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MIDNITE SOLAR makes nice stuff, but it isn't pretty like the Victron stuff.. it's got a strange old person grandfather clock kind of feel to it. :ROFLMAO:

I got news for you @Tulex . It's whatever party is in control in your state that is limiting solar through regulatory capture. I'm in Texas, it's Republicans here as Democrats have nothing for power. Only reason it's Democrats (liberals) where you are, is because that's the party in power...

I'm not concerned about Sol-Ark, if they feel they are financially harmed by Deye allowing other distributors to sell stuff in their exclusive territory, they need to take that up with Deye. They did it once, they can do it again. I'm concerned about the customers whose property was made...

@sunshine_eggo It must be your fault, they saw your thread title and had no choice but to slash prices. Hopefully they drop inverters next!

I think this only applies if it is between two LIKE individuals. Markus/James are not communicating with customers as general members of the public. They are communicating with us as representatives of their business, as such, privacy is not to be expected. If they wanted privacy, there are...

I don't think a company should ever require a regular customer to open something with as much capacity for electrical mayhem inside of it as a large inverter. If they can't figure it out on the phone without opening it up, they need to just bite the bullet and RMA it. They certainly can't...

Doesn't matter what their rationale was. They shouldn't have done it.

I found this picture on reddit. Somebody says their kids ball went over the fence and they looked over and saw this. Made me think of you guys. All kinds of wild speculation as to what it's about.

They got screwed by somebody, but I think it was Deye, Sol-Ark, Sunsynk and Inverex that did the screwing. You might have your lips planted on those corporate butts, but many of the rest of us find it reprehensible.

@Will Prowse Since you are active on the forum quite a bit today. What's the deal with the SRNE, NHX/SGP and MidNite inverters being discussed in the following threads? Do you have them on your bench, or are all of those companies too stupid to send them to you for review and to provide you...

He may have told the customers they were getting something without manufacturers warranty support in their region. They could have bought 2 or 3 of them for the price of one Sol-Ark, so it might be a gamble customers are willing to take. If he didn't tell them there was no manufacturer warranty...

Not to dog on you specifically, but I wish people would stop saying "illegal" sale. There is nothing illegal at all about purchasing these Deye inverters from one market into another. At most it's just purchasing an unsupported product that won't have warranty support. Any contracts between...

Precisely. @SignatureSolarJames responses to numerous people on the forums is indicative of how Signature Solar (and EG4) is run. Think to yourself, this is how he talks publicly. Imagine what takes place behind closed doors. He is the top dog at those companies (owned essentially by him and...

This is Jessica. Poor Jessica.

#1, if it's just you. #2 if you currently have spouse / children that aren't onboard with the off grid lifestyle.

If you guys ever want an assured stock market win, just ask me when I'm about to buy/sell and you'll make mad bank doing the opposite.

I think we all pretty much just have an "I'll believe when I see it" approach to these new battery announcements.

@Watt Just think how much unwanted exporting two of them stacked together could do!

It's UL approved / compliant for putting electrical cables into. Not for providing mounting structure for solar panels.

The DMCA does not give a Chinese company the legal right to disable an American citizens legally purchased hardware. Deyes only recourse is against their distributors that broke their contractual agreement with Deye.

I suspect we chased Simon away. Some of you were probably mean to him.

I find the most disturbing part of this whole situation to be the complete lack of a response from Deye. They still haven't come out and confirmed why the inverters of paying customers are being bricked with no compensation / update code provided. It's completely unacceptable. (It's possible...

You are supposed to remove the pop tart from the foil before microwaving it.

I post here first so others can be the guinea pigs. Just because I sound stupid, doesn't mean I am stupid.

Probably because most of us are following Occam's razor on this one.

Won't somebody support the American middle-man!

New marketing crap incoming.. "Behold, our latest product, with new weapons grade inverting technology!" I think this would actually go really great with Sol-Arks general marketing strategy. Sol-Ark, if you read this, you can have that one for free.

I would probably follow the standard procedures to check that a line wasn't being backfed when working on it. More things than a grid tied / synced inverter can cause a line to be live in a power outage. More and more people are getting prebuilt AIO solar generators with batteries in them and...

This has been discussed. It's not illegal for the end user in any sense of the word. The end user is completely in the free and clear in any legal sense. The only guilty parties are Deye and their distributors. The contract between Sol-Ark and Deye has absolutely nothing to do with anybody...

