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Thanks ,back on to the problem. Needed information to find solutions. Cut to the chase, stop all the blame game. Consumer responsible for his homework and work. Be responsible. Period. Walmart does not tell me how to use my coffee maker. Lol

Yes, I am trying to locate electrician to pull my meter. I do not have the courage. I think my lines coming from grid service have been tapped. All this is underground and or enclosed in concrete block wall. I think phase 1 is the tapped line. Hard to locate good electrician that won't be bought...

Sorry ,it appears I should have proof read before posting. People,dogs etc chaos. I just pushed post. Lol

Not where I live. You buy it it is yours.

I will tie in to the line coming in from meter to breaker for other 5000es inverter. Then I have a nuetral coming in also. Cut the ground ,golly thanks signature solar. This was at the very beginning. I have sense learned so much, first to get better help(you). I will send pics as soon as I...

My Signature Solar experince was good for a manufacture problem. SS spent time troubleshooting my Growatt inverter. Concluded needed it needed to be returned. They paid to return old unit. I paid for new inverter freight to be returned. We both split the pain the manufacture should have paid. I...

My Growatt 5000es was working great one day. 2 days later smoking. Took out my bms.Grrr 2nd unit in a year. It is not connected to the grid. Wondering if transformer is functioning. Afraid to hook up battery again. Checked battery voltage put on new bms. Turned on showed battery correct . Then...

My Signature Solar experince. Good results for a manufacture problem. As a distributor I found SS helpful in diagnosing problem and honoring warranty for manufacture. We split the shipping pain. Fair enough.

No, but I have error 52 on My Growatt spf 5000 es inverter. I also am in Mexico. Battery did not solve issue. Removing from grid using only panels and battery did not resolve issue. I do not hear thumping . L also have to reset inverter. Hope someone can help us

They are a distributor not manufacture. They fulfilled distributor obligations. Read your manufacture warranty and take it up with manufacturer. Lol good luck with that. Life isn't always Rosie. Take your lemons and be glad someone is helping you make lemonade. Your attitude of what a business...

Thank you so much . This is what I was thinking. Confermation is such a great thing. Now I am looking at my new distribution box. Could have bought wiser. Appears it is only 2 240v breakers provided I do not use main breaker.

You see you are installer,service and repair industry. As a you stated you inform distributor of problem. Does your customer buy from your distributor then complain if they get incorrect problem or manufacture defect. Heck no. That is exactly why your industry exist to service people that have...

Manufacuture,distributor, dealer, consumer. Do you warranty products purchased on eBay etc???

Not happy with mine bms dead after 10 days

I did also. Then realized the house at many times had no tenants. The house had no service from grid. Watched their meter nope no change for months. Pool was operating. Then I realized pool and sprinklers both operating,yet no service at meter. I started investigating. Started checking every...

Yes it is a schneider that uses square D. Schneider bought square D. I thought so also. It fit so nicely I said ok. Should of studied it more. Says 120/240. Lol I suppose. Looking I can only see 1 way to have 2 240 breakers. 1was meant for main could be used. Then 3leg and 1 leg 4 could be...

Thank you. Your information was very insightful. I took new approach. Removed grid service. Seems to function much better. So either on grid feeding grid or totally off grid is the true operations. This pulling from grid as needed results in relay problems. Period. Thank you again

This is very important. Protects your batteries.

I have a adjustable charger on the way. Hoping to get soon. I learned hard way that you can charge being off grid. Lol took 3 days to do it. I do know now being fully charged and top balanced is a big plus. Lessons learned. I too am confronting hurricanes soon. I found keeping my inverter...

Yes,Signature Solar had me return inverter. Sent new one. All is good now.

Do not forget to bring in equipment will require custom fees. These can be surprising cost. I have lived here for 14 years and still shocked at cost of fees sometimes.

