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CHINA kills all non Sol-Ark branded DEYE unit in the USA this morning.

DIYrich said:
When you buy something, you agree to the Terms of Use that come with the product. If you don't like the TOU, you are free to not buy the product. I'm guessing the TOU of a grey market Deye says it won't work in the USA.
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You're guessing.
I think this is a horrible move by whoever did it. How many bought it not knowing it was technically "not ok" and now they are out money and power because solark was feeling they were cheated out a handful of sales? Yes that's an assumption on my end that they're at least partially behind it but it seems like something they'd do based on their attitude about stuff elsewhere.
 
SparkyJJO said:
You're guessing.
I think this is a horrible move by whoever did it. How many bought it not knowing it was technically "not ok" and now they are out money and power because solark was feeling they were cheated out a handful of sales? Yes that's an assumption on my end that they're at least partially behind it but it seems like something they'd do based on their attitude about stuff elsewhere.
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That’s definitely a guess.

We have no idea who did what to anything.

Everything is speculation at this point.
 
DIYrich said:
When you buy something, you agree to the Terms of Use that come with the product. If you don't like the TOU, you are free to not buy the product. I'm guessing the TOU of a grey market Deye says it won't work in the USA.
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I stopped reading TOU's and simply check the "I Agree block". For all I know I have sold myself into poverty and slavery several time over. I would hate to be the one sent to collect on it.
 
That wasn't true until today. I bought EG4 which is the same tier as Sol Ark. Sol Ark just didn't have the type of product I wanted. I'm not in the market for anything today but that could change tomorrow.
 
I just spent the last 30 or so minutes searching YouTube/reddit -- if this happened, I can find zero evidence so far. And it seems like the kind of thing that would get put out there pretty quickly.

Should've done some research when I initially read this.

It would also be counter-productive for EG4 to put this up without a way to substantiate further. Given how this thread exploded (including me....ugh), the repercussions for EG4 among DIYers anyway, would be substantial I think.
 
Tulex said:
Can't disagree, but I really don't think we know what's really going on, who's behind it, or who controls it.
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True.
I tried googling news on this story but got nothing but links back here. I assume where there's smoke, there's fire but hard to tell with 150 posts going off in all directions.
 
agtcovert said:
It would also be counter-productive for EG4 to put this up without a way to substantiate further. Given how this thread exploded (including me....ugh), the repercussions for EG4 among DIYers anyway, would be substantial I think.
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I believe OP has an agent-provocateur streak, which is why EG4 comms got better when he hired a few layers of human buffer between him and the forum.
 
An interesting question: how would we all feel if it was real but limited to Pakistan, despite the English covering three disparate markets?

Objectively it would be a pretty bad look for OP
 
Remote access to your system and firmware upgrades are ultimately up to YOU. Who knows what other distributor/manufacturers have embedded in their firmware.

Have at least two of every battery or AIO.
Keep copies of all firmware updates you download.
Keep copies of all software that you download.
Only update one device and run for some length of time to verify no issues before you upgrade the others.
Export/Save any configuration data for each device (particularly before a firmware update). If possible include the date/time in the save data filename.

Keep a written log of any modifications/updates/changes you make to your system so that you can backtrack if possible. This includes hardware, software, firmware and any wiring or additions/deletions you make.

Dongles are OK but operate without them. Connect only when you need technical support and they (the distributor/manufacturer) absolutely need direct access to your system. Many folks get caught up in the "remote access" or "remote monitoring" aspects of what the distributor/manufacturer sells and do not understand or comprehend the ramifications.

Dongles create remote access to your system. It is like opening your front door and leaving it open, the distributor/manufacturer now may have access to your entire network (along with illegal immigrants and bad actors). You opened the front door so what do your expect, you provided the dongle with the login credentials of you r WIFI/Firewall. Do you trust the remote (China) website your data is being sent to?

How many of you actually have a written log/notebook of your system?
 
I've been searching for a while too and am not coming up with anything related to the original post.

I did find some other interesting items related to the competition but that would be off topic and probably better fit in the chit chat zone.

Edit - nice find with that FB post.
 
Tulex said:
9 pages in and no proof this even happened. Starting to reek of BS more and more.
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No it is real.
I heard about it this morning and I also heard that EG4 Inverters were having problems contacting servers in China.
I posted nothing about it because I have not had another source verify it.
Has anyone heard about the EG4 problem?
 
marionw said:
How many of you actually have a written log/notebook of your system?
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I have a bunch of notes scribbled in one of my manuals about setting changes but my chicken scratch would be hard for others to understand 🤣
My build threads have somewhat of a log through the posts.
 
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