Slmz. Very informative. Just a question the essential load and extra or non essential load that's direct from the PV are both part of the invert kilowatt capacity? Or does the non essential load not form part of the 5kva of the inverter for instance
ws. The inverter supplies both backup output and non backup outputs from PV. So for instance on a perfect sunny day, by 11 am, we generate about 5kw, 1 kw will go to backup, 2 kw to the non backup side and 2 kw to charge the batteries. It can also combine both Eskom supply and PV so if PV isn't sufficient, then the rest will be from Eskom.
Hi, very informative. Given that the batteries are expensive and also require replacing sooner than any other component, which inverter should I get to reduce my electricity bill and not require batteries. But also to allow me the option to add batteries at a later stage (due to loadshedding)
Watch this czcams.com/video/Q8G4otvvjwY/video.html It all depends what you need to power. You need to work out the power consumption in watts. Also, consider thr type of loads like inductive or resistive. Ideally as a start, work on the bare essentials like lighting, modems and keeping your devices charged.
1. How do you prevent the inverter from backfeeding the grid or is it allowed to back feed the grid? 2. The output of your inverter do you connect it on the Main circuit breaker or on its own breaker and supply the load?
1. It has a built in "anti islanding" feature when there's a power failure. It also comes with an app where you can configure how many kilowatts you want to export. 2.Own breaker.
It depends on the loads during the day, but if the load is about say 2kwh, then by 11am the batteries are fully charged. Also it depends on how large your battery bank is. I only have 2 pylontechs presently so thats pretty small.
I need urgent help with my GW5048D-ES inverter which faiks to give me power when loadshedding occurs because of apparent "communication failure" as the State of Charge of my Pylontect UP5000 Battery will be high at 98%. The current communication is from the BMS port in the inverter to the A/CAN port on the battery. Is this connection correct? I struggle to get technician to come down here in the North West
Hi there. Thanks for the very informative videos. I’m having trouble getting my installers to understand how to connect geysers, oven and pool pump to the non-essential load circuit. Can you make a video of this or otherwise is there a way of me contacting you?
Hello I would like to ask: 1. how much is the zero load consumption of GW5048D-ES? 2. is it possible to supply from battery low consuption (less than 100w) or is it feed from the grid? 3. how hot is the radiator during the day? 4. do you have any experience with parallel connection of this hybrid inverter with pure on-grid? Thank you
Hello, 1. I estimate about 50w. 2. Yes. In OffGrid mode, I can run a kettle 2kw, and my 18000bt ac. I also run a 1kw pool pump. It depends on the SOC off the battery and how much current is can supply. The BMS determines that. 3. Abt 50 degrees Celsius in summer. 4. No I haven't tried that.
@@ElecAndAll About point no. 2, what about normal mode? Is the load less than 100W supplied from grid or inverter? Is it possible to test it? Thank you
The way it works depends on the load. Inductive or resistive loads. There's a video where I describe this. As long as the load on the backup side is less than 4.8kw, and the battery has sufficient charge, the inverter will decide whether to supply it from the panels, battery or utility. On a nice sunny day, pv is preferred then battery then utility.
Hi! How are you still finding the Goodwe? Any issues with it, buggy firmware, wifi dropouts etc? I have an option to acquire one at a steal of a price, but read of a lot of issues on powerforum. Thoughts?
Goodwe is working well. I'm very happy with it. Runs my pool pump, boils my kettle and 18000btu non inverter aircon during the day. Runs the speed queen washing machine too. Running the latest firmware without issue. Wifi is ok now although I did experience issues with it previously
Yes, it's better for longevity not to have these heavy duty appliances on the backup supply. But during load shedding and during the day, if it's sunny I have a separate change over for the pool pump and aircon. So I still use them off grid. If there's sufficient sun.
@@ElecAndAll Thanks! Interesting, how is that separate change over switch wired to make use of solar for the non-essentials side when the grid is down?
@@ElecAndAll Thank you for answering, because in terms of only recommendations for lintium, where the voltage is 200v -600v, if the voltage is only 48 volts, amperage is large, can it still work normally?
I own a Goodwe Es5048 and its a total peace of crap. I just ripped it out and went back to voltronic base, in my case a Max2 8kw. The Goodwe has a terrible interface for management and almost no tweaking. It is also unreliable and when issues starts it never stops. Support is also non existent and majority solar installers told me its junk. Only the Goodwe high-end KWh inverters is reasonably premium.
1. Grid tied means it only works with the grid. So as long as there's Eskom the inverter will work. 2. Your system is a hybrid inverter. Because it requires batteries to work. 3. You cannot change the settings of your MPPT if the PV array voltage is too high. You need to spec it well below the max voltage because you'll blow it.
