Again.. lol
You are saying it yourself..
There are inverters who call them selves hybrid (or you think they are called like this) and act like grid tied.
When you read the 3 pages of this post, you can see that the Revo-II is limited to it's capacity.
And can not use additional power from the grid.
Yet, you try to ask if the Revo II can act like different brands??
Or try a discussion about what is hybrid and what is grid tied?
While there are many overlapses, they have different way of contacting to your house.
Pass through or add.
Hybrid or grid tied.
That simple.
And yes, again they're are overlapses, some grid tied have battery and might look like hybrid
Some hybrid can add some power from the grid beyond their capacity, and look like grid tied.
It has nothing to do with sales, I don't work for or at Sorotec, I'm just an overall happy customer.
Who have had its share of hickups as being one of the first to use their model in 2019.
If you don't like this specification, then the Revo-II might not make you happy.
Many other companies who sell (almost all Voltronic OEM, Like EASun) and just a few who really develop their own products.
Sorotec is one of them.
While they do sell Voltronic products as well (98% of all Chinese inverter names have one or more Voltronic types in their product line), they try to focus on in-house development and knowledge.
Something that a company as EASun does not have, they only move boxes, and lie about the specifications.
(They OEM Revo II, and claim/ lie how can do 5.500 Mppt, where the original does 5000...
While Sorotec does have models that can do 5.5, the Revo II is "limited" to 5000 watt..@ max 450v)
That is/was my choice to choose for Sorotec + my limited budget.
Sure, if I had the money, I'll buy a set Victron Quattros...
For 15-20% of their price, Sorotec delivers mor then 75% of their quality...
Good enough for me.
So, if that is what your question is:
Can the Revo II use more then its rated capacity via the grid?
Answer is no, it can not.
It's feeding fuse is 25A, strict and will stop at 25A.
That is without any discussion of the Revo-II is a Hybrid / one-off grid/ grid tied / battery less / Mppt / one, two or three phase (NOT split) or what ever..
That's it.
And. No worries, if you don't like, buy different.
There is a whole new line of Inverters coming!!
@Will Prowse already mentioned them in his videos, who have higher Mppt voltages and really blurr the lines between the different types.
In the future terms like hybrid and grid tied are probably no longer used.
What to expect..
2019-2021... 2 years of development.
For that, you are lucky you are buying today, and not in 2019 (or more early)
Smart BMS back then was unheard-of, and 48v was Indeed 48v, S15, not S16 as standard.
LiFePO4 was double the price as it's now and knowledge limited.
If you haven't bought yet, and are searching for what is the best for your installation, you should not be looking at old models, but the new ones with WiFi updates.
Not that this is always a good thing, look as the WD harddrives..
Hundreds of people lost all their valuable data due firmware hack.
I lost loads of data with an update from my mobile phone, who decided to delete video's to make enough space for the update...
Lucky, an inverter doesn't have much important data to screw up.
While handy for bug fixes, it does impose a risk.
It probably does beat the hell out of support I received from Sorotec, new display boards, new Mppt boards, new controller boards, free of charge, shipment (FedEx) paid.. after major firmware update.
(That was sarcastic)
This is the amount of support I received from Sorotec.
And while updates via WiFi would make it obsolete method, sending those parts, making those costs....
That's German like customer support.
Unheard of for China.
Companies like Easun will just say "make a dispute if you aren't happy with the way it works" , and try to rip out an arm while at it.....
(Why I don't like EASun? Their Mppt charged my 800AH deep cycle lead acid with 78v... Being slowly the death of the lead acid batteries (6 months old) and take absolutely no responsibility, make it a 10 week fight before finally accepted return at their cost to "agent" in Thailand...
Crying about "damage" to box and manual, so they can't resell....
No, they should not want to resell..
It's defective product!!!
I lost $400 on that purchase, + $2750 on deep cycle lead acid...
If it would have been LiFePO4, a BMS would have protected...
Thank you EASun!!
I feel sorry for those who did buy them, I did place a "warning charges at 78v!) in the box, manual and inside the inverter.
That's standard (or old??) Chinese idea of customer support.
And that makes Sorotec stand out of the crowd, making high quality products, that may, or may not fit your needs.
For what I read, probably not for you.
Growatt has a new line of Inverters, you might look into those.
Several have the options you like.
Probably a bit more pricer then the Sorotec.
The WiFi networks give, to my knowledge, just information from the unit, status, production, usage.
It still can't be used to update firmware.
But, perhaps different models have different options to update, not "hard core" like Sorotec does.
Where normally firmware update is something that's been done by the service engineer, not the end user.