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Engineer54
A good friend in Cyprus has contacted me today about roof PV installations. I don't know if any of you heard about the total cock-up the Cyp's made by storing high explosives right next to the main power station of Cyprus. ...Well it is no-more, ...and there is going to be a good many power outages for a good many months and for the foreseeable future.
Basically he's asking what will he need for roughly a 3KW system. So can anyone here provide him with a material parts list, using ''Good/Proven'' units such as for the PV panels, Inverter, Roof Frames, etc etc ...And what sort of total cost for these materials would be!! Obviously he would like the system to look after the house essentials, during power outages, like the mains water Pressurization pump, Fridge, Freezer, etc!! While at other times feeding back into the supply, as they have a similar buy back system in Cyprus like the UK.
There may even be a form business opportunity, as he is also thinking about supplying the same sort of system arrangement to others. But wants to know if it works on his own home first, and what sort of costing would be involved.
He's not a total novice with PV installations. He has a large installation on his rental showroom roof that is rated at 6 KW+!! But was installed badly, and also had a few problems with it tripping out virtually every day. That's sorted now, it hasn't tripped once since i corrected the protection devices.
But that's the problem he has, being sold, budget rubbish equipment at premium equipment prices, and then having the whole lot thrown together
in a package that they want a small fortune to install...
Anyway.... i'd be very grateful if you PV/ MCS people could steer him in the right direction, as far as what suitable good quality equipment/materials to use etc, in the first instance...
Basically he's asking what will he need for roughly a 3KW system. So can anyone here provide him with a material parts list, using ''Good/Proven'' units such as for the PV panels, Inverter, Roof Frames, etc etc ...And what sort of total cost for these materials would be!! Obviously he would like the system to look after the house essentials, during power outages, like the mains water Pressurization pump, Fridge, Freezer, etc!! While at other times feeding back into the supply, as they have a similar buy back system in Cyprus like the UK.
There may even be a form business opportunity, as he is also thinking about supplying the same sort of system arrangement to others. But wants to know if it works on his own home first, and what sort of costing would be involved.
He's not a total novice with PV installations. He has a large installation on his rental showroom roof that is rated at 6 KW+!! But was installed badly, and also had a few problems with it tripping out virtually every day. That's sorted now, it hasn't tripped once since i corrected the protection devices.
But that's the problem he has, being sold, budget rubbish equipment at premium equipment prices, and then having the whole lot thrown together
in a package that they want a small fortune to install...
Anyway.... i'd be very grateful if you PV/ MCS people could steer him in the right direction, as far as what suitable good quality equipment/materials to use etc, in the first instance...
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