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Anything *not* from AliExpress will probably work just fine. Amazon has been a winner for me. Just read the reviews and you’ll know what to steer clear from.

I actually talked to SA yesterday about this very thing. EG4 SCC doesn’t have a method to communicate, so even if SA supported it, it wouldn’t “talk”. The USB port can be used to communicate with your batteries but according to Signature Soler, the SCC with fight the output of the inverter and...

That's correct, I have 4 server rack batteries (EG4). Max charging was set to 120a. Max AC charge was set to 30a. I just increased that. Waiting for full sun to see if I generate more than what I have been generating.

I did have to connect shore power because the batteries were down to 49% (SLA). Checking connections this afternoon and will check the shunt issue. Not sure I follow the second shunt issue. I have a smartshunt in between the battery and the inverter but the SCC is connected directly to...

I’ve used these before. Didn’t even think about this method. Would you just secure them in a junction box? I used for a different grounding application.

This looks like a good method. Will try to find something that is available now so I don’t have to wait until next year.

@sunshine_eggo Thank you for the words. I just changed the mode of the inverter to run the batteries down a bit. I'm on the east coast (USA), so my sun is gone for the day, but will evaluate tomorrow.

I've seen a few low cost testing equipment with MC4 connectors that test PV output of solar panels. I've seen a few variant with 400w, 800w, and 1600w editions. It looks like it will provide VOC, max watt output, etc. Are these worth the $75-125 they cost? Is there better equipment...

I recently purchased a $6 part from Amazon to block power pins. PortaPow USB Power Blocker -... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094FYL9QT?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Certainly. Incoming.

I couldn’t get it to connect with my phone. Not too sure if it’s working or not.

Sound would be excessive inside of your house. A separate shop for sure. I have one 6500ex in my garage and it gets kinda noisy when generating PV. Usually about 4kw input during the day.

Well I must say I’m impressed. Jenny saw my Issues on here with some of the quality issues and has emailed me. She is sending out a few of the replacement parts to get the kits squared away. I’m been extremely impressed with the process. The ordering was a little finicky, but I would...

I think what they were referring to, and what makes sense, is the MPPT output being lowered because it believed the batteries to be charged (higher voltage) because of sharing a bus bar. That makes sense as “charging” is from anything higher in voltage than the target accepting the voltage...

I would say if money was not an object, Victron would have my vote. Victron, to me, has been the Rolls Royce. I have all Victron in my motor home.

It does.

@richard cabesa Thanks for the reply. I realized after I asked the question that it should not only show SOC but should show it as DC load as well. I guess what I was looking for was "AC load" but that's not going to be possible without taking account for the draw of the inverter as well. May...

Everything appears to be functioning now.

I also believe 1919 is out. Supposed to help with hard startup light flickering issue.

While I received some bad information from Signature Solar, I have not had the same experience as everyone else. I hope they can improve, but I'm not thinking they are going to when I see the posts from over the past few years on this forum. It's disappointing since that is one location we all...

@Markus_EG4 @Will Prowse Just an update to everyone. It appears Markus was able to fix and stop communicating with China. I haven’t traced the routes yet but China isn’t a concern. I’ve asked Markus how they are handling this globally. Can a firmware update be pushed to change it on the fly...

Ahh, not sure you would have ever gotten support. At least that is not the vibe I get when I've picked up / ordered panels from them in the past. I would never order an inverter or something of that nature from them, but definitely would get panels. I'm only 1.5 hours from their Savannah...

It does not, in fact, suck. I would say it is beta, sure, but haven’t yet found any issues.

Have good coms between SA and inverter. Batteries are communicating fine (Seplos - JK BMs) with the 6000xp. However, would enjoy seeing the individual cell voltages, etc from having the batteries communicate with SA. Is this possible? I have a EG4 Coms Hub (I also have LifePower batteries)...

Did this fix your issue or will you not know until PV starts up tomorrow?

Sort of in the same boat. Had an issue with one unit. However, SS agreed to take back my other unit since the two would not communicate. Once first XP gets here, I plan to install and ship back other unit for a second one.

Hmm, that may be the issue. The factory wired this, just trying to get it back to good. I will move that and report back.

That’s interesting they are on back order. No one has mentioned that to me in the entire process. Actually they said it would ship early this week. Also, my process on approval for RMA return was about 6 hours. I can say the initial tech was great and then we had some help from an EG4 person...

I don’t want to give away all of the tricks, but someone with the name that rhymes with Carrot…that is in management at SS is a lot of help. Hopefully you can figure it out without telling our secrets.

I've read the changelogs, "1. Add N-G relay control function. The setting 42 to disable, the relay will short input and output neutral always as following “C” block. The setting 42 is disable, the relay will close on ground or floating side when inverter work in Battery mode as following “A and...