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Success! Six Canadian Solar 390W panels in series into PV1 of the inverter. Six EG4 rack mount batteries hooked up to inverter along with the EG4 communications hub. No loads or grid hooked up yet but firmware is updated on all (comm hub, batteries, inverter). Mobile app and web site logged...

Hey Ubby thanks for asking this! I ran into the same thing - everything connected? great now update the firmware. I mean, having a bit more info would be nice! lol I'm powering up for the first time tomorrow. I might take a bit of video to show the process.

Panels are ground mount (MacGyvered a temporary mount from some old 2x6 material). I'll meter the AC side tomorrow, maybe it isn't really drawing any - although I'd prefer the app to be accurate! I have a Pixel 7 and using the Smart Life app which is what came up when I scanned the qr code...

Hi Jason, no real hesitation. I was looking for a quick way to get up and running without having to deal with the power company coming out to pull the meter (no breaker at meter, straight into the main panel.) and getting an electrician to put in a 200A disconnect. It woud be ideal, just not...

Thanks Jared. No plans to sell back. I'll be zero export which needs the CTs between my main and the meter. The 70A is plenty in my case. I ran the house on a 6500 watt generator during a few recent power outages (multiple days) off a 40A breaker. The 70A should allow me to run everything...

Hmmm...I have it there to prevent grid export. Pretty sure it needs to be between the meter and the main panel breaker. I'm fairly sure that the inverter will flow power into my main panel from the 70A breaker in the lower left of the main panel. The Grid connection at the inverter is...

Today I setup a temporary ground mount for six solar panels. I need to finish the cable runs to the inverter and with any luck I can power up the inverter tomorrow! My plan is to get my PV string into the inverter, have a couple of circuits transferred to my critical loads panel and then power...

I installed the EG4 24000Btu unit a couple of days ago. Powered by the grid first to make sure everything was good. Works great, cools my roughly 1,000sf main living area (open concept - living room, dining room, kitchen). This system is my first foray into solar. I installed seven Canadian...

When I was on AC only the unit drew anywhere from about 500 to 1500 watts, depending on how hard it was working. Today with solar input only the unit was using 800-1500 watts, all from the array. When I turned the AcInput back on the lowest the AcInput draw would go was 40 watts. When clouds...

I'm installing an 18kpv with a rack of six EG4 batteries. My house power comes to a meter and that feeds straight into my Main Load Center with a 150A breaker. It is a Siemens load center, bus bar rated at 225A. I plan on using a 70A breaker in the bottom left side of the main panel going to...

Not much sun here today. I turned the unit on about an hour ago, AcInput was showing 40W in the app with the ac limiter turned on. While the app was still showing 40W from the grid I went down to my electrical panel and used my clamping meter on each of the hot legs of the circuit (my EG4 is...

Thanks Rob! I couldn't find that thread the other day when I was looking for it. I had skimmed it a bit last week. I will use the hack to keep the ac limiter always on. More reading to do!