Hi guys,
First of all, thanks for the absolute abundance and wealth of information, it's like I was given 50,000 puzzle pieces, now I just have to build the puzzle....let's start with the corner pieces.....if you follow my analogy.
I have an Outback VFX3048E and 28 batteries, configured in a 48V configuration (4 x 12v, 7x Deltec 1250s 105Ah in each bank). I am planning to hook it up to my house soon but am wondering where the best position is to hook it into my existing wiring in my DB. I am particularly concerned about the earth leakage and wonder whether the earth leakage should be BEFORE or AFTER my inverter. I am thinking before, however, that does worry me as the inverter might interfere with the fault current detection if the electrical problem is on the opposite side(AFTER) of the inverter and I have an electrical problem on the AFTER side. I plan to have a few wall plugs and electrical circuits like geysers and aircons BEFORE the inverter so that they don't run down my batteries if Eskom decides to go on an extended lunch break. After the inverter(i.e. on the batteries) I'll then have all my original circuits(lights and plugs). Or shall I have two ELCBs, one just after my Main Switch before my geyser/aircon circuits and then another one immediately after my inverter before I enter my light\plug circuits(this could be the existing one in the DB)
Hope I articulated my scenario correctly. Any thoughts on this?
Eventually I wan't to add solar panels too, but not just yet. I pretty much got this current kit for free(yes, lucky me
)so just want to get it up and running and provide myself some backup in case of the extended lunch break scenario occurs.
I wasn't able to find any detailed wiring diagrams for the inverter, it only shows 30A breakers, not earth leakage.
