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  • Post in thread: Heavy Duty Rated Battery Disconnect from SunFunKits

    Makes sense. Thanks.
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    Yah im on a 50amp breaker. Thanks for the double check though. Never hurts.
  • Post in thread: Signature Solar Experience, Bad or Good

    Just had my first support call with Signature solar. They picked up quickly and (hopefully) resolved my issue. I wont know until the sun goes down=). Anyhow, was a good experience for me. I worked with Payton. Now about that Chargeverter i ordered a month+ ago and haven't received... I know...
  • Post in thread: Eg4 18kpv wifi dongle not connecting

    Any solutions on this? Just got my system up today and have the same problem.
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    ok so I found the PW in the manual and swapped to 1/3000. Seems closer to reality now
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    Yeah
  • Post in thread: 18kPv recent strange behavior on battery charging PP

    It's been a while, but I used the eg4 youtube guide and it says CAN. Hard to tell which protocol from this screen as both show up=)
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    Just double checked, they seem to be in the right direction. Also, from the maintenance dashboard it shows the range is -1000,1000. But maybe it is -100,100?
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    Yes the problem was that I was showing values which where waaaaay off. Most of my loads are resistive so to see such a huge difference between measured and displayed was confusing. Looks like the default for my CT ratio wasn't correct. I do not know anything about CT's but I assume it has some...
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    So tonight I had a heater running plus my normal ~1k draw for a total of ~5k. The 18kpv shows 1600W. I also pulled each CT off 1 at a time and the power draw changed to ~800W total when taking off the L1 CT and ~800W when taking off the L2 CT. The CT Power offset seemed to have no affect on...
  • Post in thread: 18kPv recent strange behavior on battery charging PP

    DM sent. Thanks.
  • Post in thread: 18kPv recent strange behavior on battery charging PP

    Hi I have been seeing this strange behavior and wanted to check if anyone else is seeing something similar. Recently, the 18kPv just stops charging the battery well before 100% SOC and just kind of sits there for 20-30 mins. There is not a cloud in the sky nor any shading and the inverter...
  • Post in thread: Heavy Duty Rated Battery Disconnect from SunFunKits

    Dumb question but are these bi-directional? I assumed circuit breakers were meant for 1 direction. Thanks.
  • Post in thread: Heavy Duty Rated Battery Disconnect from SunFunKits

    Ok thanks. I am sure I used the wrong term, by bi-directional I meant is it able to have current traveling in both directions (ie 1 direction during charge and 1 direction during discharge of batteries). I'll check out midnight and see if they have something that works. I really just need a...
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    Will do. Can't actually measure it now as the sun is up=)
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    yes I believe the current clamp does not know voltage so it would be considered "apparent current" if there was such a thing. That being said, taking the current read and multiplying by voltage should get me in the neighborhood right? I am seeing 250W on the inverter screen but I am drawing ~1k...
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    The values for grid consumption are way off reality in my system. I see L1=3.69A and L2=5.01A which should translate to around 1k W. I do see a variable labelled as CT power offset but I did not find anything in the manual on this. I am guessing I need to change this value to offset the...
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    Firmware up-to-date. 6 gauge wire isn't sufficient for 50A?
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    Yeah this confused me as well. Going to hunt around as the offset metric info wasn't included in the manual. Thanks.
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    Negative. Mine is 1/1000. I do see in the manual the default on these should be 1/3000. There seems to be a pw required to change this value though.
  • Post in thread: EG4 18kpv Wifi-module "Cloud Icon" LED continuously flashing (Dongle offline)

    I was troubleshooting this for hours today. Just saw on a social media post that there was an issue on the EG4 monitoring side. Is anyone aware of a status page or anything we can subscribe to for outages?
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    Thanks. got it.
  • Post in thread: 18kpv CT Power Offset

    It seems much closer now. Off by 10% or so instead of 80%=) Credit points distributed as follows: Nuke=2, Zanydroid=2, BKY2003=1, Quattro=1. Appreciate your help all.
  • Post in thread: EG4 Battery Rack Breakers???

    I was looking at a similar solution. I emailed signature solar to confirm I could use the same CB as a disconnect and they responded with this: Each line, from the Quattro and the charge controller, would need their own breaker. Using it as a disconnect is fine as it is meant to always be...
  • Post in thread: EG4 monitoring portal Tigo integration

    Got any pics? Was looking at integrating Tigo devices into my system and I am easily sold by pretty pictures and diagrams=)
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