I just the opposite. I am only interested in hybrid inverters not off-grid inverters. I never downloaded the LV6548 only the LVX6048 hybrid inverter and was disappointed with the specifications. If you do a DIY search on LV6548, you will find many threads that share your interest and offer detail information on LV6548 that includes the good, bad and the ugly about these inverters.
Like you I bought (2) 12K Luxpower hybrid inverters and (2) GSL 51V 14.3K 280Ah batteries. Unlike you, I am using 28.8K of solar panels without a generator. Last week all the equipment was installed and the system is up and running on solar and connected the grid with whole house backup power. The batteries are mounted, but not connected to the inverters. My hybrid inverters was the first release without DC and AC breakers. I am in Panama and my solar contractor needed to order a 300A DC breakers for each inverter, so the batteries will be connected next week.
I know you were satisfied with your previous inverters.
I was not aware of this detail. So you say at first the 12K inverter did not have breaker for batteries and now they include it? How would I know if the version they shipped to me is one with the breakers? I did ask Stacy and she told me the one she sold me is the first version too. She says that the new version with the breakers would have been 400usd more expensive. So maybe you can tell me what you did order I can try to have them on hand when the equipment arrives?
Fromport provided me with the information for a 300A DC breaker, which I gave to my solar contractor:
Watts247 have photos of the original inverter (LEFT) and the new inverter (RIGHT):
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Wondering why there would be 3 poles, I assume an equivalent with two poles should be less expensive no?
Make sure that delivery is DDP, which is delivery and duties paid to your home. Other DIY members have used DDP from China to USA and from China to Canada, so you have the option.
Hi @llaforest, thanks for sharing your experience with GSL. Actually, they told us that they don't have any LXP inverters in stock available. Recently, we also didn't send any to them as we both agreed not to sell through them or anyone else on Alibaba. However, if you have already secured the deal, I don't want to cause any inconvenience for your interest. If you encounter any issues while operating the received inverter, you are always welcome to reach out to us for any after-sales support. Thank you!
I agree you only need to fuse the red wire.
You need more battery or you might wanna look into a smart panel like SPAN. Or home assistant with automation..
I have heard of home assistant, but not SPAN. When I looked at home assistant, I was looking for something that works without the internet. I will investigate both systems for this application.
Homeassistant don’t need internet to work it is a local network so aslong you are in the same network you will receive notifications from Homeassistant.
DIY Battery is best for the money if you know what your doing…
Point taken, which was the reason that I didn't originally want to consider DIY batteries. Another reason is that I don't have the space for a setup similar to yours nor does my wife want lithium batteries inside the house.
docan will be delivering the seplos mason boxes ( rebadged) , prebuild, from Houston..
For HomeAssistant, you can check Home Assistant Yellow, a small headless computer that runs natively HA with useful hardware. If you want to use locally without Internet, you just need to make sure the devices, sensors, etc you add in HA are compatible to use that way. You can check Shelly, they build good devices that can all work locally with no Internet access. There are tons of them, you just need to check they have a possible local access before buying them.
https://eg4electronics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EG4-18KPV-12LV-Manual-1.3.0.pdf read pages 20-21. GEN Auto Start in not ready yet...