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Turns out I was just using the wrong startup sequence 1 battery, then the breaker, then the inverter. I didn't get wrong.

Okay, cool. So would my idea of using a deep freezer ad an insulated box work, or is that dumb?

Basically, a neighbor had 4/0 when I was setting it up the first time so that's what we went with. Somehow I thought that the manual called for 2/0, not 2awg. That for sure changes things!

I never intend to run them that low. The generator *should* be kicking on automatically at 50% and charging them to 95, but even that setting is obviously not working properly.

That is done now. There's nothing in my manual that said that needed done and when I called SS they gave some rediculous response about needing PV run to both inverters. Lies. Finally found the SS video showing how to configure the inverters for parallel mode, it's working now.

Here are two images from the controller. First was at 9am and second at 2:11pm. Even with it showing 1557 watts the batteries have only come up to 33% soc according to the inverter.

I have 6 Life power 4 batteries and the 6000ex split phase inverter. Suddenly the inverter showed fault code 07 (overload) even though no new loads were put on it. I shut off the breaker from the batteries to the inverter and turned the inverter off, but it took about 15 minutes for the alarm...

I have a DC Solar trailer (10x265 panels, 2 FLA batteries, Midnite Classic 1500, 2 Sunny Island inverters) and it just isn’t cutting it for the amount of power we need. I just bought 60 260 watt panels to build a much larger system. Can I tie these panels in to the trailer? I’ve heard some...

I turned all the batteries on with the inverter and breaker off. Let them sit like that for several minutes. As soon as I flipped the breaker On I heard a sound like the starter on a vehicle, then all the ALARM lights went red.

I don't even see an app called Solar Assistant on the Play store

I tried using the EG4 Monitor app, but that seems to require an extra dongle, so then I sent to the SolarPower app. All seemed to be going well and it said Registration Succesful, but when I try to login it says "User not found." What's an app I can actually use to monitor my inverters and...

I am finally trying to connect our inverter to the network and install the app so I can monitor things without having to run out to the inverter panel. We specifically chose to not have a password on our network and the SolarPower app is balking at this, not letting me advance through the...

Well... shoot. They did sit with low water for over a week because we live a long way from any stores and all the stores were out or limiting distilled water. We undid all the loads and left during that time, but still.

The SS Life power 4 batteries The SS BMS software Yes

They were working decently before and would get up to 100%. They never worked perfectly - something was always weird about the settings - but now it's just bad.

I'm having some trouble setting up my second 6000ex in parallel with my first so I called Signature Solar tech support. They said that I must have PV input to all inverters in the parallel string for this to work. Is that true? Everything I've ever read says that PV input is the one thing that...

No, finally just upgraded to the xp

My use case might be running a well pump to to a large reservoir, or charging small rechargeable batteries, or compressed air, or a water heater, or...

I have 2 older 6000ex inverters that I'm considering trading in to upgrade our off grid power situation. I'm looking at the trade in program that lets me get the 18k at significant discount, but then saw the announcement for the FlexBOSS. Would I be better in an off grid split phase situation...

Sorry, apparently I'm stupid. With a 5000 generator at 240v, what's the highest charging amps I can use? 80-85 or something?

Turning on a single battery with the breaker on did it. Thank you!

I tried to get all the load off of them and un-deployed the panels. But obviously I should have just turned everything off :'(

I moved my solar setup today from an uninsulated area to an insulated one to keep the batteries warm. I hooked everything back up, pushed the power button on the 6500ex, and absolutely nothing happened. No lights, no sound, nothing. Thinking that maybe it didn't have enough power to start I...

You edited your answer after I started replying, so your first answer didn't show up. The manual, as far as I can tell, does not cover this concept. All it says is that the maximum DC output current with 240v/26a is 100, not how to calculate what one should actually use.

I'm starting to regret my purchase after watching Will's review, but at this point it is what it is. We are off-grid and living in our rv trailer while we build our house. I purchased the 6000ex instead of the 6500 expecting that I could use a single one to power everything and then bought a...

