I have a rather new 6000XP, which I've updated to the latest firmware as of writing. I have been trying to figure out why a relay keeps clicking every 45 or so seconds, turning the AC bypass and off quickly each time (which causes the lights attached to the load to flicker momentarily). There will be a faint 'click' noise, and then about 5s later, it will be a louder click and I can see the AC input switching off then back on, and the lights flicker.
My unit has input from the grid on a single 120V leg - right now I am not using any 240V loads or need 2 legs of power.
I figure this may be due to trying to have the inverter part turned off overnight, as my loads are on a timer and nothing runs overnight, so the inverter is doing nothing but wasting power overnight. During the day it has a constant 89W load powering some grow lights for plants I'm trying to overwinter. At night it has about a 3W load which is just the timer itself.
I have been tinkering with the Battery ECO mode and Green Function. Green Function seems very poorly documented (like much of EG4's settings, honestly). Green mode doesn't even seem to appear in the monitoring site, and is only visible on my Android mobile app (no idea about iOS).
My understanding currently is:
ECO mode: When enabled, this enables grid bypass when the battery level is below the On-Grid EOD and you have AC charge set to off. This effectively turns off the inverter but the unit will continue to be power itself off the battery.
Green Function: When loads are under 60W for 10 minutes, it switches the inverter to standby mode.
However, I have observed the following:
ECO mode: When this is on, the unit will often trigger 'flickering' with the AC input turning on and off constantly when there is no PV applied and the battery is getting low - it seems to vary what 'low' is though. When working in the area this is pretty annoying, both the sound and the flickering. I imagine this is also not good for the electronics attached to that power source. In one instance I found my battery entirely drained at 0% because it did not charge it to keep it at least partially charged. I am pretty sure it is constantly switching from bypass to non-bypass and then back which is what is triggering the flicker, but I don't really understand why.
Green function: This doesn't seem to work at all that I can tell. When my timer turns off my lights, the load is about 3W. However, I never see the inverter change to Standby mode. Furthermore, I cannot figure out why you would want to turn it off on low load but then have to manually turn it on when a load comes in. It'd be nice if you could schedule the inverter.
Does anyone know of a way to have the inverter automatically turn off overnight/on a schedule? Do I have to do something like Solar Assistant? (I do not want to have to physically do the EPS switch). Does the Green Function even do anything useful?
The EG4 monitoring site seems really half baked. Having to manually press the refresh button is awful for the user experience.
My unit has input from the grid on a single 120V leg - right now I am not using any 240V loads or need 2 legs of power.
I figure this may be due to trying to have the inverter part turned off overnight, as my loads are on a timer and nothing runs overnight, so the inverter is doing nothing but wasting power overnight. During the day it has a constant 89W load powering some grow lights for plants I'm trying to overwinter. At night it has about a 3W load which is just the timer itself.
I have been tinkering with the Battery ECO mode and Green Function. Green Function seems very poorly documented (like much of EG4's settings, honestly). Green mode doesn't even seem to appear in the monitoring site, and is only visible on my Android mobile app (no idea about iOS).
My understanding currently is:
ECO mode: When enabled, this enables grid bypass when the battery level is below the On-Grid EOD and you have AC charge set to off. This effectively turns off the inverter but the unit will continue to be power itself off the battery.
Green Function: When loads are under 60W for 10 minutes, it switches the inverter to standby mode.
However, I have observed the following:
ECO mode: When this is on, the unit will often trigger 'flickering' with the AC input turning on and off constantly when there is no PV applied and the battery is getting low - it seems to vary what 'low' is though. When working in the area this is pretty annoying, both the sound and the flickering. I imagine this is also not good for the electronics attached to that power source. In one instance I found my battery entirely drained at 0% because it did not charge it to keep it at least partially charged. I am pretty sure it is constantly switching from bypass to non-bypass and then back which is what is triggering the flicker, but I don't really understand why.
Green function: This doesn't seem to work at all that I can tell. When my timer turns off my lights, the load is about 3W. However, I never see the inverter change to Standby mode. Furthermore, I cannot figure out why you would want to turn it off on low load but then have to manually turn it on when a load comes in. It'd be nice if you could schedule the inverter.
Does anyone know of a way to have the inverter automatically turn off overnight/on a schedule? Do I have to do something like Solar Assistant? (I do not want to have to physically do the EPS switch). Does the Green Function even do anything useful?
The EG4 monitoring site seems really half baked. Having to manually press the refresh button is awful for the user experience.
