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Do inverters take from all 3 sources at once to get to their maximum AC Output potential? In a simple example, if I had 2 EG4s, in parallel, with a total AC output of 13,000 Watts could that come from 4,500 watts of solar, 1 LifePower4 outputting of 4,300 watts from the battery (until it's...

I have a EG4-18K and the Smart Load function isn't complex enough. I have more solar capacity than I can use during the day, and I have more loads than I can run all at once. I'd there any device that can communicate with Smart water heaters, Smart thermostats? I have more solar than I can...

Hi All, I live in a typical neighborhood subdivision in the American Southwest. I have a roof mounted systems with 20 panels. My house doesn't have a grounding rod that I can access without going into my main breaker panel for the whole house. It looks like the grounding wire leaves my main...

Hi All, PV1 has the ability to input 2 strings of panels. The manual says each string should be facing the same direction and be the same type of panel. That's easy enough. The manual says for PV1 uses can input 2 strings. However, it says the maximum voltage for PV1 input is 550V. Does...

Hi All, I have 2 EG4 6500 Inverters and only 1 (for right now) EG4 LifePower4 battery. In setting 2, maximum battery charge rate, the inverters automatically reset this setting to not exceed 50 AMPs between the 2 of them. So, inverter 1 sometimes resets this setting to 20 AMPs while inverter...

Hi, I've seen that some inverters can run Battery free off Utility/Grid AC. But I can't seem to find one that will do this with 240V input/output. Some of the units that can function in series/paralell say that the Grid-Backup only works for 120V. Is there an inverter, or 2 in parallel, I...

Is there any recommended safety margin or factor when remaining below Voc on solar string input? I have 10 panels with a Open-Circuit Voltage of 49.35. My EG4-6500 inverter has a max Open-Circuit Voltage of 500 Volts. My 10 panels would have a max Voc of 493.5 Volts. That's so close to my...

Is there a way to have the EG4 inverter only ask the utility for 50 AMPs maximum AC Input? I'd like to avoid using a 60 AMP circuit because then I have to up my AC input wiring to AGW4, and I don't have enough of it right now to make the long run from my panel to my inverter. I'd like to use the...

Hi, I run2 EG4-6000s, in parallel, in SBU mode with Solar Only as my battery charging method for 3 LifePower4 batteries. Is there a way on the EG4-6500s to set a threshold where it will activate Utility charging when the battery drops below a specified number, say 5%? Right now, when the...

Hi All, I noticed the 18K will automatically charge my batteries to 15% SOC from the grid, even when I have AC charging as off. Has anyone else noticed this? If I set my On-Grid Cut Off AC to 10% and my Off-Grid Cut Off AC at 10%, when the battery gets to 10% SOC, the inverter will use AC...