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I went through this same process back in February, finally deciding to change to a different system. I went through the complete process of evaluating my inverters over several months, replaced the 2P2 inverter twice, and SS eventually decided to replace both inverters. I drove over and picked...

It might be, but I can't say for sure. I've had some trouble with the Orange Pi version I've got and after I finally got it working again in March I quit messing with it. The HDMI output hangs up but the WiFi access on the phone works good. Took a break from it to "celebrate" Tax Day...

My inverters are sequentially numbered, x3316 and x3317. When I first set up SA, I couldn't get it to work reliably with the USB-CAT5 cable, but it showed Inverter #1 as the x3316 inverter, and Inverter #2 as the x3317 inverter. I eventually switched to USB-Micro USB cables and connected that...

The OP's video showed high SOC on batteries, so that had me wondering if other codes could cause 2P1 to flash, not just battery-related codes?

I think that since the 04 code is displayed where "2P1" appears on the display, it just continues to flash and it doesn't reset immediately. It may be that other codes or faults could do the same thing... In my case, even with 2P2 in USE, Settings 12 and 13 show as the %SOC as set on 2P1. I'm...

The battery icon blinks when set to EG4 Battery Type. It is the indication that the inverters are in communication with the batteries (in my case, LifePower4's). This issue is when the inverter name itself blinks or flashes. In my case, 2P1 flashed but 2P2 did not. I think it was flashing at...

Mine did that over the weekend. I changed from EG4 to USE on 2P1 and it stopped. I switched back to EG4 and it didn't flash. Today, while in EG4 mode, with batteries being drawn down to 10% SOC, 2P1 started flashing the 04 error code for low battery. At 9% SOC, the chargers kicked on and...

I've currently got 4 different accounts with the electric company and I am trying to get it down to 2. My current demand is around 60 kW/d, but that'll go up as I connect additional buildings (I've laid the conduit but still have to pull wire). Another reason I went with the transformer-based...

I started off with dual EG4-6500s and had bought two additional inverters to expand to 4 inverters. I ended up returning the two new EG4-6500 inverters without ever taking them out of the box and bought a complete second system using the Schneider XW Pro. I'll eventually move the EG4s to...

I just bought another rack as well, and spent the afternoon today reconfiguring my bus bar layout, going from a set of 300A bus bars to a set of 600A 12-stud bus bars from Signature Solar.

I had Tier 1 call and spent over 2-hours running through a number of tests before passing it on to Tier 2. A week or so later, Tier 2 called and went through a number of additional issues and talked about what potential resolutions remained. I had taken detailed notes on my system and the...

Mine has hung up on the HDMI display several times and what I've ended up having to do was to connect to the Orange Pi via WiFi and use the MS Edge browser on my iPhone to connect to 10.0.0.5, then reboot from Configuration/Settings. That's the best workaround I've seen since the Orange Pi...

I also went through these same reasons, but added a fourth: Reason 4: Comfort and convenience. If I have extra battery capacity I can run my A/C or heaters if I want to. This one is hard to put a value on but it's nice to have the option.

I just did that very thing - I bought a second rack of batteries after analyzing my actual usage and seeing how long the system would power those loads without PV or Utility input. I also need to add a few more panels, but the math for me pointed toward adding the batteries first.

Thanks. I had a feeling it was related to RFI or EMI but I don't have a way to confirm it. I even bought premium, double-shielded serial communication cables thinking that might help, to no effect. I've had AC Input connected from the start, and I originally had it set up to charge at max...

The problem with the Orange Pi with the HDMI monitor and access via the website is when those two means of access aren't working, you cannot access the Configuration tab. That's what I have been working with all morning. The fix this morning, in my case, was to turn it off, unplug it, go make...

My points in the two threads are that: 1) My HDMI monitor worked from the start with its own power supply 2) The Orange Pi units do not have Bluetooth enabled so accessing those units via Bluetooth using doesn't work 3) The Orange Pi will occasionally hang up and you csnnot do anything on the...

Is there a new version that has come out since the first of the month? I updated my EG4 6500 inverters to version 79.61 on 2/10/2023 and only see the kind of light flickering as explained in the video below. It seems that any of the high frequency (transformerless) inverters are going to have...

