seeyalater
New Member
About 6 months ago I purchased an EcoFlow Delta Pro, Extra Battery and their Smart Home Panel which seemed like a nice, simple and modern setup with a decent app for about $5-6k. I live in South Florida and we don't have too many random power outages, so this is mostly for emergency use during hurricanes and such.
My Delta Pro system just sat in standby mode all the time, which to my surprise uses up like 10-15% of the battery, so I would have the Smart Home Panel top it off weekly. Well about 2 months ago the Delta Pro just died, then just the other day the replacement unit literally went up in smoke. Luckily I was in the garage and noticed smoke coming out the top of it.
So I'm done with EcoFlow and researching a built-in system using a couple of inverters and some rack mounted batteries where I can replace components individually if anything ever fails in the future.
I think I have it narrowed down to a couple of Victron PMP482505110 inverters or EG4 6500EX-48 which are both about the same price. The Victron units seem to draw less power in standby and Dutch or Swedish made I believe, but then need a bunch of add-on modules which makes the installation not as clean looking. The EG4 units draw a little more in stand-by, but have everything built-in for a clean installation, but are made in China.
I still haven't decided on batteries.
Looking for any advise on a low-maintenance setup that will use as little power in stand-by, or even Off, and last a long time.
My Delta Pro system just sat in standby mode all the time, which to my surprise uses up like 10-15% of the battery, so I would have the Smart Home Panel top it off weekly. Well about 2 months ago the Delta Pro just died, then just the other day the replacement unit literally went up in smoke. Luckily I was in the garage and noticed smoke coming out the top of it.
So I'm done with EcoFlow and researching a built-in system using a couple of inverters and some rack mounted batteries where I can replace components individually if anything ever fails in the future.
I think I have it narrowed down to a couple of Victron PMP482505110 inverters or EG4 6500EX-48 which are both about the same price. The Victron units seem to draw less power in standby and Dutch or Swedish made I believe, but then need a bunch of add-on modules which makes the installation not as clean looking. The EG4 units draw a little more in stand-by, but have everything built-in for a clean installation, but are made in China.
I still haven't decided on batteries.
Looking for any advise on a low-maintenance setup that will use as little power in stand-by, or even Off, and last a long time.