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They'll shutdown.

If your load is greater than your inverter can supply it will go into overload condition. Sometimes this is delayed a bit as your...

That rather sounds like the cause. But just guessing on my part. The fact you may have had no other loads on at the time would help...

What loads do you have on grid? It is possible the minor grid export was caused by having a large inductive load shutting off. It may be...

I don't put much stock into Warranties and especially ones that are more than a couple of years. Few companies last long enough to honor...

Welcome to the club…im happy if I just get two bars on my phone,,, Can ya hear me now.? Can ya hear me now.?

Update: Just completed first charge after correcting some connectors/wires/breakers etc who was loose hot etc. Heat is gone and...

Having lived on Boats and RVs much of my life , your correct… on my 42 ft aft cabin ( bedroom) sail boat, I used to lay in bed...

After further troubleshooting it turns out the contactor on the water heater smart switch was faulty (making a whining noise when...

I thought unused solar power was sent to the Spirit world so that they could charge their phones and watch late night TV.

The 18k was not available 18 month ago. I hope I will not regret to choose the EG4-6500EX because it's sunset now. But they are working...

I do have a handheld Fluke and Klien meter to measure amps. You are suggesting that I connect everything back up at night, draw a load...

First off the SCC job is to charge your battery. Depending on its settings it may entirely stop drawing solar power if it determines...

I find that mismatched panel actual production versus theoretical can have a few surprises. Partly this is because it is rare to hit...

To be fair, SS has fixed a lot of bad transactions through this forum.

Signature Solar has made this right in a very timely manner.(y) Apparently, Silfab said that this was a pallet of quarantined products...

Change out the water heater elements with lower wattage ones. It will mean a longer time to recover which may be a problem depending on...

Those meters incorporate a shunt in them. I have used them and not been too happy with having 3 fail after a short while. In my case...

Very nicely done. Seems like you engineered yourself a great system.

Finally after 18 month I've completed the installation of my DIY off-grid system. It was an incredible amount of work, much much more...