1. Not true. The inverter works in off grid mode and will supply backup loads Upto 5kw. 2. True. I hope that's what I said. 3. Not true. The inverters firmware protects it from being "blown" ie it throws an error DC injection high and will reduce the pv generation or shut off. Goodwe Support are able to modify these settings remotely. Thanks for commenting.
1. You said 2.33 that this inverter is grid tied. Its not, its a hybrid inverter. But I think you meant its grid tied because its still connected to the grid so I know what you meant. My bad.
2. You initially said it's a hybrid inverter but then you said it's a grid tied inverter but as I said in number 1 I think you just meant its connected to the grid?
3. Please note that the 4.6kW Goodwe MPPT has a min DC voltage of 125 and a max of 550. You cannot change that settings like you say. It will give you a error message yes but it still takes damage to initially acknowledge that high voltage. If that's the case then your string has been wired incorrectly and 1 panel needs to be removed. Its safe to have your strings to total around 520V just to be on the safe side
Hybrid means that it requires batteries to operate and it does.. Grid tied means that it's capable of exporting excess pv generation to the grid whilst maximising pv use for the entire load whether backup or off backup. In off grid mode, only backup loads are supplied.
Slmz. Very informative. Just a question the essential load and extra or non essential load that's direct from the PV are both part of the invert kilowatt capacity? Or does the non essential load not form part of the 5kva of the inverter for instance
ws. The inverter supplies both backup output and non backup outputs from PV. So for instance on a perfect sunny day, by 11 am, we generate about 5kw, 1 kw will go to backup, 2 kw to the non backup side and 2 kw to charge the batteries.
It can also combine both Eskom supply and PV so if PV isn't sufficient, then the rest will be from Eskom.
Hi, very informative. Given that the batteries are expensive and also require replacing sooner than any other component, which inverter should I get to reduce my electricity bill and not require batteries. But also to allow me the option to add batteries at a later stage (due to loadshedding)
You should still have at least 1 lithium battery in order to maximize your savings. Any grid tied inverter will offer the highest savings upfront.
Which invertor should I use for back up, when the is a load shedding?
Watch this czcams.com/video/Q8G4otvvjwY/video.html
It all depends what you need to power. You need to work out the power consumption in watts. Also, consider thr type of loads like inductive or resistive. Ideally as a start, work on the bare essentials like lighting, modems and keeping your devices charged.
Hello please advise. Does this GW5084D-ES have the parallel functionality such as sunsynk and growat inverters .
Thank you.
Hey Vino. I think it does but let me confirm
1. How do you prevent the inverter from backfeeding the grid or is it allowed to back feed the grid? 2. The output of your inverter do you connect it on the Main circuit breaker or on its own breaker and supply the load?
1. It has a built in "anti islanding" feature when there's a power failure. It also comes with an app where you can configure how many kilowatts you want to export.
2.Own breaker.
On a perfect sunny day how long does it take to recharge the batteries completely?
It depends on the loads during the day, but if the load is about say 2kwh, then by 11am the batteries are fully charged. Also it depends on how large your battery bank is. I only have 2 pylontechs presently so thats pretty small.
I need urgent help with my GW5048D-ES inverter which faiks to give me power when loadshedding occurs because of apparent "communication failure" as the State of Charge of my Pylontect UP5000 Battery will be high at 98%. The current communication is from the BMS port in the inverter to the A/CAN port on the battery. Is this connection correct? I struggle to get technician to come down here in the North West
Check the battery SOH. Andries can help in NW
Hi there. Thanks for the very informative videos. I’m having trouble getting my installers to understand how to connect geysers, oven and pool pump to the non-essential load circuit. Can you make a video of this or otherwise is there a way of me contacting you?
Hi Tom,
I'll produce a video soon.
@@ElecAndAll. Thanks appreciate the help
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Hello I would like to ask:
1. how much is the zero load consumption of GW5048D-ES?
2. is it possible to supply from battery low consuption (less than 100w) or is it feed from the grid?
3. how hot is the radiator during the day?
4. do you have any experience with parallel connection of this hybrid inverter with pure on-grid?
Thank you
Hello,
1. I estimate about 50w.
2. Yes. In OffGrid mode, I can run a kettle 2kw, and my 18000bt ac. I also run a 1kw pool pump. It depends on the SOC off the battery and how much current is can supply. The BMS determines that.
