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Signature Solar EG4 6.5K Off-Grid Inverter | 6500EX-48

Does anyone else run their well on these inverters?
I will be in a couple of weeks - my pump is 240v@20A. Ran my entire shop all day today including a Frigidaire 25,000 btu ac unit Entirely on PV. Both units hummed right along at 16% & 30% capacity. A slight flicker on all my overhead LED lights when the compressor kicked on, but not every time. I don't forsee any issues with the well pump. I'll try it with the start/run cap that's already on it. I will measure peak current draw on startup before I switch over just to be sure.
 
Any recommendations on a meter for checking inrush current? What do you own?.

The Fluke meters are my go to for clamp & multimeters. Got my first one in electrical engineering school 40 odd years ago. They're pricy tho. Will has one in his website he recommends


 
Any multimeter with a an amp clamp will suffice
Edit: With dc clamp meter 6000 counts

 
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The Fluke meters are my go to for clamp & multimeters. Got my first one in electrical engineering school 40 odd years ago. They're pricy tho. Will has one in his website he recommends


Thanks for the input. I will buy that one. I see you have your panels already I have 12 250 watt and went to but 20 more and the shipping alone was 700 dollars. This is not acceptable.
 
Thanks for the input. I will buy that one. I see you have your panels already I have 12 250 watt and went to but 20 more and the shipping alone was 700 dollars. This is not acceptable.
Somting Wong with that price... I bought a pallet of 27 gigantic panels from Ian @watts247.com and shipping was $376, Las Vegas to Idaho.
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And fwiw, not all "multimeters with an amp clamp" support measuring DC current. Buyer beware. Look at the specs closely. The vast majority of them only support measuring AC current. In SolarLand, measuring DC current is a must for your battery packs, Solar inputs, etc.
 
Any recommendations on a meter for checking inrush current? What do you own?.
I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of Amazon commercial I picked up. Wonder who the oem is...
AmazonCommercial 600A AC/DC Clamp Meter, True RMS, NCV, Flashlight, 6000 Count https://a.co/d/3wJ3I2W
 

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Looks like you chose terminal pickup - which is significantly less expensive most of the time.
It's robbery to charge 700 bucks for shipping. Most people will just stop buying until the sellers find a way to help out their buyers on this.
 
It's robbery to charge 700 bucks for shipping. Most people will just stop buying until the sellers find a way to help out their buyers on this.
Ya, Signature Solar loses a significant amount of money on shipping as more often than not the final total is more than what they quote the customer. They offer store pickup if you want to save the $700 that shipping companies charge. Personally, the cost of renting a truck or the gas of using one and my time would be worth more to me than shipping costs.
 
Ya, Signature Solar loses a significant amount of money on shipping as more often than not the final total is more than what they quote the customer. They offer store pickup if you want to save the $700 that shipping companies charge. Personally, the cost of renting a truck or the gas of using one and my time would be worth more to me than shipping costs.

Local pick up can negate shipping cost savings. Solar in my state is free of sales tax, Signature said if I pick up they will charge sales tax. (Is that reimbursable?)
 
Local pick up can negate shipping cost savings. Solar in my state is free of sales tax, Signature said if I pick up they will charge sales tax. (Is that reimbursable?)
In Texas solar is not exempt except for specific uses - ag exemption etc. I believe the sales tax is included on the tax credit but I'm not a tax professional.
 
Ya, Signature Solar loses a significant amount of money on shipping as more often than not the final total is more than what they quote the customer. They offer store pickup if you want to save the $700 that shipping companies charge. Personally, the cost of renting a truck or the gas of using one and my time would be worth more to me than shipping costs.
Do you get charged sales tax if you order something from the site and pick it up at the SS facility in TX, even tho you're not a TX resident?

Oops should've read the previous post.

So, what is the sales tax rate if picked up?
 
Just a quick update. Signature solar has put out a video for the common fixes for the EG4 6500EX-48 fault 61. In the video they mention that there was a batch of lifepower4 batteries that had the dip switches installed upside down. There was someone in the comments with a dual inverter that said sig solar told him to wait for a firmware update to resolve the fault 61. The comments discussing the fault in the video comments have been removed.

I will be receiving my "new" communications cable today, so i will report back.


