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Another update, fwiw: I was instructed by EG4 support to change battery brand setting from 0 to 1, and so far I have not had any more Battery High Voltage warnings (to be clear, I only had one documented Battery High Voltage alert, and one witnessed Bus Voltage High fault at full production...

Ahh. Thank you. Embarrassed but grateful.

Alas, this particular motor cannot be rewired for 240. But just to be sure my thinking on this is correct -- I planned the circuits so that the dust collector would run on one leg and all the other tools likely to be run at the same time (one at a time) on the other. If I were to get a dust...

I'm still not understanding something fundamental here: if the surge is higher than 20 amps, why is it not tripping the 20 amp breaker when I use grid power to run the same machine? Along the same lines, if it is not pulling more than 20 amps, why can't the 6000xp handle it?

Not to the inverter but to the breaker panel. Is that wrong?

It is grounded to the same panel, so yes everything is grounded together using two rods, spaced 10feet apart (which are also wired together with a buried 10AWG copper wire).

To date, I have not always had a load on the inverter. It's in a barn/woodshop at a remote homestead, where i do not live full time. My loads are mostly intermittent anyway--running power tools as necessary. I do have a 4g router and a security camera running full time now, but their draw is...

Thanks for the correction. My memory was faulty. I did use 6 AWG, but it is not unbroken. The first section runs about 8 ft. to clamp on the first rod. The second section, clamped to the same clamp, runs about 12ft. to the clamp on the second rod.

The battery is EG4's indoor wallmount PowerPro. As they built to be used together, and seem to be communicating just fine, I'm not particularly concerned about accuracy of the SOC.

I've run multiple searches and haven't found any threads addressing this exact idea, which may suggest it is entirely unfeasible, but it could also suggest my situation is unique. Appreciate any and all input offered. I look after a remote ancestral homestead owned by an extended family. No one...

That was the initial plan but I got hung up on the specifics, and how many circuits I could feasibly run that way. Also, house needs (well pump, hot water heater, oven, etc.) are much higher wattage than the shop. My panel in the shop is 100A. Would I use a large breaker in the shop > 2-2-2-4 >...

Hello y'all, Relatively new to all this and really could use some help. I have a 280ah PowerPro battery (indoor) and a 6000xp, wired to a 100a panel, running a woodshop inside a barn at a remote homestead. No grid tie at present, but maybe soon. Have a temporary, quick and dirty array using...

O Thanks much for the follow-up. This gives me a lot of food for thought. Given the existing 200A, grid-tied panel in the house, I suppose it would only make sense to move some of the critical loads to a second off-grid, shop-fed panel (especially if I want to avoid the hassles of permits and...

Thanks for the reply. I think I will try moving the soft start to the miter saw for a while and see if the problem repeats. Maybe some surges are higher than others? Regarding #3, just for clarity, I have sealed the cracked panel with a spray on sealant but at present it is not in use at all and...

A couple updates for anyone following along. I replaced the 2 HP Harbor Freight dust collector with its one horsepower little brother, and that is running fine on the 6000xp and 280ah indoor wallmount. I also moved the Torque Tamer soft start to the miter saw and so far havent tripped a...

Still pretty new to all this and I'm having a little trouble wrapping my head around all the variables and deciding on best course of action. Hopefully others can benefit from any discussion provoked... Have a 6000xp and EG4 wallmount battery, powering a woodshop that has very low constant but...