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A year ago it seemed like I was the only one complaining about these issues. I was literally the only one posting about them. Glad to finally see in writing that there are known issues and I am not a nut lol.

My last message from SunGold yesterday said and I quote "Hello, we are still testing all kinds of led lights and haven't found a fixed solution for the flicker issue. We have pushed our tech department to speed up the research. Sorry for all the inconvenience that we brought to you" This is the...

They can not all be the same electronically. If they were we would not have these issues with some brands and not with others. My loaner MPP has no daughter board, different fans, different fan cutouts, 1.2 amps less draw at idle and best part... no flickering lights or error codes all on the...

It is a clone. They have different components and use a daughter board that the original design does not need. After months of fighting with SunGold over flickering lights, seeing people here complain about similar issues with the EG46500EX I think we have all learned a lesson about clones. Not...

You want an inverter with clear issues? Insanity

I think we all knew there was something going on with these clones but were hoping for an easy fix. Almost a year since I installed mine, no fixes. Think it's safe to say we will never have a fix. More likely that the manufacturers will sell though the defective units and implement changes...

I hate to say it but those of us that are having issues with these clones will be out the purchase price. There is no fix, they have junk parts and the manufacturers know it. Cut your losses or pay more in the long run with ruined electronics. Learned my lesson trying to save a few bucks.

I know it has been a long time but I have not had anything useful to report. Over the winter we lost multiple appliances that were working just fine. Our 3YO LG fridge, our 2YO dishwasher and our 8YO washing machine. All 3 had fried boards. LG refused warranty on the fridge and dishwasher...

I am STILL going back and forth with them! Basically it's a design defect that they claim goes all the way back to the base design. IE no way to fix it. But, they are continuing to use this design..... wth

hmm, I guess I will wait for them to reply. Mine is 100% not an SDcard issue.

It's a 120v only unit

Any reply? Mine is doing the same thing.

So far none of the fixes proposed have alleviated the issue. Still a work in progress. The wife's hair straightener causes all kinds of havoc on the lighting just like your sous vide cooker.

I sent them an email. They are still "working" on a resolution for the flickering lights so I have little faith this will go anywhere. The point of a hybrid unit is to use as little grid power as possible. Drawing the standby load from the grid when there is solar and battery available makes 0...

I have 45kw of battery... I am not worried about that. If it defaulted to grid for that load there should be an option to put that load on the solar/battery. If it is on SBU it should default to that automatically.

2-3KWh of usage a day comes from the grid if have it connected! This explains why my calculations have been off for how much the power bill should be.

So with the grid off the load shifts to the battery. Looks like all the standby power usage of the unit is drawn from the grid if it is available with no option to disable it. THAT IS DUMB!

81-104 watts is being drawn from the grid whether the unit has it's outputs on or off. The 9 watt background draw is the clock of the stove and the electronics on the heat pump hot water heater.

100% reproducible and coincides with my fluke meter

and grid turned off to the inverter

the cap is on the output and the inverter is setup solar charging only and on battery.

@Quattrohead have you checked the power usage on the grid supply? Just hooked up monitoring on the entire service and see 90-100watts being pulled from the grid by the inverter at all times when grid power is supplied to the unit. This can not be normal.

Not spending 12k on an inverter, the payoff time makes it not worth it.

This happens all the time, not just with solar input. Thinking of going Victron if this really drives us nuts.

Well, as I told them you can not fit anything into the lugs when you use 4ga per the manual. Had to use 90deg ring terminals and attach it to the upper outlet screws. This means it hangs, not ideal. Idle power consumption increased and varies between 0 and 5W, tolerable. Quickly checked the...

I said, they offered that unit as a replacement! You will get no apology since your statement was strictly inflammatory. You want to come in a month later, tell people that are having issues they bought junk and expect me to be ok with that.. go bark up another righteous tree and let people...

Agreed! that was my first question to their "engineer"... no response days later. I will absolutely check the draw. At that point the unit has lost any certification it had achieved and my inspector will never sign off on the install. I'll give it a go for completions sake of this thread.

@Quattrohead this is the supposed solution from the manufacturer, awaiting delivery.

I have yet to find a difference between the lv6548 and sp6548. Same everything down to the caps. Obviously the shell is rebranded. Do you know what's different? This issue is also popping up on newer lv6548s so I think it's just a manufacturing issue due to supply changes. Or are you saying the...

Interesting since they offered all those models for exchange. I would not be surpised to see they all come from the same factory.

@Quattrohead More updates or kicking the can... we shall see.

After shaking the sungold power tree again I was told that they verified the issue and will be sending a "filtering capacitor". I asked about specifics but have not received a response. Better not be for just 1 120v line, it would have to cover the entire 6.5Kw output.

Yep, the more I poked around the more I found that links them to MPP and Signature Solar as the OEM manufacturer. Also explains why they offered them as replacement options.

Can always ask for the new unit. I might do that. FYI when you send it back you have to bring it to an actual FedEx hub. I had to drive across my state to return the first unit. Tried 3 locations and all denied the package due to some ridiculous stipulation on the return label.