The wattage never got that high yesterday, so from the post yesterday it was accurate. Yes, at our fullest sun today we were getting much more - yay. a) That's.... unfortunate b) I'm draining them below 0%? c) Is that to say that the 33% soc is ~78% of its current max charge? 100/42*33 = 78. I...

I have 2 units in parallel and also not seeing charge from my gen going into one unit. Are you saying you had to split the gen input so it's going into both units for it to actually work?? I only have PV input to one inverter and it charges fine, so assumed AC would be the same.

Yes, it does. The generator phase the correct plug and output for 240. Thank you for the calculations

One of my Lifepower4 batteries isn't turning on, so Signature Solar told me to run the BMS software from my computer. I have it downloaded and extracted and found my correct port to use. I have the CAT - USB cable plugged into my 0 battery and the other batteries all plugged into the RS485 ports...

I don't. But the 75% is showing while running, not just at startup

I'm trying to set up our second 6000ex in parallel with our current one. After connecting the batteries to it (2awg) and connecting a AC output cable (6awg) I turned it on just to make sure it did turn on before attaching the rest of the components. It worked, I felt very successful. With that...

Yes, 600ah of batteries I watched a SS video about putting them in parallel and it seems what I was missing was the settings telling each inverter what to be. Really annoying that the tech support people were so wrong.

I have the chargeverter hooked to a Honda EB 5000. The chargeverter itself allows amp settings up to 100, but the supplied plug is a 30amp plug. Can I use a higher setting on the CV, or keep it to 30? Also, do I need to charge with 240v or can I charge in 120v mode from my generator?

But I can take that number for what is going out. Beautiful, thank you. I wish I could edit what the app shows, given I'm off grid, but having the numbers is great

Brand new here and grateful to have found this forum. We recently bought 4.5 acres very off grid to live and farm. We found a great deal on the latest model of DC Solar trailer and brought that out for our power. This has 10 265 watt panels, Midnite Classic controller, 2 SMA Sunny Island...

Oooh I love that idea! So have trailer 1 out of breaker 1 connected to L1 from the inverter, then trailer 2 out of breaker 2 connected to L2 from the inverter?

I have 2 6000ex in parallel. I have some decent draw and it was overcast yesterday afternoon and worse today. I previously wired a generator into the main inverter so I fired that up, but even though the inverter registered AC input it's not charging the batteries, so I'm sitting at under 10%...

I've heard that some inverters can do what I've heard called "luxury loads" that the inverter only powers if the batteries are at 100%. Is it possible to setup such a function on the 6000xp?

Thank you for this. Someone had said that it would only handle like 2 more panels. The reason we got so many more panels is we are currently living off-grid in 3 travel trailers but we are building a big house for the family which will need a LOT more solar, but we still need more solar now. The...

Well… that sucks :p Yes, I can get that tomorrow. It has previously been charged to 100% within the last few months.

I am planning on buying some of these batteries: https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-lifepower4-lithium-battery-48v-100ah I understand that they need to be in an insulated space to prevent them from charging in below-freezing conditions. But then I've also heard that batteries need to be in a...

I have 2 6000ex in parallel powering our home. We are off grid so that system is out entire power. We've noticed this before but last night our power cut out 3 times in the middle of the night for about 5 seconds. I don't have to do anything for power to come back, just wait. The batteries are...

Okay, wow, that's awesome. Does that 291 include idle draw from the inverter itself?

Here's a screenshot of the EG4 Monitor software from my inverters. It shows input great and has the Consumption on the right showing 4.8 kWh today. But in the middle of the page it shows 0W for the Consumption. How can I monitor current / active consumption? I would love to know how much we are...

I am currently running 4/0 cable to my 6000ex. Now I want to install my second 6000ex in parallel, so I need to get the batteries connected to both. Since I'm already coming off with 4/0 I figured to convert that down to two 2/0 lengths, but I'm not sure the best way to do that. Can I just lug...

So yeah, they're wrong. Just needed the correct settings