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droidus

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I plugged in my Inverter to my wall outlet. Nothing was plugged into the inverter otherwise. It was beeping, I saw the fault symbol was on. Then there was a spark, and I believe it powered off. Is the device still usable? Did I do something wrong?
Here is what I have:

ECO-WORTHY 3.2KWH 800W Solar Panel Kit System for Home House: 4pcs 195W Solar Panels + 1pc All-in-one Solar Charger Inverter + 2pcs 100Ah Lithium Battery ​

 
droidus said:
I plugged in my Inverter to my wall outlet. Nothing was plugged into the inverter otherwise. It was beeping, I saw the fault symbol was on. Then there was a spark, and I believe it powered off. Is the device still usable? Did I do something wrong?
Here is what I have:

ECO-WORTHY 3.2KWH 800W Solar Panel Kit System for Home House: 4pcs 195W Solar Panels + 1pc All-in-one Solar Charger Inverter + 2pcs 100Ah Lithium Battery ​

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Edit. sorry, it does appear to have an AC input.

Did you had the batteries connected too?
 

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Also see this review on the Amazon
"

Paul R.
4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing customer service
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2021
Size: 800W with Lithium Battery & ZColor: Z-BracketVerified Purchase
Received faulty Inverter out of the box, however customer service responded promptly and replaced it quickly! New inverter was received by the next day!"
 
In most small system components of any type - connection of the batteries first is either required or won’t hurt anything. But it sounds like a warranty phone call request to me.
 
Yup, did see that review. Is this a common thing?
I know I probably didn't buy a high-quality industrial kit. Leery about everything else now that I have from this....
Going through the Inverter manual, I did not see any place that said to hook up the batteries before plugging in ac input.
Would it hurt to power it back on and see what happens?
Just trying to figure out where to go from here. I've already contacted supported on this, and am awaiting a response from them.
 
droidus said:
Would it hurt to power it back on and see what happens?
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Read the instructions first
Verify Neutral and Hot on the residential outlet. Verify N and H on the Echolworthy. Make sure both are correct.

Then it shouldn’t hurt anything to power it back up. There’s a fuse in if I’m not mistaken which may flash when it gives its life for you. Check instructions.
 
How did you plug it in, to where on the inverter?
The first thing that comes to mind is you put the Neutral onto the ground terminal in the Inverter.
You must have had L1 right or it would not have powered up at all.
 
robby said:
How did you plug it in, to where on the inverter?
The first thing that comes to mind is you put the Neutral onto the ground terminal in the Inverter.
You must have had L1 right or it would not have powered up at all.
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It seems that it have a computer like power cable and plug, so he couldn't connect it wrong.
 

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TEV said:
Doesn't go to a rectifier first and getting transformed to DC anyway?
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I don’t know what they do when inside but it’s reasonable to assume if that’s a grid-tie gizmo that it might seek the grid supply-side N-G bond and confuse itself.
I have no idea but some folks have posted on this site in the past after doing woopsies with H and N locations which usually has uncooperative results at best.
I’m assuming that Eckleworthy would be the same
 
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