breaker on your distribution board that will have all your persistent (immune to power outage) loads connected to it. Naturally you can also wire in an extension lead type plug point but ideally this inverter should be a more permanent fixture.

Benefits/Drawbacks

The system has one large inverter (10kW)  and a decent battery capacity. The total expected operation of this system is 6553 watts per hour during a 2.5hour load shed.

In addition to this, the components used are full sub assemblies for solar systems. This means that should you want to go completely off grid, or lower you monthly energy bills, you merely need to add solar panels.

An additional benefit of the system is the inverter which as its own built in charger, thus the system is completely self sustaining and does not require management or user intervention. It automatically kicks in when load shedding starts and automatically charges the battery when load shedding ends. You would not notice a load shed for anything connected to that system.

Quality

The Kodak Axpert is the one of the top sold inverters in the country. Its a hardy piece of equipment, looks great and good value for money. Should there be any problem on the inverter it has excellent local service and support. The batteries used here are some of the top performing lithium RAC units  on the market with one of the longest life span of all batteries in its class.