Deye SUN-16K-SG01LP1-AU-AM3 16kW Single Phase Hybrid Inverter - CEC Approved

The Deye SUN-16K-SG01LP1-AU-AM3 is a 16kW single phase hybrid for big homes, rural properties and small commercial sites, with two 48V battery inputs and a 100A passthrough that can put the whole switchboard on backup.

Works with 48V batteries. You can start with solar only and add the battery later, so the system grows with you rather than locking you in on day one.

Your solar powers the house first, anything spare charges the battery, and only what is left after that goes out to the grid. When the grid drops out the inverter switches the house over to battery on its own. Approved by the Clean Energy Council and backed by a 10 year Australian warranty.

How it works day to day

During daylight the inverter sends your solar straight to whatever is running in the house, the same way an ordinary solar inverter does. That is power you are not buying from the grid.

Anything your house is not using goes into the battery instead of being exported for a small feed in payment. Once the battery is full, the surplus then flows out to the grid. After dark the inverter draws the stored energy back out to run the house, so your own solar is still doing the work well after the sun has gone.

Built for larger loads

At 16,000W continuous and 69.6A output this is the largest single phase hybrid Deye build. It is aimed at big homes, rural properties and small commercial sites where a 10kW or 12kW unit would be working flat out. The 100A passthrough is the standout figure: it means the whole switchboard can sit behind the backup side rather than a handful of chosen circuits.

It accepts up to 24,000W of DC input across three trackers, so you can oversize the array well beyond the inverter rating and still harvest properly on overcast days and through winter. There are also two battery inputs rather than one, so a large bank can be split across them.

Staying inside your export limit

Most networks cap how much power a home is allowed to push back into the grid. The inverter measures the power moving in and out at your switchboard, so it can hold your exports under that cap by itself.

That same reading lets the inverter decide when to charge and when to discharge based on what the house is actually using. Paired with the time settings you can hold the battery back for the expensive part of the day and charge it when power is cheap.

Smart meter or no meter: which do I need?

To hold your exports under your network's limit and run the property from solar and battery first, the inverter has to see how much power is coming in from the grid and going back out. It takes that reading where the grid enters your switchboard. There are two ways to do it, and they do the same job.

Without the meter: a current clamp (CT) comes in the box with the inverter. Your electrician fits it around the incoming grid cable in your switchboard and runs the lead back to the inverter. This suits most installs where the switchboard is close to the inverter.

With the smart meter: this adds an Eastron energy meter that mounts in your switchboard and takes the reading instead, sending it to the inverter over a data cable. It is the usual choice when your switchboard is a long way from the inverter, so a clamp lead would have to run a long distance.

On a fully off-grid system there is no grid connection to measure, so choose the option without the meter.

Not sure which suits your site? Ask your installer where the inverter and switchboard will sit before you order.

Power when the grid goes down

An automatic transfer switch is built into the inverter. When it sees the grid fail it moves your backed up circuits across to the battery, so lights, fridge and internet stay on rather than dropping out and coming back.

The changeover takes about 4 milliseconds, which is fast enough that sensitive equipment does not notice it. You can also wire in a generator. The inverter will accept it as a second input and use it to charge the battery, which is useful on properties where an outage can last more than a day.

Adding more solar later

A second AC input can be set up to take power from micro inverters or an existing grid tied solar system. That means a second array can sit further away from the inverter, on a shed or a second roof, without running long DC cables back to the house.

The inverter starts and stops that second array based on how full the battery is, so the extra solar is used rather than wasted.

Approved for Australian homes

This inverter is Clean Energy Council approved and built to the Australian grid connection standard, so it can be signed off by your installer and counted toward government incentive schemes. It carries an IP65 rating, which means it can be mounted outside without a weather box over it.

Main Features:

Solar, battery and backup in one box. One wall mounted unit does the job that used to take a solar inverter, a battery inverter and a change over switch.

Built in backup switching. The automatic transfer switch moves your home onto battery power in about 4 milliseconds when the grid fails, with no extra hardware to buy.

Three solar inputs. 3 MPPT trackers let you run panels across three different roof faces and still get the best out of each of them.

Fast battery charging. Up to 290A of charge and discharge current, so a large battery bank fills quickly on a good solar day.

Six daily time slots. Set when the battery charges and when it discharges to suit your tariff and get the most out of cheap power periods.

Generator ready. A second AC input takes a generator or a second solar array, which suits rural and off grid properties.

Scales to 16 units. Run up to sixteen inverters in parallel, on grid or off grid, for larger homes and light commercial sites.

Rated for outdoors. IP65 sealed with a colour LCD screen, so it can go on an external wall and still be easy to read.

Quick Specs:

• Rated AC output: 16,000W / 16,000VA, single phase 230/240V 50Hz
• Rated AC output current: 69.6A
• Peak output off grid: twice rated power for 10 seconds
• Max continuous AC passthrough: 100A
• Max DC input power: 24,000W
• MPPT trackers: 3, two strings per tracker
• PV voltage: 370V rated, 125V start up, 500V maximum, 150V to 425V MPPT range
• PV input current: 26A + 26A + 26A, max short circuit 44A + 44A + 44A
• Battery voltage: 48V nominal, 40V to 60V range
• Battery type: lithium ion or lead acid
• Max charge and discharge current: 290A
• Battery time periods: 6 charge and discharge windows per day
• Max efficiency: 97.6%, Euro efficiency 96.5%
• Parallel operation: up to 16 units, on grid and off grid
• Communication: WiFi, RS485 and CAN
• Display: colour LCD
• Cooling: intelligent air cooling
• Protection rating: IP65, wall mounted
• Operating temperature: -40C to +60C, derating above 45C
• Noise: under 50dB
• Dimensions: 464mm W x 763mm H x 282mm D, excluding connectors and brackets
• Weight: 48kg
• Grid standard: AS/NZS 4777.2, Clean Energy Council approved
• Warranty: 10 years

Specifications

AS/NZS 4777.2, IEC 62109-1 and IEC 62109-2 CERTIFICATE

Deye SUN-SG01LP1-AU DATASHEET

Eastron Smart Meter DATASHEET

Manual

Deye SUN - SG01LP1 MANUAL

Deye Hybrid Inverter Off-Grid SETUP GUIDE

Eastron Smart Meter MANUAL

Warranty

Deye Limited WARRANTY