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The HVAC is hungry on these hotter days. I need to invest in some mini splits eventually.

I have 6 of the 450watt sungold panels. They have been great so far. I would buy more again from them in a heartbeat.

Thanks man . Seems like they have. I’ll be trying some different load tests soon hopefully. I just want to get my monitoring app up first. I didn’t go in to the sound of the unit much. But I’m amazed. It basically makes no sound at all unless there is significant loads or PV.

Just so we’re clear, the reason it took that long is because you were lacking information? I sent quite a few photos. They never requested any further information. I mentioned why in my email exchange, The reason the techs told me the firmware wouldn’t fix the issue, and all these inverters have...

The voltronic 6500 inverters output 6500 watts but can take in 8k in Pv. There is multiple reasons why this is helpful. The largest of which would be that charging and distribution to loads can happen at the same time.

This was an interesting thread. Tech support wasn’t aware the bonding screws were removed when I asked them either last month. I know the screws have been removed on the 3kw also. Now I’m curious about their rebranded 8kw megarevo. But I haven’t done much research into those and how they are...

The 2” conduit comes fairly close to the edge of the wireway. But it fits nice.

Should be around 3:12. And after testing this I actually got lower wattage a few days later. I think it has to cool down a bit from any type of load. The fans were shut down so I thought it was at a complete idle.

I think it hit 72 amps in my test from what I recall. Which is massive really.

I believe Ben mentioned they would be making a 120v adapter available. I’m not scrolling back through the threads though. That could take days. ?

90% is a pretty large number. If you’ve followed what James has been saying about the unauthorized hardware switch voltronic did at the factory, that seems to be the cause of a lot of these issues. Since then firmware has fixed some of the problems. And evidently they have a remedy for the...

Sorry I’ve been slacking. I’m hoping to release something this evening or tomorrow.

I think it will. I’m still rooting for it. Most the issues seem to be firmware related.

In other words you’d like a “meh” option?

Watts247 is usually pretty good about callbacks.

Up and running yes. Inspected, no.

They have a + and - on the battery and PV connections. I guess colored coding couldn’t hurt. But it seems like you can only get so fool proof. Like the warning labels on coffee cups “contents may be hot”. If people aren’t aware of that already, there is a larger problem..

Yeah it sleeps a lot of the day it seems like. What’s really funny is if my water well kicks on. The fans make a little miniature revving noise. Like, “don’t make me get outa this chair” kinda noise. And then goes back to sleep.

That would be a great idea. Considering these inverters have so many variations transparency in regards to significant changes would be the way to go. Especially when it comes to things like the bonding screw. After reading another thread on here it’s actually really concerning. They’ve changed...

I agree with the above. But considering the length of the run I would probably combine the first string at the array.

Takes a while with a new product like this I think. I’ve gotten multiple comments on my page from people that have just bought the 18k, or are in the middle of the install. Others are waiting on permits. I’m excited to see more videos from people using it. It’s always cool to see different...

Zapper with the rapid fire questions.

Cut them off and stick the wire in there. The manual mentions how far to strip the wire back. You can also add ferrules to the wire if you wanted.

I see that. That did bother me last week. But you open yourself up to criticism when you post something publicly. And I’m definitely not immune to that. People have different experiences with businesses and in life. So they’ll come to different conclusions about my original post. Such is life.

Not stupid at all. In fact it’s hard for me to wait for anything when I install something new. I’m usually so excited I stay in the shop far too late to get things running. Just make sure the PV is disconnected beforehand and do your thing.

I ran mine for over 10 months without issue. I also installed a pair of them for my father and his are still running great. Other than the fact that I was hitting my max VOC in the winter, I didn’t have any major complaints with them. A lot could be said for running a pair of them for a couple...

It hasn’t even been released yet and it’s already discounted $100? ?

If it’s similar to the LL’s then you would have the breaker switched on first. Then the BMS switch to engage the precharge sequence. I haven’t looked at them real thoroughly yet, so I can’t be sure.

Please don’t use Romex for PV connections. Or the wago connectors. And definitely don’t run the same string of panels split between two inverters. Watch some 6500 wiring videos on YouTube. This setup is looking like a fire hazard. I’m not trying to be insulting but this is dangerous stuff...

Honestly I like the stats, the surge capacity is pretty impressive over all. Because it’ll get those larger inductive loads started. Nice idle consumption also. Need to see it in action on some inductive loads. And see how well each individual leg can handle loads also.