Thalmann Technica

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...