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Thank you man, i guess the best option is to have batteries installed, PV and grid power without batteries did cost me a big electric bill, thanks again.

Hello all I have an Off-Grid inverter growatt spf5000 ES and it is connected to 4 655W panels without batteries so far, its idle consumption from the utility is arouns 2 amps, it is making my energy meter spin like crazy, this system was supposed to save money, now it is costing me money, is...

Yes i zeroed the amp meter and still 2A, please find a video attached, a friend of mine installed the same exact model, i checked with him and he confirmed that when the AC input breaker is on it is drawing 1.9 A, the Growatt displays the load on idle as 0.1% on its LCD screen but the amp meter...

The source power is AC grid, actually where i live (Lebanon) there is a lot of power shortage from government electrical grid, so local generators provide power to some buildings, they installed energy meters in order to charge their customers but their charges are expensive, so i installed the...

I have this problem, I installed a Growatt SPF5000ES last year (firmware version: 040 05 701 ; 041 05 701), and the fan noise is acceptable and you barely notice it. This year I installed another Growatt SPF5000ES (firmware version : 067 01 1.04 ; 068 01 1.04), the fans will go to maximum speed...

Thank you for your reply, i haven't purchased batteries yet, and even when i turn off the AC output breaker (no loads connected) it keeps withdrawing 2 A, could it be defected? It is a brand new inverter, installed for just one week, i noticed this matter yesterday

Hello Hedges, my friend has 4 Amaron batteries installed in his system, he conducted the test i required with batteries breaker turned off and AC output breaker too. I installed in my panel a modular AC contactor to pass through AC grid to my house without passing by the inverter, i guess it is...

Yes i trust my clamp meter (Uni-t), what made me notice first was the KWH quickly added to the energy meter, yes it is zeroed out, i also have also an amp meter in the panel which indicates the same.

Hello how are you? I have a Growatt SPF5000ES and it consumes around two amperes from the utility grid whit no load connected, is this your case? Could this be normal?

Would please let me know how did you do this test?

Thank you man for the info, i rechecked today you sing a multimeter in series with the input. Solar input is off Ac output breaker turned off No batteries installed yet AC input breaker is on, and still i get 2 amps. Could you please try it my way, turn everything off including batteries and...

Hello Hedges, actually yes i bought and installed this system to save some money and now it is the other way around. I'm really disappointed with Growatt, and friend of mine also has the same problem, maybe it is this way when the AC input is on. Next time im installing an off grid system i will...