Just thought I would update the thread that this may be a dip switch issue or need a firmware update to correct. I think its shady to remove comments of customers discussing the product in a youtube video's comments.

@RichardfromEG4
 
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I've received my new inverter to battery comm cable and still getting fault 61. Sent an update to Signature Solar and will update once something changes.
 
So I ran for over a week and a half with no problems. The app was awesome able to Monitor and adjust as I went. Surprisingly powered everything needed without an issue. The system is now sized perfectly to where I have not needed to hook up grid assist. So happy and then this.
Fast forward to last Wednesday. 2 eg4 6.5 + 6 eg4 . All of the batteries Show fault mode. I shut the system down. The battery Bank starts back up no problem without the breaker between inverter and Battery Bank on. So I know that the battery Bank to the bus bar wiring it's perfect. I then shut off the batteries I turn the breakers on going to the inverters then turn on battery Bank instantly puts my batteries in Fault mode. I shut batteries off turn on PV power only I am getting fault f09.
Now I am unable get 2p1 to turn on at all and 2p2 turns on but does not work. I spoke to Signature solar and sent photos over on Thursday. I called them Friday I was told they were going to call me. Unfortunately I guess they got busy because I did not get a return call.
Everything has been working so good I do not know what is going on. The only thing I could think of is the USE setting recommendations provided in the Quick Start had something to do with it. But I'm just shooting in the dark.
 
Friday night I fired up my old trusty growatt 5000 es set up as backup and everything seems to be going great. Battery bank and everything is Trucking right along but with only 10,000 Watts worth of inverter I am unable to power everything without connecting to the grid. I am unable to do that safely and efficiently so I am currently unable to use my set up as I intend.
This is the whole reason I purchased these eg4 inverters. Tempted to just pull the third Growatt 5000 es inverter powering my fish room and do away with the grid entirely. So frustrating
 
So I ran for over a week and a half with no problems. The app was awesome able to Monitor and adjust as I went. Surprisingly powered everything needed without an issue. The system is now sized perfectly to where I have not needed to hook up grid assist. So happy and then this.
Fast forward to last Wednesday. 2 eg4 6.5 + 6 eg4 . All of the batteries Show fault mode. I shut the system down. The battery Bank starts back up no problem without the breaker between inverter and Battery Bank on. So I know that the battery Bank to the bus bar wiring it's perfect. I then shut off the batteries I turn the breakers on going to the inverters then turn on battery Bank instantly puts my batteries in Fault mode. I shut batteries off turn on PV power only I am getting fault f09.
Now I am unable get 2p1 to turn on at all and 2p2 turns on but does not work. I spoke to Signature solar and sent photos over on Thursday. I called them Friday I was told they were going to call me. Unfortunately I guess they got busy because I did not get a return call.
Everything has been working so good I do not know what is going on. The only thing I could think of is the USE setting recommendations provided in the Quick Start had something to do with it. But I'm just shooting in the dark.
Thats unfortunate, glad you have backup inverters. It took 2 weeks to get a replacement cable so its probably wise to swap things out for now until they have time to address it.
 
So I ran for over a week and a half with no problems. The app was awesome able to Monitor and adjust as I went. Surprisingly powered everything needed without an issue. The system is now sized perfectly to where I have not needed to hook up grid assist. So happy and then this.
Fast forward to last Wednesday. 2 eg4 6.5 + 6 eg4 . All of the batteries Show fault mode. I shut the system down. The battery Bank starts back up no problem without the breaker between inverter and Battery Bank on. So I know that the battery Bank to the bus bar wiring it's perfect. I then shut off the batteries I turn the breakers on going to the inverters then turn on battery Bank instantly puts my batteries in Fault mode. I shut batteries off turn on PV power only I am getting fault f09.
Now I am unable get 2p1 to turn on at all and 2p2 turns on but does not work. I spoke to Signature solar and sent photos over on Thursday. I called them Friday I was told they were going to call me. Unfortunately I guess they got busy because I did not get a return call.
Everything has been working so good I do not know what is going on. The only thing I could think of is the USE setting recommendations provided in the Quick Start had something to do with it. But I'm just shooting in the dark.
Google says

Fault 09

Error description in the manual: Bus Soft Start Failed.

Resolution


When the error appears you have to return the inverter to the manufacturer. If the main board is beyond repair, then a brand new inverter-board will be installed.

 
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