EG4 new AIO rated 12K output and 18kPV aka "EG4-18Kpv-12LV"

[Zapper77]

EG4 18KPV Hybrid Inverter | All-In-One Solar Inverter | 18000W PV Input | 12000W Output | 48V 120/240V Split Phase | EG4 18KPV-12LV

Signature Solar provides solar panels, off-grid solar systems, grid-tie, and hybrid systems. Quality solar inverters, bifacial solar panels, complete solar kits, solar batteries. Featuring brands such as EG4 Electronics with their solar battery, LifePower4 and EG4 LLifePower4 and EG4 LL

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Looks promising... Price seems reasonable

 

[watchdoc]

10 year warranty and only 70watts idle consumption..... interesting indeed

 

[Zapper77]

10 year warranty and only 70watts idle consumption..... interesting indeed

Looks like EG4 branded web and app. I wonder if they will extend this support to their older inverts.

 

[SignatureSolarJames]

Looks like EG4 branded web and app. I wonder if they will extend this support to their older inverts.

yep we do. in testing

 

[SignatureSolarJames]

https://eg4electronics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EG4-18KPV-12LV-Spec-Sheet-1.0.0.pdf

notice the long term surge and line balancing

 

[Adam De Lay]

Very interesting

 

[ChrisG]

So this is the LuxPower inverter (according to logo on bottom left)? Same one Home Depot has been selling for a little cheaper?
Edit: the HD one is by Liniotech But has similar capabilities.

 

[SignatureSolarJames]

So this is the LuxPower inverter (according to logo on bottom left)? Same one Home Depot has been selling for a little cheaper?

not the same, the wirebox on this works, where are you getting your link?

 

[snoberry]

So this is the LuxPower inverter (according to logo on bottom left)? Same one Home Depot has been selling for a little cheaper?

it looks like it's been heavily modified

 

[Gavin Stone]

Wow. Very impressive.

 

[robby]

Is LuxPower not the same People who make the Fortress Power Envy Inverter?

Watts247 is selling the same 18Kpv Luxpower unit for $1500 cheaper
https://watts247.com/shop-2/inverters/luxpower/
Ian has a really good record for Service and warranty help.

 

[Henderson]

This inverter looks really promising but I'm holding back my excitement. EG4 inverters over the past year or 2 seem to have been riddled with issues often taking months in the field before EG4 gets it right, both from a hardware and firmware perspective. I'll wait a few months to see how folks fear with this and depending upon that, may purchase it for my next project. Having said all of that though, I commend EG4 for really working towards advancing their products....my only hope is that QA improves significantly before these products are released to the market. Additionally, it would be ideal that the engineers that support these devices are highly knowledgeable about their installation/setup requirements. If we look at the EG4-6500EX for example, it took several months before EG4/SS released official information to users about the NGB issue. Really hoping this type of delayed information is a thing of the past.

 

[SignatureSolarJames]

Is LuxPower not the same People who make the Fortress Power Envy Inverter?

It sure is, less greed, same Envy. notice how they released with a trashy wire box and then kept having upgrades? you're welcome.

 

[Lt.Dan]

UL1741SA

 

[Zapper77]

EG4/SS released official information to users about the NGB issue.

NGB issue is just an excuse that SS is using. Even having a completely isolated setup with one NGB, the units still strobe like they are in a rave.

 

[SignatureSolarJames]

This inverter looks really promising but I'm holding back my excitement. EG4 inverters over the past year or 2 seem to have been riddled with issues often taking months in the field before EG4 gets it right, both from a hardware and firmware perspective. I'll wait a few months to see how folks fear with this and depending upon that, may purchase it for my next project. Having said all of that though, I commend EG4 for really working towards advancing their products....my only hope is that QA improves significantly before these products are released to the market. Additionally, it would be ideal that the engineers that support these devices are highly knowledgeable about their installation/setup requirements. If we look at the EG4-6500EX for example, it took several months before EG4/SS released official information to users about the NGB issue. Really hoping this type of delayed information is a thing of the past.

With this level of tech we are 100% remote control and monitoring, the human factor has been eliminated as well on most connections, far fewer issues to go wrong that our team has to eliminate in order to support this

 

[Henderson]

yep we do. in testing

James, I really hope that the release of this model marks a new trend with SS and EG4 in terms of QA before products are released. Seems that the EG4-6500EX took several months in the field before the issues with it has settled down which speaks to a QA issue prior to product release. And the 8K model, well, that hasn't seemed to have settled as yet as evidenced by Will's videos on that model. I'm rooting for EG4....lot's of potential but some tweaks needed overall to make the brand phenomenal.

 

[SignatureSolarJames]

NGB issue is just an excuse that SS is using. Even having a completely isolated setup with one NGB, the units still strobe like they are in a rave.

I literally did a video with on of our stock units having no issues on lights, even better than 15k, if you still have issues, it's either your bulb or we need to swap your unit and test it here.

 

[Henderson]

With this level of tech we are 100% remote control and monitoring, the human factor has been eliminated as well on most connections, far fewer issues to go wrong that our team has to eliminate in order to support this

Ok, time will tell how this approach works out but sounds encouraging.

 

[ChrisG]

not the same, the wirebox on this works, where are you getting your link?

@SignatureSolarJames i edited my post but you replied first. The Home Depot one is Liniotech for $5100.