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  • Found my new eg4 wall mount batteries in the red today

    I installed my inverter and batteries Monday afternoon and stayed up all night wiring everything up. Tues. afternoon double checked my work and fired it up no solar yet lots of settings different com cables and I'm not great with reading compression then the double wouldn't connect with the...
  • New member first solar project something I've wanted to do for some time plus found out is a good way of getting out of paying taxes 😀

    The point of no return! First project back up generator this will eventually go in the rv. This works great used it to back feed my panel when I cut in the feeder taps. Next the electrical plan The neighbor came by and helped me hang the inverter and place the batteries Monday afternoon I was...
  • EG4 18Kpv strange occurrence

    Eg4 18kpv luxpower, 2 wall mount batts 280ahr+ 4 eg4 lifepower4 server rack batteries, 2solar arrays 6 panel series and 12 panel series fed into #2 and #3 inputs 370w panels Running off grid for over a week no problem 4500w water heater, 4000w+ well pump, and 4ton ac intermittently as a load...
  • Connecting whole house serge protection w"feeder tap"

    Wondering where would be the best place to connect "siemens fsd-100 serge protector" to "whole house backup with supply side tap" Normally this would be to the main panel where "earth ground neutral bond" is located but this does not protect the inverter from grid L1,L2, serges witch is one of...
  • Redneck soft start for ac

    Has an experiment to see if my AC was a good candidate for soft start I bypassed the ac disconnect whip cable with 14awg solid Cu free air conductor Definitely less grunt at startup I do not have an interest meter to test that But I'm sure the small size of The Wire would have to limit the in...
  • eg4 "plug-n-play"

    Had some crazy idea about making server rack batteries and inverters quick connect to switch between house rv and mobile workshop Also want to be able to easily pair inverters for 240v in mobile workshop for welding. Let the fun begin!
  • Minimum recommended mppt string amperage ?

    Had a strange occurrence today storms rolled in and it got really dark I was checking something on my 18k pv inverter and noticed my #3 string producing 20-25%more power than #1 now were only talking 60w to 75w witch is nothing but got me thinking. 18k nppt inputs 1-2 bridged 25a inputs 3 and...

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