Anenji inverters - 11.2kW parallel system for only £900

Brenmurph said:

They resell voltronic units and have are actually make their own Anenji brand in their own factory.
I bought one unit to test. My experience is excellent.
Unlike mpp who refuse to use real time media Anenji use WhatsApp and are very fast to answer queries. Their 5600 hhp machine is more efficient, more accurate, quieter and has a far better charger than mt6000 which I have from voltronic/mpp. They resell voltronic units and sako units but when you get to know them they are happier selling their own units and prices reflect the fact that they are direct sellers not resellers of their own brand. Someone asked about manuals. I have manuals for all the anenji I verter, once requested they sent them on whatsapp

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Hi! Can you say anything about the standby power consumption of the Anenji 48v inverter from the battery and from the grid when it is not using the grid? Thank you!

Just think, for MORE than the price of an entire Anenji 5.6kW all in one inverter, you could buy one MPPT charger from Victron, that does (I think) only about 3.5kW:

Who is buying Victron and why? The cost is extortionate. All based on wishful thinking and buyer's 'lock in' - i.e. "I spent a fortune on this Victron stuff, and rather than feel bad because I've found I could have bought a couple of AIOs (All In One inverters) for a fifth of the price, I'll tell myself that cheaper inverters must be rubbish."
Brenmurph, I couldn't make sense of your first sentence "They resell voltronic units and have are actually make their own Anenji brand in their own factory." So are you saying Anenji resell Voltronic units (which I believe they do, going by the manual they sent me for one of their models) and they also build their own Anenji only models?

Can you attach some of the manuals to a post here? I'm sure that would be useful for a lot of interested people.

Installed my 8.5kw Anenji hybrid inverter - tested up to 5.7kw with electric oven and kettle and all seems ok. Currently running as solar only.

Next job is batteries...

Will be interested to see your later thoughts on the Anenji hybrid. I'm looking at a 6.2kw, hybrid unit to install in my static caravan on the West coast of Scotland, with currently 2.4kw of solar and a new diy 48v LiFePo battery pack. Only interested in running it in off-grid mode as we have no mains hookup on our site. This is really to replace AGM batteries, Epever charge controllers (x4) and one 240v invertor.

SwitchDoctor said:

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Installed my 8.5kw Anenji hybrid inverter - tested up to 5.7kw with electric oven and kettle and all seems ok. Currently running as solar only.

Next job is batteries...

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Good looking unit anyway

Hooked up my leisure batteries to the Anenji inverter today. working great so far - tested to 6kw with cooker,toaster, air frier, kettle loads and all seems ok.

Big moment: i just made my first 'off-grid' cuppa! woop

SwitchDoctor said:

Hooked up my leisure batteries to the Anenji inverter today. working great so far - tested to 6kw with cooker,toaster, air frier, kettle loads and all seems ok.

Big moment: i just made my first 'off-grid' cuppa! woop

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Is that grid tied or completely off grid?

Adrian R said:

Hi! Can you say anything about the standby power consumption of the Anenji 48v inverter from the battery and from the grid when it is not using the grid? Thank you!

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I'd also love to hear about this.

Adrian R said:

Hi! Can you say anything about the standby power consumption of the Anenji 48v inverter from the battery and from the grid when it is not using the grid? Thank you!

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so far it looks very frugal, i only see it drawing 10w from the grid but i'll report back on battery use as i'm not so sure as to whether i've configured it to 'prefer' battery power.

SeaGal said:

Is that grid tied or completely off grid?

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It's a classic hybrid which 'could' run completely off-grid if i wanted but that's not how i have it configured.

At my off-grid moment i was boiling the kettle using only solar and battery power that i'd harvested.

I run the house and charge the batteries from the solar and use the battery energy to fill the gaps. I only have approx 4kw of storage (more likely 2kw usuable) so ut's usualy gone by 18:00 and we're back on utility power overnight. The Inverter does have a Solar>Utility>battery option so it will work as a UPS but that's not how i have it configured.

I have it on Solar>Battery>Utility for supplying the house and only solar for charging the batteries.

Short Vid of my solar install

The inverter also has a grid tie option that will pipe the spare back to the grid but i have no MCS cert so no point (Watching debates re octopus energy non MCS feed-in tarrifs)

SwitchDoctor said:

The inverter also has a grid tie option that will pipe the spare back to the grid but i have no MCS cert so no point

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Makes sense - I guess it is not G99 compliant so couldn't run it in grid-tie mode in UK anyway.

SeaGal said:

Makes sense - I guess it is not G99 compliant so couldn't run it in grid-tie mode in UK anyway.

