bajarick
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Hi. This forum has been a great help to me! Thanks! I just tried to review my equipment I bought from SS and was kicked to a Judge.me app trying to sign me up for something! I'll review my purchase here I guess.
20 years way off grid in Mexico. This was my first Lithium purchase and I researched and talked to SS reps before I pulled the trigger. We got an EG4 6500EX and 2 of their waterproof 48 volt batteries. Small house with very conservative usage, lots of sun, and plenty of exposure to hurricanes. Hurricanes were the main reason for the sealed batteries.
Inverter and batteries were delivered to a friends house in Los Angeles. We drove up to get them and bring them back. Finally got up the nerve to pull the plug on the old system and hooked up the new. Batteries were in protect mode, which we knew nothing about. Went to a neighbors to call SS. Only solution they came up with was hook up a 48 volt charger. Closest pavement is over an hour away so we re installed the old system to get through the night. Found a 48 volt charger close to us and woke up the batteries. Installed the new again and after a couple glitches it was running the house again.
The batteries bluetooth connection is fine for voltage readings and individual cell readings but state of charge gets way off. Not reliable at all. Got a Smart Shunt and I'm happy with the batteries.
The inverter is doing what it's supposed to. No complaints other than the fan noise but it's in a garage. Wouldn't have it in the house.
My gripe is that the people I contacted regarding the inverter knew that I was off grid. The description says off grid. Nothing says I would need a 20 KW generator to use the charger. Plenty of sun here and I've got plenty of solar but I will have to use a generator to charge eventually. A week after I installed it SS comes out with a big announcement of their ChargeVerter for $400 saying it solved the generator charging problems people were having with the EG4 6500EX. That was the first time I was aware there might be an issue. I'm a bit concerned about starting up my EU3000i and feel a bit scammed. And, I don't want to sign up with something to review my purchase.
20 years way off grid in Mexico. This was my first Lithium purchase and I researched and talked to SS reps before I pulled the trigger. We got an EG4 6500EX and 2 of their waterproof 48 volt batteries. Small house with very conservative usage, lots of sun, and plenty of exposure to hurricanes. Hurricanes were the main reason for the sealed batteries.
Inverter and batteries were delivered to a friends house in Los Angeles. We drove up to get them and bring them back. Finally got up the nerve to pull the plug on the old system and hooked up the new. Batteries were in protect mode, which we knew nothing about. Went to a neighbors to call SS. Only solution they came up with was hook up a 48 volt charger. Closest pavement is over an hour away so we re installed the old system to get through the night. Found a 48 volt charger close to us and woke up the batteries. Installed the new again and after a couple glitches it was running the house again.
The batteries bluetooth connection is fine for voltage readings and individual cell readings but state of charge gets way off. Not reliable at all. Got a Smart Shunt and I'm happy with the batteries.
The inverter is doing what it's supposed to. No complaints other than the fan noise but it's in a garage. Wouldn't have it in the house.
My gripe is that the people I contacted regarding the inverter knew that I was off grid. The description says off grid. Nothing says I would need a 20 KW generator to use the charger. Plenty of sun here and I've got plenty of solar but I will have to use a generator to charge eventually. A week after I installed it SS comes out with a big announcement of their ChargeVerter for $400 saying it solved the generator charging problems people were having with the EG4 6500EX. That was the first time I was aware there might be an issue. I'm a bit concerned about starting up my EU3000i and feel a bit scammed. And, I don't want to sign up with something to review my purchase.