Activity Stream - The Forum SA

Sort By	Time	Show
Recent Recent Popular Popular	Anytime Anytime Last 24 Hours Last 24 Hours Last 7 Days Last 7 Days Last 30 Days Last 30 Days	All All Photos Photos Forum Forums Articles Articles Blog Blogs

Yesterday, 05:21 PM

Tradie replied to a thread Solar panels for an axpert inverter in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

Looking at a SOl-I-AX-3M24, not much you can do it, ,maybe 1 panel or 2 panels, would it even be worth it ? VOC - 75 VDC Max power - 600 Watt

4 replies | 125 view(s)

Yesterday, 11:03 AM

Tradie replied to a thread Solar panels for an axpert inverter in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

I have just installed a small axpert inverter with 2 x 12 VDC batteries, why didn't I install a proper hybrid system, like I have installed for many...

4 replies | 125 view(s)

Yesterday, 10:44 AM

Tradie replied to a thread Solar panels for an axpert inverter in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

What would you need to consider when selecting the panels to suit your application? Panels and accessories required to install the panels. ...

4 replies | 125 view(s)

Yesterday, 09:59 AM

Tradie replied to a thread Solar panels for an axpert inverter in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

Lets look at other panel sizes, how many could we install. 1440/460= 3.13, 1440/550= 2.61 1440/650= 2.21 What would you need to...

4 replies | 125 view(s)

Yesterday, 09:36 AM

Tradie started a thread Solar panels for an axpert inverter in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

It seems upgrading old gel and AGM batteries and adding solar panels to 24 VDC Axpert inverters has become the most common request. I am currently...

4 replies | 125 view(s)

Yesterday, 09:17 AM

Tradie replied to a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

The document is suppose to be a legal document, so there should be s data base recording every "unique" COC/test report issued , which should be...

10 replies | 529 view(s)

Yesterday, 09:08 AM

Tradie replied to a thread VIR and the ECASA in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

We live in a 3rd world country. The owner and the estate agent dont take responsibility for the electrical installation, the owner has no...

12 replies | 1210 view(s)

Yesterday, 08:47 AM

Tradie replied to a thread Time for PV professional qualification vs electrician qualification? in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

Just smile, register a solar specific company everyone has a solar company, find a person who is willing to risk their license and sign off projects,...

2 replies | 155 view(s)

Yesterday, 06:25 AM

Derlyn replied to a thread Smart energy metering in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

Here in Slummies, a couple of years ago, a fortune was spent on upgrading water meters that are supposed to send in consumption automatically. The...

2 replies | 357 view(s)

26-Apr-25, 07:16 PM

Thys LOW Elektries replied to a thread Smart energy metering in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

You get meters that can read and transmit data, they can even be switched on and off. Eskom are using them on remote farms and solar plants for...

2 replies | 357 view(s)

26-Apr-25, 04:26 PM

Dylboy replied to a thread Time for PV professional qualification vs electrician qualification? in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

I agree. I think that is what the green card people are sort of aiming for. Had a client who wants to get green card to do installs when he...

2 replies | 155 view(s)

26-Apr-25, 03:47 PM

Thys LOW Elektries started a thread Time for PV professional qualification vs electrician qualification? in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

Reading the debates on the various forums, one realizes that the current regulations have a couple of flaws and that you have to consult more than...

2 replies | 155 view(s)

26-Apr-25, 02:42 PM

Thys LOW Elektries replied to a thread VIR and the ECASA in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

Funny, or rather strangely enough, South Africa might be the only country in the world that don't have a problem with VIR wiring. Not sure why,...

12 replies | 1210 view(s)

26-Apr-25, 02:17 PM

Thys LOW Elektries replied to a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

Being out here in the outback of civilization causes our unique problems, one of them is getting COC forms when you need them. A 270km drive to the...

10 replies | 529 view(s)

26-Apr-25, 01:45 PM

talanum1 replied to a thread The Usual Picture of Neutron Decay is Wrong. in General Chat Forum

Particles can actually also decay according to: qqq + anti-qq -> qqq + anti-qq + np-anti-p where n is a small natural number and p is some...

2 replies | 293 view(s)

26-Apr-25, 08:33 AM

GCE replied to a thread 24 VDC lithium batteries for mecer inverter in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

We have replaced the lead acid type battery on RCT type inverters with Lithium 12v drop in replacements - Have left the loads light as there were...

1 replies | 195 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 10:51 PM

talanum1 started a thread Something is Stupid with Regard to Looking Back in Time. in General Chat Forum

Let's explore the following thought experiment: Say you have a brand new spaceship parked a light second away from Earth. Now suppose you remote...

0 replies | 122 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 04:53 PM

Derlyn replied to a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

None.

10 replies | 529 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 04:45 PM

Tradie started a thread 24 VDC lithium batteries for mecer inverter in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

Anyone have any experience with lithium batteries connected to 24 VDC RCT or Mecer voltronic inverters. We have the option of: 2 x 12 VDC 100...

1 replies | 195 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 01:36 PM

Tradie replied to a thread Load shedding on its way ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

There have been so many grid failures, which last days, its start making you wonder, considering the grid failures seem to move from suburb to suburb.

14 replies | 11372 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 01:28 PM

Tradie replied to a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

GCE, I am all for improving this industry, even though it may not sound like it. I was a members of the ECA for more than 10 years, still have my...

10 replies | 529 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 01:07 PM

GCE replied to a thread Load shedding on its way ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

The sudden load shedding last night shouldn't have been a surprise, but it was a surprise as they have been running excessive amounts of diesel over...

14 replies | 11372 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 01:07 PM

Tradie replied to a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

For the record, I must say, a project I was involved in where a COC was issued with a few non compliant issues, was eventually sorted out with the...

10 replies | 529 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 01:04 PM

GCE replied to a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

Problem is that Chief inspector does not have such a data base and as far as I am aware has not appointed anybody the way I understand We have self...

10 replies | 529 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 12:54 PM

Tradie replied to a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

You would think that because it is supposed to be a legal document, people would treat it as such. Like a signed PDF, all COC's should have unique...

10 replies | 529 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 12:21 PM

Derlyn replied to a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

I cannot understand why someone would use their own numbers, considering that the price of the coc booklets from ECA are so reasonable. At least...

10 replies | 529 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 12:12 PM

Dave A replied to a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

Under definitions in the Electrical Installation Regulations 2009: "certificate of compliance" means - a) a certificate with a unique number...

10 replies | 529 view(s)

25-Apr-25, 08:43 AM

Tradie replied to a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

There is no data base or records for COC's, so why would you be concerned about a numbering system, so long as the contractor keeps records of COC's...

10 replies | 529 view(s)

24-Apr-25, 06:33 PM

Thys LOW Elektries started a thread Process for creating your own COC numbers in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

Good day, we have an electrical contractor who issues COC's with his very own COC number. Apparently it is legal? My question is, if it is legal,...

10 replies | 529 view(s)

24-Apr-25, 03:54 PM

talanum1 replied to a thread The Usual Picture of Neutron Decay is Wrong. in General Chat Forum

Also: the conventional physicist cannot give a mechanism for neutron decay: saying that a d emitting a W- is the mechanism does not explain how the...

2 replies | 293 view(s)