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now madly googling G99....

i did have an idea of turning grid-tie on and off on wash days to try to offset some of my laundry power needs. I have these on a completely different utility spur...

or to apply for one of the non MCS schemes to gain a few pennies but if my system fails some sort of basic compliance

Nervous now that it may go bang if i turn the option on... googling it all now..

It may not go bang, but it is illegal to grid-tie in the UK, if the following procedure has not been followed:-

Inverters under 16A per phase output (3680W) need to be G98 compliant and you must inform your DNO within 28 days of installation.

Inverters over 16A per phase output (3680W) need to be G99 compliant and you must request approval from your DNO before installation. The DNO may limit the power you may output depending on local network topology.

This is to protect the safety of line engineers as well as maintain the quality of the network, especially for your neighbours.

Inverters which are compliant will be on the ENA type test register (https://www.ena-eng.org/gen-ttr/) and you will need to provide this information to your DNO on the relevant G98/G99 application forms.

I've had my Anenji inverter installed for a couple of months now and figured i'd leave a 'lessons learnt' for anyone else considering these units:

Pro:
The units seem well made. It hasn't exploded or set on fire
It does work and is saving me money.
I've enjoyed the journey and the self-build elements
Anenji support is fast (barring time differences) - their watsapp support works well

Cons:
It seems 'immature' from a software perspective.
I can't see any mechanism to 'update' the software.
It doesn't seem to like my old fashioned flooded 4s1p (4 x 12v lead-acid leisure batteries).

The scenario i was looking for was:
To use solar when available to power the house.
Use 'spare' solar to charge the batteries.
Use the battery power first when no solar
When no solar or battety - revert to mains
Revert to mains for all under-power scenarios.

In reality when i set it to Solar>Battery> Utility and Only Solar charging (which in theory delivers the above scenario). It works fine all day but then at night it just seems to flatten the battery completely (and i mean completely - way past low voltage limits). This resulted in the unit beeping loudly in the middle of the night - very annoying. The only fix from Anenji was to manuall change the parameters at the end of each day - no way that is a sensible fix.

To fix this i've installed an external power transfer switch connected to a dusk-dawn sensor that will bypass the inverter at night. This has an added benefit of being able to easily bypass the inverter if we're cooking a big sunday lunch in the middle of winter and need loads of appliances on. (cooker, microwave, air fryer, toaster and kettle all on will break the 8.2kw limit).

Conclusion is that i'd give the Ananji unit just 7.5 /10.
It's a great device that's let down by immature programming. It maybe tries to hard to do everything rather than being great at one thing. I'm sure that the version 2 or 3 of this device will be great.
I'm pleased with my purchase and have saved a fortune but if i started again i'd maybe choose an inverter from the approved lists that SeaGal very helpfully pointed to in the post above.

That's a great write up and very useful info for those considering an Anenji

I have just had 3 Anenji inverters and 3 Anenji 10kw batteries installed. Electricians just left. It’s all beeping, fault on one battery and one inverter.
Decision was just made to leave it over night and see what it’s doing in the morning. Update tomorrow
Any advice appreciated in the meantime

Those interested in a hybrid inverter that works very well and is not expensive, maybe you should consider ECGSOLAX inverters. I installed recently 2 of them on different battery banks (24v 4,2kw and 48v 10,2kw). Very pleased with the consumption from the battery (especially the 24v 4,2kw one), the consumption from the grid (2-3 watts both of them when not charging from the grid) and the MPPT charger performance.

Review of the 24v 4,2kw inverter here:


Review of the 48v 10,2kw inverter here:

Anejiowner said:

I have just had 3 Anenji inverters and 3 Anenji 10kw batteries installed. Electricians just left. It’s all beeping, fault on one battery and one inverter.
Decision was just made to leave it over night and see what it’s doing in the morning. Update tomorrow
Any advice appreciated in the meantime

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Did it all work out OK?
I'm considering buying a 6.2Kw system and 5K battery for an off grid caravan power supply. With the current sale on it should work out cheaper than a pylonteck 5000 battery alone.

Beware of Anenji because of absolutely no support in case of problems! You can scrap any faulty Anenji equipment! My experience:

I installed an Anenji MPPT 3.6KW Off-Grid Solar-Wechselrichter 100A Hybrid 230Vac 24V 500V in June 2023 with 2 kW Solar panels and 1,5 kWh battery to charge a hybrid EV in my garage. However whatever the settings the inverter turned off after less than 70min on unknown grounds; solar or battery power was still available. After about 2 months the inverter completely failed, no display, no output anymore. Anenji immediately shifted the communication from ebay messages to WhatsApp, firstly promised to help, asked questions, gave suggestions and finally diagnosed failure of control board as rootcause. Eventually they refused to supply a new control board but in the end stopped any communication at all!

