Residential, Large Solar PV Installation - Meyersdal

Photos taken during final stages of installation and initial commissioning of the system.

This is a new development, home.

Specs on the system:

1. Design by InSynch and AM Solar.
2. PV Bank = 24 x 210w Sanyo Solar Panels.
3. Battery Bank = 24 x 1200AH Tubular Cell 2v Cells (Raylite).
4. Inverters = 2 x 3kw Grid-Tied Outback FX Inverter/Chargers (in parallel).
5. Charge Controllers = 2 x Outback FM80's and 1 x MX60.
6. Protection = multi DC circuit breakers and fuses. Note these are 100% DC breakers, not AC breakers with a DC rating. A common mistake made by our competitors.
7. Communications = Outback MATE2 and HUB10.
8. Load: +- 70% of the home is off-grid.
9. Backup = ESKOM grid connection
10. Commissioning and Operator training and manual = AM Solar - Professional Solar Solutions and Off-Grid Energy Specialists.

Pavillion Dalrymple - Rammed Earth Wall (Top Floor)

This is the ground floor or top storey to the Pavillion.

The feature Rammed Earth wall has the following specs:

1. Stabilised with Lime (10%).

2. User +- 7 different colour mixes from 4 separate soil colour deposits.

3. Length of Wall = 27m.

4. Height of Wall = 5.5m (including basement wall = 8.5m).

5. Width of Wall = varies from 150mm to 550mm.

6. Hand rammed.

Enjoy. It was an awesome project fro InSynch.

Architects: Silvio Rech and Leslie Carstens

This is the bottom wall, now with some of the fixtures added.

Insych are just doing some last minute touch ups.