Dinobot248
New Member
Yes to Noting Idle Consumption ... on my more recent purchase of my EG4- unit, I noticed there is a power saving mode for night when no ac draw is going on; that appears near 10 -12% of normal inverter idle draw; that looks like .. turns the inverter back on when an AC load reappears. ... some of these setting are fuzzy in my understanding ...until I print out the PDF manual settings page, and write in notes as I configure and experiment ... to understand more .
I don't trust the power saving mode and it seems like pure marketing BS. On paper it looks great but it really does not work.
It doesn't matter ... since the lowest house load I can get to is 80w (modem, router, garage door openers, night lights, etc). Plus the fridge and freezer practically cycles on at least every 20 minutes.
I have thought about running only a critical load but don't want the hassle. I prefer my sanity over making manual or semi automated changes everyday to squeeze and save maybe 1 kwh.