This does not work with the Orange Pi. When you try to connect via Bluetooth, you will get a message saying that it only works on the RPi, and that Bluetooth is not enabled on the Orange Pi. I've had a few instances where the Orange Pi interface to the HDMI monitor "hangs up" and I end up...

I bought the whole Orange Pi kit with the HDMI output, and it worked with the first (and only) non-touch monitor I connected it to. It is a small LG monitor with its own power supply plugged into a 120V outlet.

I got an inverter replaced in November, and I didn't get resolution by complaining anywhere. One of the MPPTs in the inverter had died for some reason. I went through the process of gathering as much information that they requested as I could (although it seemed like more than was needed), and...

I bought my dual EG4-6500 inverters, a rack of 6 batteries, a pallet of solar panels, and a bunch other little stuff back in May 2022. I've had some problems along the way, but I have found that the best way to get results is to supply as much information as possible about your system, what the...

Thanks. I am just using the space heaters (4 of them that I have used around the farm for various reasons over the past few winters) for testing for now, as they make it easy to set up anywhere from 0 to 6000W in ~750W increments. I can set them so that they come on and off randomly by setting...

When I set up my system, I searched for, and finally found some difficult to find 60A 120V single-pole breakers for my electrical panel. There was almost no one doing AC Input and talking about it at the time, and I asked SS Tech if the two single pole inverters would work as long as they are...

@Desertdwllr I checked it on my inverters today. I have been testing this system nearly non-stop for over a week and cannot find the cause of an occasional F80 CAN fault that shuts down 2P1 while 2P2 continues to charge the battery. With the one inverter going off, it will trip the GFCIs in...

I saw this happen during testing yesterday. I was looking for it to possibly happen after PreppenWolf mentioned it earlier. I had a "glitch" that caused my monitor connected to my laptop shut down in the middle of a Zoom call, while the laptop kept going because of the battery. It ended up...

I had that happen with my EG4 6500s - when I updated the firmware on the old inverter (May 2022) and the new inverter (November 2022 replacement) at the same time, the old inverter showed firmware 79.02 and the new inverter showed 79.03. I repeated the update 3 times and it never got the same...

I have been doing some extensive testing on my system for the last few days, trying to come up with a reliable means to set up the system as a "whole house battery backup" with batteries maintained in a high State of Charge when there is bad weather forecast during times when I am away from...

I had my 2P1 shut down while testing in SUB mode the other day, the inverters were charging the batteries at 60A+ when it shut down. 2P2 kept going while 2P1 sat there beeping (I have each inverter on its own 60A 120V single pole inverter for now - I may need to swap that out to a double-pole...

Yes, it does look like if it drops below the line, either before or after the time that is set in the program, it switches. I am curious as to whether it actually falls on a slope or if the switch really occurs at the SOC setting in Setting 12. I am going to test to be sure how that works and...

This is my question, too. Further, does the 240V split phase mode with the EG4 6500s (and other 6548 variants) introduce additional risk to that sensitive equipment (above and beyond power quality issues) when compared to a 120V/240V AIO like Solark or EG4's 6048, or systems like Victron or...

Thanks. I had not seen that article, but it covers the way I have the inverters set to test tonight. Last night's "High SOC Battery Backup" tests ran without problems with battery SOC never getting below 79% (3-solid lights on the LifePower4 batteries). What's still a little confusing is that...

Yes. I have tried to it in the past, but it wasn't intuitive as to how it worked. I am now really trying to figure out exactly how it works as I have my system configured (Batteries in EG4/USE and running comms cable to inverter). If I can use it to switch between SBU and SUB modes I can...

The main change is in Settings 12 and 13, where instead of setting the desired battery voltage targets where you want to switch from SBU mode to SUB mode and then back from SUB mode to SBU mode, you set it in % SOC instead of V. I may not use the EG4 setting with battery communications forever...

Thanks. I'm thinking I want to get away from All-In-One, and I'm trying to figure out how to use my existing pair of EG4-6500s just as solar charge controllers and battery chargers with the AC Input. I would keep the communication between EG4 inverters and EG4 batteries, but would not use the...