3. Abt 50 degrees Celsius in summer.
4. No I haven't tried that.
@@ElecAndAll About point no. 2, what about normal mode? Is the load less than 100W supplied from grid or inverter? Is it possible to test it? Thank you
The way it works depends on the load. Inductive or resistive loads. There's a video where I describe this. As long as the load on the backup side is less than 4.8kw, and the battery has sufficient charge, the inverter will decide whether to supply it from the panels, battery or utility. On a nice sunny day, pv is preferred then battery then utility.
Can I use goodwe 5048-Em model inverter without battery bank???
I think you can
Good morning i hope you can help me i need n coms cable or make one for this inverter with esener battery
Use the Can interface.
Slms. Really appreciate the excellent content. How do i get in touch with you brother
Ws Great, please send me your email
Can you show a video how you connect your Wi-Fi step-by-step
Hi sure,
I'll see what I can do as I sold this inverter.
Hello Sir I have this type of inverter, we have a problem when we throw the wapda grid it's automatic off, help me sir
السلام عليكم
You are overloading the output and causing it trip. Are you running a washing machine? Or a water pump?
Hi! How are you still finding the Goodwe? Any issues with it, buggy firmware, wifi dropouts etc? I have an option to acquire one at a steal of a price, but read of a lot of issues on powerforum. Thoughts?
Goodwe is working well. I'm very happy with it. Runs my pool pump, boils my kettle and 18000btu non inverter aircon during the day. Runs the speed queen washing machine too. Running the latest firmware without issue. Wifi is ok now although I did experience issues with it previously
@@ElecAndAll great to hear that, thank you!!
@@ElecAndAll Forgot to ask - are most of those appliances you mentioned on your non-essentials circuit, fed by excess PV?
Yes, it's better for longevity not to have these heavy duty appliances on the backup supply. But during load shedding and during the day, if it's sunny I have a separate change over for the pool pump and aircon. So I still use them off grid. If there's sufficient sun.
@@ElecAndAll Thanks! Interesting, how is that separate change over switch wired to make use of solar for the non-essentials side when the grid is down?
whether it supports battery vrla, with a voltage of 48v 800ah / 4 banks
Lead acid is supported although not recommended. There's a video coming up comparing LA and lithiums
@@ElecAndAll Thank you for answering, because in terms of only recommendations for lintium, where the voltage is 200v -600v, if the voltage is only 48 volts, amperage is large, can it still work normally?
@@ElecAndAll Greetings, I am from Indonesia, new to this product and do not understand the character of this inverter🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
You need to use a battery balancer
@@ElecAndAll it can be volatile 48V, like an old model inverter
Pls Adivce on to how to restart inverter after ovelaod. Power does not return. Same Inverter as video.
You have use the PV Master app and restart via Advanced settings
what was your cost setup?
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Just abt R100K.
Can we see your battery system
Unjani Nkosi, I'll prepare a demo soon.. Shup.
Here is the video :) czcams.com/video/hbx5TAdDpz4/video.html
I own a Goodwe Es5048 and its a total peace of crap. I just ripped it out and went back to voltronic base, in my case a Max2 8kw. The Goodwe has a terrible interface for management and almost no tweaking. It is also unreliable and when issues starts it never stops. Support is also non existent and majority solar installers told me its junk. Only the Goodwe high-end KWh inverters is reasonably premium.
1. Grid tied means it only works with the grid. So as long as there's Eskom the inverter will work.
2. Your system is a hybrid inverter. Because it requires batteries to work.
3. You cannot change the settings of your MPPT if the PV array voltage is too high. You need to spec it well below the max voltage because you'll blow it.
1. Not true. The inverter works in off grid mode and will supply backup loads Upto 5kw.
2. True. I hope that's what I said.
3. Not true. The inverters firmware protects it from being "blown" ie it throws an error DC injection high and will reduce the pv generation or shut off. Goodwe Support are able to modify these settings remotely.
Thanks for commenting.
1. You said 2.33 that this inverter is grid tied. Its not, its a hybrid inverter. But I think you meant its grid tied because its still connected to the grid so I know what you meant. My bad.
2. You initially said it's a hybrid inverter but then you said it's a grid tied inverter but as I said in number 1 I think you just meant its connected to the grid?
3. Please note that the 4.6kW Goodwe MPPT has a min DC voltage of 125 and a max of 550. You cannot change that settings like you say. It will give you a error message yes but it still takes damage to initially acknowledge that high voltage. If that's the case then your string has been wired incorrectly and 1 panel needs to be removed. Its safe to have your strings to total around 520V just to be on the safe side
Hybrid means that it requires batteries to operate and it does..
Grid tied means that it's capable of exporting excess pv generation to the grid whilst maximising pv use for the entire load whether backup or off backup. In off grid mode, only backup loads are supplied.