Thalmann Technica

Note: Since this is a review of a residential-type inverter, the context of this article is with the energy requirements of a residential solar/energy installation in mind. Welcome To Load Shedding The Sunsynk hybrid inverter was a small revelation when it began to gain prominence in the South African solar energy market circa 2019/2020.  South Africa was in the midst of a growing energy crisis that had begun in 2008. The government-owned energy parastatal, Eskom, was increasingly unable to meet energy demand, resulting in daily  energy cuts  euphemistically termed "load shedding" that operated on a graduated "stage"  schedule depending on the severity of the energy generation shortage. The greater the energy shortage, the higher the stage and more frequent the number of daily power cuts that lasted between two to four hours at a time. The growing energy generation crisis, shown in total number of hours of energy cuts.  Naturally, businesses and residents that c...

Personally, I find the ability to be energy-self sufficient strangely exciting. With the ever decreasing cost of lithium batteries and solar panels, this has become tantalizingly more feasible, especially in countries with sunny climates, like that of South Africa where I currently live. Having had the opportunity to work with a few power inverters over the last few years, I thought I'd do a deeper dive into the particular inverter (and it's brethren) that has been powering my home for what is now approximately one and a half years. For context, my first inverter was a Goodwe 5048ES 4.6kW hybrid unit, which was silent and passively cooled. I never had any particular issues with it - but the software (including the inverter firmware) was best described as... mediocre. After four years with the Goodwe, I could see how having a bit more power capacity would be useful - requiring less planning in terms of what can be on when and at the same time.  I can't comment on newer Goodw...