Can I use the balancer and bms while using an external charger. I have purchased a charger to aid in keeping my battery charged. Sick of not having charged battery at night. Seems my Growatt either exhaust my battery before night or on different setting slowly drains while not charging it...

Ok changed out diagram. I think I have this correct now

Still blurry. I will look again later

Maybe check sa to inverter choice.

Ok what do you suggest. My nuteral and ground are not bonded in box.

My experince with grid tie was very disappointing. The amount you are credited for your grid feed is about half of what you pay for kw use. Just my experince.

Thank you

Does it matter where the consumer gets it? Do you honor products bought from online? Do you charge service calls to check out products?

Well I have learned enough to keep my mouth shut and fingers off the keyboard.

My Growatt spf 8000t DVM is 45 w

Not bad. Why worry I agree

Why is it the distribution obligation to have or create wiring scheme? I wish they had done more research. The diagram at least got me headed in right direction. No doubt revisions need made. I was in limbo before. I think that is why they say please use qualified installer and or electrician...

How did you find parasitic draw? I have a parasite. I am not sure how to find it. Any help would be appreciated.

I like my Growatt SPF 8000 dual mppt

Can some one explain voltage on pv 1 there are no panels connect. Off grid only panels on mppt 2. Thank you for any insight or explanation. I have turned off Growatt 8 SPF splt phase dual mppt. I turned off battery,panels and unit waited 5 minutes then restarted. Has solar assistant hooked usb...

Is this the same as R8KLNA with the 4 mppts? Looking at purchasing. Now, I wonder

Here is a utube link of man repairing.

I do not need lvx features. I want simple off-grid inverter. I will us manual transfer switch if grid required. I personally think transfer relays are not adequately tested on most less expensive aio units. Been there was not good experience. Yes, they work for many. I lost too much sleep...

Ok so I can bond the neutral and ground at grid meter or in service box n bar to ground bar correct?

Careful with relay changing modes dc ac. Can click click,boom then several weeks later smoking wires. It seems the change from ac to dc hangs up. Eventually if restart the system it will go to line mode. Then it does not want to use pv power or batteries first if at all. Even if pv is at 270v...

Maybe Ian should be given director position. CEO He always answers promptly and correctly. Signature Solar is good company with many growing pains. I have purchased from both companies. Both have been good. Watts 24 better customer resources of information. I love being able to go to resource...

Hi ok finally have growatt 8 up and running. I am using a gsok wall 16s 200ah 48 volt battery. I do not suggest buying one. The battery was great for 10 days then the led screen read out stopped working. The bms appears to be working. I get all read out on inverter in % now. What are the best...

I am looking at the LV6048.

Hi, Hope I am not rehashing this subject. I am going to buy new inverter. I am trying to deceide between 1 8 k or 2 5k. Thoughts?

So we do not use the neutral or ground supplied by generator. My generator has 2 lines and a ground.Hook up 2 lines and no gound? supplied

Yes,double check positive and negative connections on panels,breaker then to inverter pv input. Hope this helps. I installed 2nd set of new panels.i used same wires. Simply unplugged one set of panels plug in others. I assumed was correct or shall I say the same positive negative connections...

I have had error 8. I stopped using bypass mode. I no longer allow grid to connect to inverter. I am running in solar battery mode. My first inverter was defective so I was told.. I have reconnected new one three days ago. First night code 8 in the morning. I restarted run for hour but was not...

Thank you, will do. Now to get 2 more panels and install.

Yes you are spot on. Results in possible fire.

Thank you I will investigate very soon.

Nope not for me

I have a question. Do you use a transformer. Is your setup split phase, single or 3 phase? I am also considering changing to a Deye 8k

So as in revised drawing. Green ground to neutral?

Ok I am looking at the specs. Says maximum voc of 145 Mppt range each pv 60 to 110 What is your panels 250, 450 ?

60 to 110 vdc Are the vdc on each pv inputs the same?

