SSEG and NRS regulations

8kVA was certified last month. Inside track says 15kVA comes end of September if there are no surprises, which there should not be.

That is good to know.

What about the 5kVA model - which is what I have?

I have no idea. You have to ask the sales people that, they drive that process.

It is also possible the Quattro-II might be first.

Mine is the Quattro-II 48/5000/70-50/50 to be exact. How do I get hold of the sales people? Is there anyone in particular?

The shop/guy you bought the inverter from is supposed to be the first line of support. Otherwise, look on Victron’s website for the South African reseller’s address, it is there.

Jaco? :rofl:

Wonder why Multiplus II 8kW & 10kW certification is only valid for five years?

I see there are a few more with the “certificate valid until” column filled in. Some Goodwes and an Ingeteam too.

The unifying property seems to be that those with expiry dates listed were all done by either Dekra or SGS. In the case of Dekra, it seems they started doing this later.

So… it is likely because the 8KW and 10kW was done by SGS and not by Primara, and that’s just how SGS writes their certificates.

Seems like the best place to post.

Got this from Maroela Media. CIA that says they can help with SSEG registration.

https://maroelamedia.co.za/geldsake/verbruikersake/munisipale-registrasie-van-sonkrag-installasies-alles-wat-jy-moet-weet/

I thought I’d start testing the water with what this exercise is going to cost. See the quote I received. It most definitely is going to cost more. Sigh…

Anywhere else that I can try?

EST-000041.pdf (47.4 KB)

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Call me cynical, but I think there are some companies deliberately fanning the fire right now. Look! Eskom are getting aggressive about this, but we can help.

They are creating a market for themselves hoping that you will pay them a nice wedge out of fear of getting cut off.

I used a company named Pure Energy Consulting last year. I paid about half what you’ve been quoted, after we knock off fees related to a two-way meter (I have no interest in reselling). That’s not a quote. I can’t quote on their behalf (and there is not the urgency around this issue that there is now). And this was dealing with COJ. My system needed labelling to bring it up to scratch, and I gave PEC power of proxy for registration purposes, which meant I didn’t have to stand in queues. Anyway, CIA are not the only guys in the game.

Long time ago at a previous house I used the local installers called “ExSolar”. They did me a favour, because normally they won’t do it for systems they did not install themselves. At that time – this is now about 6 years ago – the fee was R6500. Just over half of that (3.5k) was the fee of the Pr. Eng. Today I would expect to pay about 8k for that, 4k for the “documentation fee” (someone has to do the paper work, submit, etc… and that usually includes making the line diagram that is required too), and about 4k for the Pr. Eng.

That makes this quote about 50% overpriced. IMHO.

Thanks for the replies. I think I will also sit back and see where this thing goes. Hell CIA’s quote could almost buy me another battery.

I have asked two of my previous installers also whether they’re possibly offering this service but have not received a response yet.

I also have no intention of reselling and I am fairly confident that we’re sorted to kiss the grid goodbye. Dec and Jan plagued us with rain and the batteries coped very very well. That and the fact that I have no shade problems whatsoever anymore since moving the panels to the roof.

The only thing that will catch me out is a breakdown in equipment but I have redundancy plans for that as well.

So yes, not going to jump the gun too soon.

There are many days when I look at the system’s performance and think “I could have just turned the grid off today”. I have even thought of having a switch to throw so that I can have the non-essentials switched from grid to inverter supply.

But two or three consecutive overcast days with no grid would … be challenging and might cause me to utter rude words.

If you are able to go off-grid, and don’t see problems with making the property less attractive if you want to sell, then do so as soon as possible. The need to register a system that is connected to the grid is not going to go away, and the price of electricity isn’t going to drop any time soon.

For me the grid is still a useful thing to have, the amount I pay the City Of Johannesburg per month for electricity is small, my system is already registered, and right now I would just be complicating my life by asking City Power to please come and disconnect me.

Then, as I said, there’s the issue of whether or not the absence of a grid connection would be off-putting to prospective buyers if the property were on the market.

The reason I haven’t done this (even though the house has just been rewired and I have a suitable switch) is that I would forget to switch the non-essentials back to grid again and on an overcast day the pool pump would take a big chunk out of the battery.

The interim solution is multiple “on” times set on the pool timer, in case a load shedding slot stops it turning on, and running an extension lead to the outbuilding so that we can use the washing machine if we need to.

Just a titbit to consider …

Couple of years ago 3-4 Estate Agents came to value the house. Just about all alluded that they tend to steer clear of pushing a solar system to make the house more sellable.

Reason, after the sale, when things go sideways, the new owner of the solar system has no recourse/support when things go wrong, or know anything about settings.

Adding home automation, compounds the matter.

One agent went as far and said, don’t sell the house with it, make it removable, not form part of the house, and remove all automation, make it an additional item to purchase.

I know for a fact, if I was to buy a house that had a proudly Sunsynk/Deye/Goodwe installed, I would prefer to not take it over.

Victron, because of the warranty following the parts, a whole new ballgame … If the inverter is still NRS certified.

Just thought I share the above perspective.

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