That's a well crafted message, are you in politics? I'm not sure if you're insulting those of us that are outraged by what Deye did, or if you are insulting Sol-Ark and Deye. edit.. leaning towards the latter.. but I've been hurt before. 🤣

I'm guilty of what he says in the video.. getting it working for testing and promising to myself I'll go back and do it up right later.

New slogan.. "Victron, more fun than the other brands!"

Dang, I would have absolutely nothing to say if I followed this rule.

Let's clarify something, they can limit the initial sale out of their direct hands. Once it leaves their building/hands, it's fair game. If they don't like that they sold it to Joe, and then Joe sold it to me. Their recourse is with Joe, not with me. I had no dealings with them. They...

So I guess Sol-Ark has "responded". How incredibly generous of them. :ROFLMAO:

"Where we're going, we don't need building codes." :ROFLMAO:

Making intentionally fake posts to enflame the situation further sucks. Gullible people like me might fall for it. I might post bullcrap sometimes, but at least I think I'm posting in good faith.

I don't even see how one could blame the consumer in this. It's not illegal to import something that isn't illegal. If it was illegal to import, it would theoretically be stopped at customs, right? If you can "import" a single deye inverter cheaper than getting a "deye" inverter from a local...

Hopefully all the cheap batteries will soon start to come standard with one of these three features. bluetooth comms screen showing cell voltages

Well, that's a kick in the junk.

In other news, solar panel installation companies won't be lowering prices for 10 years. ;)

It's not the ideal battery for 3rd floor apartments!

What sucks is that this shouldn't even be an issue. The power companies are granted legal monopolies and we should be given certain rights, one of those should be to have tiny amounts of spurious backfeeding allowed.

Maybe they will pinky swear that they took that out and won't do it again.

I'm not sure about the other fanboys, but I attack Sol-Ark and Fortress Power as well. I see something that stinks, I fan it around so everybody gets a whiff.

Historically, much of signature solars equipment that is discussed here has been pretty basic compared to Sol-Arks inverter offerings. There was a lot more stuff that could go wrong or be harder to configure with Sol-Ark in regards to AC coupling, Export limiting, etc.. The newer inverter...

Generally speaking, the relationship you have with your members here and your youtube fanbase is different than SignatureSolars relationship with it's customers. They didn't buy anything from you that you OWE them warrantied support on or a refund. If somebody has a problem with you, publicly...

This site is my little secret. If I told them about this place, they wouldn't be so amazed when I parrot the answers I get from y'all.

This is actually a huge step up in communication etiquette for Signature Solar. She didn't insult anybody and it was worded well, nice and business like. If we've accomplished at least one thing taking James through the wringer multiple times, it was this. :ROFLMAO:

It's the special influencer revision of the firmware. :ROFLMAO:

It's possible that air conditioning has evolved a race of coddled babies that would now die without it. We are not our ancestors. :ROFLMAO:

The blue one!

@Mattb4 Sorry man, I think you've done it all already. I'll give you my info, you will it all to me, and then you take up extremely high risk hobbies.

SignatureSolar might have a "refurb" / "open box" 18kwpv available shortly that you could get from them.. ?

Your write. There AI needs to learn. Their must be something that can be done over they're to figure it out and make the AI learn how to right better.

So do mine, but I'm sick of them. I would much rather have a whole house UPS going instead of replacing AGM's every couple years. Worst part is, I don't even know they need to be replaced until a power outage, when the battery just decides to inform me it's a goner.

If you're anything like the rest of us Americans.. you are very pig headed.

How about a bad mouth discount? For those who do nothing but complain. I feel I should be entitled to one of those.

It's the thought that counts. Sometimes I plan on doing something, and years later, it still isn't done. :unsure:

I'm sure there are some folks around here that think tarring and feathering is the appropriate response for what he did. Let's see if I can find anybody to approve. Hey @Nobodybusiness , what do you think? Tar and feather, yes/no?

I know it upsets Will when people call him a shill, but here is a spy camera shot of him crying himself to sleep at night. :ROFLMAO:

Regardless of any politics, EV's / serial hybrids (real ones) can use a larger variety of energy sources and will ultimately prove more versatile navigating our future than a vehicle that is limited to only one type of fuel. An EV can be powered by a solar setup like @Will Prowse has going on...

Maybe they are too bummed out that they now have a $7,000 brick. :ROFLMAO:

I like Victron equipment vs AIO because I don't like having AC voltage on my solar panel frames.

