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    Generator to battery bank charging independently of inverter path

    Initially I was thinking despite the generator output not being connected to inverter Gen input, I would use the Gen start dry contacts of the inverter to command startup at a certain state of battery bank discharge, then I realized 53.xx volts would appear on battery terminals, telling the...
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    Generator to battery bank charging independently of inverter path

    Right, my concern really was what the inverter will make of this oddly behaving battery. Since there's no connection or monitoring between inverter and generator. The expected battery discharge would be reversed, I was thinking that may cause some logged error in the inverter.
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    Generator to battery bank charging independently of inverter path

    I have a Luxpower 12Kw inbound, it can do 120/240 split, or 120/208 (2 out of 3 phase legs). I happen to live in a community with a lot of multifamily buildings, so the distribution transformers are all 3-phase output At my single family, 200A residential service, 2 out of 3 phases are serving...
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    EG4 18KPV in full beast mode 24,000 watt test (2 inverters)

    We've got the same shingles! Man are they beautiful. GAF Camelot Williamsburg Slate is my guess. Couldn't bring myself to cover them with panels, ended up using pergola over deck and about to add a vertical wall of shingled bifacials.
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    LuxPower 12kw Inverter Problem

    Hi, did you ever get to the bottom of this?
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    SunArk Inverter + WallArk LifePo4 Powerwall

    Any update on your SunArk experience? I'm buying panels from their sister company Sunevo & considering trying one of their inverters as well
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    I'm DONE with MPP Solar

    This happened to my LVX6048WP... array voltage present at inverter input terminals... Inverter doesn't register input. Did you ever resolve?
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    LVX6048WP Proper Output Breaker Size 25a or 50a?

    I would go nominal output plus 20%. Consider the double pole breaker as what it is, a breaker for each leg. and your nominal is 25A, so... 30A double pole, or 40A to give yourself some margin depending on what kind of loads you have (pumps, AC compressors). The manual tells you for grid AC input...
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    MPP Solar LVX6048WP (New Waterproof Model)

    I have one. After a week of not accepting 120/208 grid input, finally was told to swap L1-L2 around....successful grid input. Left it under moderate load yesterday (2Kw between PV & grid) and went out, returned to find it beeping with fault code 03, Bus soft start timeout. Basically the code of...
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Please explain the mechanism, before I need to use it and break something (:
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    its still only 120 degrees away from the other leg, just in the other direction, and since its alternating, what does it matter which is 'leading'?..... honestly it escapes me, I'm too old to break open electrical theory books anymore..
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    I think it was more a matter of input "rotation" because it wouldn't accept AC in even if output was switched off.
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    FIXED! Not afraid to eat crow.... MPP engineer asked me to interchange L1 & L2.... I scoffed, but did it anyway. Immediate acceptance of grid power!... Now I thought I had a handle on electrical theory, I know phase rotation is a thing with at least 3 phases... but I was sure 2 phases was just...
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    yep, triple checked. Inverter freq settings & wiring are good, 4 conductors in, 4 out, 8AWG, 40' run (I'm a past Avionics tech, I've rewired & modified heavy jets half my life, so very confident re wiring and setting review) too bad that confidence didn't translate to a specification phone call...
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    I dunno, looking at the OEM's specs page, I may have foolishly interpreted one of the AC output configs as being an acceptable AC input config: https://voltronicpower.com/en-US/Product/Detail/InfiniSolar-WP-LV-6K-10K If I can find a 208 to 120/240 wall mount on the cheap, I may go that route...
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Direct from MPP, was on the queue for it since last September....
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Jumper failed.... Utility Fluctuation fault when brought online... unlike before the unit actually brought the jumpered online for a few seconds instead of rejecting outright.... depressed now, a lot of time & prep for a half-working setup.... where's my Tequila
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Volts & freqs are displayed. I'd say phase is ok, at 120 degrees, the amplitude should be 208v, that's what I'm measuring L1-L2. It looks as though MPP is implementing their own firmware, as the Voltronic OEM unit supports 2 leg 3 phase out the gate... I'm going to try the jumpered single phase...
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    I do plan on trying the jumpered L1-L2 single 120 leg in that I saw referenced to a Will Prowse vid. Last ditch effort.
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    I have an LVX6048WP, in the manual warning code 09 is an advisory, and means "line phase loss". There are warning codes, and then there are fault codes. This one's a warning.
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Tried that. No change.
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    LVX6048 making humming sound

    I'm in The Bahamas as well, just got the outdoor version of your unit (LVX6048WP) and just about ready to use it as a boat anchor! Is the area you're in fed from conventional pole-mount 240/120 split transformer? I'm in a gated community with 3 phase underground feed, using 2 phases for 120/208...
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Guys I upgraded to an LVX6048WP, losing my mind at the moment trying to get it to accept my grid input (not really interested in grid-tie PV feedback, just want grid available to supplement PV in instances where the load is significant.) My home uses 2 legs off a 3 phase distribution xformer, so...
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    An appropriately sized VFD should solve your compressor start challenge: https://www.ato.com/5hp-vfd-single-phase-input-output
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