I am considering buying this unit. I will ask the mppt rep. I am working with. Need to know panel kw how many. Strings? Etc

Is there a setup number to turn them on?

Similar experince my spf 8 k smelled then explosion sparks,fried breaker to battery. Now say only 2 volts out

Great, please make a video.

Did you isolate nuetral from grid and transformer. Is transformer hooked up where inverter wires straight to it. Then 2 hot and nuetral wires out of it to transfer switch. Then grid to transfer switch 2 hot and neutral. This way neutral is supplied by transformer when transfer switch in inverter...

Careful smokes easily

So either at breaker at grid or in service box . But not both. Drawing has both in green

I understood we can not have a nutral or ground from grid with the transformers? I totally remove them from my wiring. Am I wrong here,? Thanks for any input.

Please where are charts being generated. Solar Assistant, Home Assistant, Growatt or combination. It appears you have got this down.

I ask similar question. I understood it is better to keep same or near kw panels each mppt. Orientation can very. I would like more info. Here also.

I beleive they have attached on meter before I placed pad lock. Then run to their meter which is a grid feed meter,as if they have panels. They have none.

Guess your mark up is great.

I had the same error. Call your supplier. It is possible that you need to return unit.

Thank you. I have SA and pi orange. I have growatt avaliable just wasn't comfortable with it. I guess HAssit is in my future.

Heck, wish I would known SA not supporting Orange. I bought it 2 months ago. Sigh

Thank you

Have you taken the panels from the other pv input and seen what happens. Size of panels and how they are strung will help. Are you meeting the minimum start up voltage. How many amps? Just some simple fixes maybe.

I have a coffee maker on shelf they told me do do just that. Guess 30 minute to make 1 espresso was acceptable. So yeah

Battery bms shows 93 percent 54.6 Panels 280 volt

Do you remove the Daly bms and use only the heltec balancer? Does the balancer have other protection switches?

I would like 5k to 8 k I have 20 250watt panels older 10 new waiting to be installed 330w Split phase with auto transformer in load box. Thinking creating 2nd load box using the 330 panels. It will not have transformer. Using it to power ac units,pool pump, water well pumps. It is split phase...

Yes I have video of it. Signature has been working with me. Like a ghost . Some circuits have power when grid is off,battery off and inverter off. I can get 80 to 92 volts on some plugs.

I started with part of the house I used most. Realize entire house could be used differently. I sit up solar panels, batteries etc to power that section. Then eliminated power usage to lesser parts of house. In higher ac setting,light timers etc. You could also set up solar system to power your...

How do we avoid this?

My growatt does that. Not super fast but it does charge in off position. No grid connected.

I can us solar assistant and shine dongle. I use the USB to solar assistant, then printer type end square from solar assistant to inverter. Then I used USB extension cable to the shine dongle. Both give me data. I am trying figure out bms hook up.Question bms to solar assistant via uart rj4 plug...

The orange is quick,easy and works.

Explain how load is present not connected to Grid and Growatt spf 8000 dual mppt showing load in off position. Can only charge in stand by. Load showing at 8pm to 7am. Inverter in solar,battery only. Unit powered down no lights. This morning powered up in stand by. Battery was not low. Do I have...

Ok perfect. Thank you very much. The main breaker and meter box has provisions for this. I removed them a while back per other drawing. I will put them back on. I really do appreciate your help. I feel this is a safer system. I do not think the lesser hybrids relays can handle safely with...

Same problem new out of the box

Sarah fixed me up quickly. Hopefully she will get you on top of the list.

Yes, sorry I thought you was creating battery. Lord I have no idea what is in or where to begin to build cells.

Yes it is. Thank you

Thank you. I was reading above post. I have not used support. This is good news.

I think mpv single pv input Dvm dual pv input. I have been looking also. If I recall I am correct. You will need to check. I am going dvm

Had similar event. Check all the wires. I had a wire come off resulting in the readings you had. Hope this helps