How much did you pay to post your ad here? I'd say you're getting your money's worth.

I think he means the way he vanished voluntarily for a while and let @SignatureSolarJess speak for them here. His customer service skills are often lacking, and it's in his best interest to stay away from things he's not good at.

Think how few of us would be here if our parents had followed that line of thinking.

It sounds like you need to install a dc to dc charger. Here is the Victron page. They will properly charge your lifepo4 battery from your alternator and also limit the charging amps to the battery so you don't harm the alternator. You can either let it automatically detect the alternator is...

Please sir, can I have another.

We already told EG4 / SS they shouldn't do that type of warranty voiding nonsense for connecting other things to the 48v bus. @SignatureSolarJess Signature Solar / EG4 isn't trying to sneak this warranty voiding stuff back in again are they?

We don't know if Sol-Arks can be remotely bricked or not. Some people think they write their own firmware. Maybe Sol-Ark controls the unit from the earliest stage of boot loading.. who knows. Like I said earlier, who cares about Sol-Ark. They can be hated for a variety of other reasons, I...

LOL, right.

Did he have a permit and flight plan for that drone inspection? The FAA gets really mad about those things.

A batteries BMS is not to be relied upon as protection from an internal short from the battery. Nothing on most BMS's are generally capable of high AIC protection. That's what the fuse on each battery is for. A fuse for each individual battery protects against the batteries dumping current...

I was taught to close fridge and freezer doors as a child.

It does reflect on you, you are here cheerleading for Deye, claiming that what they have done is perfectly moral. I'll give you that much. They won't change. I said anybody aware of the situation should avoid Deye and their products. I didn't say they would. As evidenced by many things in...

They also need to screw those 48v supplies in better. They shouldn't be coming loose during shipping.

He makes a fine borderline troll (takes one to know one), but as I've told him before, as the CEO of a company, he needs to exude a more professional demeanor.

He does not. He values his money, and his time out of courtrooms too much. ? Piece it together from the advice of people on the forums, or hire somebody licensed locally. Some of the people on here are truly gifted, not me, but quite a few of the others.

Don't even need a fancy closed loop! It's like some type of weird laws governing electricity handle it. :ROFLMAO:

At least I'm not shilling for any of the companies here on the forums. Some of you guys are some real corporate toadies. I've said really awful things about Sol-Ark, EG4/SS, and Fortress. The only one I'm relatively nice to is Victron, and that's because they hide out on their own forum and...

You could just put some sort of cover over the dongle to keep it safe and make it unable to deliver it's payload during insertion attempts.

I like how the panels can make it all the way over here from China.. but once they get into our hands, they get destroyed in the final mile. There has to be a better way to deliver panels. It's shameful because of the waste.

Once we figure out exactly how far it will raise the sea levels, let's collectively purchase all that future coastal land on the cheap. Then, let's turn on all our heaters and melt that ice. Once the price goes up sell it. Use that money to buy all the old underwater land on the cheap and...

Ecoworthy about the rack:

Charge by weight and mileage, who cares what it's powered by.

They aren't copies. They are practically the same inverter, made by the same company. The only issue is that Deye promised Sol-Ark that Deye's other distributors wouldn't sell them in the Americas, that only Sol-Ark would get to sell that model Deye inverter, and with Sol-Ark badging on it...

What you say makes sense, but the battery certs are something to consider. It's insane that we've let our politicians be lobbied to the point where this is the price difference. I'm pretty sure they are both close to the same safety in regards to batteries if using comms, the UL9540a / UL9540...

Correct. Just disconnect AC input from whatever inverter you want to use. Then hook a separate charger, like an EG4 Chargeverter onto your DC bus. Connect the charger to your grid AC. Now you can't backfeed, you have a dedicated, safe to use, 5000watt converted to DC grid feed. Only becomes...

How dare you! You buy it from where you're told. Good day to you sir!

Were any of you ever able to screech into the phone and cause a connection to a modem on the other end? I was. Not surprising considering how whiny and annoying I am.

Not so great for saving money, via blending / feedback, but yes, good UPS mode. I wish there was a way we could actually affect change and get tiny amounts of spurious feedback legalized without a permitting process, so long as the device meets the basic UL1741(sabcdedf) regs. I'm pretty sure...

That's the worst part about Victron. They seem to give a rats butt about American customers. They'll sell to us, but they have little to no concern for whether we can do a permitted legal install with their kit. Granted, many of the NEC / UL permitting requirements are excessive, and I don't...