I can confirm that the hardware looks pretty good but the software/firmware appears to have problems (glitches that turn off the inverter?) and above all, there is no support at all. I have made the same experience as ebay user 1***k (818):

„Buyer beware, don't expect any warranty or return if faulty. My unit faulty, returned at my expense, seller refused to accept delivery. Had to get refund from PayPal. Shame could have been a good item. Good comms via WhatsApp but lied at end.“

Ebay is of no help, they don’t care that Anenji refuses to give any sort of support or garantee. No chance to change the judgement of the seller in ebay!

Anenemy said:

Beware of Anenji because of absolutely no support in case of problems! You can scrap any faulty Anenji equipment! My experience:

I installed an Anenji MPPT 3.6KW Off-Grid Solar-Wechselrichter 100A Hybrid 230Vac 24V 500V in June 2023 with 2 kW Solar panels and 1,5 kWh battery to charge a hybrid EV in my garage. However whatever the settings the inverter turned off after less than 70min on unknown grounds; solar or battery power was still available. After about 2 months the inverter completely failed, no display, no output anymore. Anenji immediately shifted the communication from ebay messages to WhatsApp, firstly promised to help, asked questions, gave suggestions and finally diagnosed failure of control board as rootcause. Eventually they refused to supply a new control board but in the end stopped any communication at all!

I can confirm that the hardware looks pretty good but the software/firmware appears to have problems (glitches that turn off the inverter?) and above all, there is no support at all. I have made the same experience as ebay user 1***k (818):

„Buyer beware, don't expect any warranty or return if faulty. My unit faulty, returned at my expense, seller refused to accept delivery. Had to get refund from PayPal. Shame could have been a good item. Good comms via WhatsApp but lied at end.“

Ebay is of no help, they don’t care that Anenji refuses to give any sort of support or garantee. No chance to change the judgement of the seller in ebay!

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I would like to start by saying that im very new to all this but surly a 1.5KW battery supplying power to a 3.6KW off grid system even with 2Kw of solar panels is going to be flat after 70 minutes whilst charging a car?

I purchased an Anenji 8.2KW inverter and 5KW battery powered by 2.5KW of Longi solar power, for an off grid caravan setup. Havent set it up yet mind as im still working out what bits i need - fuse sizes, switches and cables etc And yes 8.2KW is too big for a caravan but hopefully its not going to be over strained so should last longer?

Hi Forum. Bought an Anenji Hybrid 6.2kW 48v Wifi inverter, £285 delivered from Germany.
Have it running on Solar, Battery and Utility.
So far works ok but have a question to ask...
Cant access options 43,44,45 SOC battery settings.
I tried [05]USE and AGn but the SOC options do not appear.
Wondering if they are only for Lithium LI2, LI4 ?
Any help appreciated please.
Thanks. Pete

I also tried to set the battery type, but there is no "LIFEPO4" option so I put the USER option and restricted the parameters a bit to preserve the batteries.

I have a 5.6Kw, but on the factory data it says "design 4.5Kw", so I tried to charge it and on the 5Kw it goes into protection after a few minutes.

However, I confirm that in case of need no one will respond.

Il supporto di Anenji è veloce (a parte le differenze di orario): il loro supporto watsapp funziona bene

SwitchDoctor said:

Il supporto di Anenji è veloce (a parte le differenze di orario): il loro supporto watsapp funziona bene

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I have a 5.6kW inverter, I tried to contact them about a problem, but they never responded.

I was intending to get two more to build a three-phase system but now I have some doubts.

I'm sure that if I told them my intentions they would answer me, but I can't buy an inverter every time I have a problem.

Update - Still working, still annoying me but i have tested the grid-tie export and have managed to export 5 units to the grid.

Senseless as i have no feed-in tarrif but it proves it works. It didn't blow any trips and my standard smartmeter read the units going out just fine.

Orrid said:

Il supporto di Anenji è veloce (a parte le differenze di orario): il loro supporto watsapp funziona bene

I have a 5.6kW inverter, I tried to contact them about a problem, but they never responded.

I was intending to get two more to build a three-phase system but now I have some doubts.

I'm sure that if I told them my intentions they would answer me, but I can't buy an inverter every time I have a problem.

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As you noted; I found that their Whatsapp support did at least respond to my queries.

My system is still working fine but on the whole i don't know if i would recommend Anenji apart from them being very cheap compared to other systems. I have had to learn things that i never wanted to and most of it by trial and error.
Other negatives i've noted now:
The battery handling isn't good - at least for my flooded-cells
There are no timer functions to use with new UK smart tarrifs.
It does strange things (runs fans on full power when it's doing nothing) and needs to be reset every now and again.

It's been a great learning curve but i need to look at a system that's more aligned to UK smart tarrifs with timer functions and much better battery management.

Having no (obvious) facility to update the software given the number of bugs is the real show-stopper for me.