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So I just wanted to take a moment and state that hooking up an cheap Facebook marketplace electric water heater is an absolute great way to us power when ur main batteries are full. I thought about a heat pump water heater. But the cost, noise, PA climate and only being able to install in a...

Hi All Figured i would just post my story, as it might help someone. So i had Solar Assistant setup on an Orange PI, for a bit over a year. It was running from an SD card. Then it suddenly failed. At first i thought it was the SD card, but after lots of troubleshooting, i think the card was...

Hi All I feel like i should be able to find this online, but i am coming up empty. I have a Raspberry Pi 3 setup to boot from USB SSD instead of an SD card. I also have the Pi plugged into my inverter, EG4 6000ex and two lifepower 4 batteries, also via USB. My issue is that if i have the...

Thinking about adding 4 of these to my 48 vdc system. Already have 2 eg4 lifepower batteries. I cant seem to find the brand or datasheet.... Maybe I should add a balancer? If so any suggestions? All advise appreciated. Thanks

Hi All Noticed that i believe there is new firmware available on the site for the EG46000EX? Files are dated 8/3/2023 But there is no change log in the latest download... Anybody know what changed? As a comment to Signature Solar... It would be really good to come up with a standard naming...

So I have an 6000ex with 2 lifepower 4 batteries. I am using USE mode with setting 20 set to 51. Does anyone else feel 20 should be able to be set higher? And maybe with a decimal point. I would like it to switch to grid at around 20% but lately the battery is getting drained down to almost...

All So i have been using my EG4 6000EX with two non LCD Lifepower 4 Batteries in USER mode, and probably will continue to. But wanted to do some experimentation in EG4 mode. (For whatever its worth). I know the battery master must be 0000. I have read posts about some dip switches being...

Hi All So i have been running the EG4 6000ex for a few months. Had some setting issues and changed from EG4 mode to USE mode (see other threads), etc.... A week or so ago, i get a call from my wife, that the Inverter is making a lot of noise and erroring... I was able to drive home, but was...

Hi All I gotta admit, i'm pretty happy with how this turned out. As many of you i am sure experience, I have a bird that loves to crap all over 1 corner of my array.... So i designed up and 3d printed these custom holders, so i can use Electrical PVS to hold up bird spikes. They just clip on...

Hi All So i noticed today, that evidently part of my battery drain is occurring in early morning/afternoon, when the panels have voltage, but there is basically no Solar Power. The EG4 6000EX is mainly supplying power from Grid (almost entirely?) The battery state of charge and current is...

Hi All So i am getting concerned that my master plan might fall apart. Long story short, one of my main plans in going solar was to power my pool pump, as it seems like the perfect, constant load, on all day. Along this journey i learned that Variable Speed pool pumps are way way more...

Hi Overall the unit has been working Great for me for about 2 months now, and i have really been liking the unit. Of course, it faulted when we were away on Vacation, which has not pleased the wife... Thankfully, besides the pool turning a bit green, we were able to get in laws to switch...

Hi all I'm on vacation and can't check anything directly. I have two eg4 life po 4 batteries. I noticed the batteries charging from grid. Which seemed odd giving my setting which have been working fine for a month. I have an eg4 6000. And I am set to solar battery utility mode. During the...

All Finally got my system up and running. Installed the lastest EG4 6000ex firmware, which seems to have resolved most all issue. (?) Got Solar Assistant setup (which was great/easy). Only odd thing i notice is that i am pretty sure its not displaying 1 of the Load Legs. I'v seen large loads...

Hi All So I have a EG4 6000 and 2 Eg4 lifepo4 batteries. The eg46k only has 1 solar input. I'm debating in the future if I add a 2nd eg4 6k OR just try to add a 2nd charge controller. Not sure I actually need the extra invert capability.... So my question is. Has anybody successfully used a...

Hi All I have a EG4 mounted inside one building. I would like to go through the wall and have a female plug on the outside of the exterior wall. then when necessary plug in a long cord that will run power to another building. Basically I want a female version of the below, in a weather...

Hi All Done DIY home electrical for many years, but this is my first time doing solar. I'm putting in a Eg4 6k. I have a Transfer Switch i intend to use to for some loads. In between the Eg4 output and the Transfer Switch input, i plan to have QOC16UF load center. My question is, it it...

All Dunno if this is a dumb question or not. Thinking of installing an eg4 6k. 6 kilowatts is at least enough to get me going and expandable which is nice. I like the low frequency inverter as I will mainly use this for pumps. My question is. Since there is only 1 mppt charge controller in...

Hi All I have some 77" x 39" panels. I made a diy wood ground mount. I'm debating how I want to mount them. 1 option would be to only support them on the short ends. Leaving about 70" of the center of the panel unsupported. Is this ok? For what it's worth where they are going its very...