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Great video! Sorry if I missed it but were you running the grid power when you oveoaded the unit? I'm very curious what the max continuous output of this unit would be offgrid.

Thanks!

Can this be used with a small 3600 gas generator with no auto start ports if i manually started and stopped the generator and set the charging amps to an appropiate amount based on generator size. Basically im just looking for a backup solution just in case i run a major deficit on my battery bank after several overcast short december days. Instead of shutting off all non essential loads if i run low it would be nice to turn the generator on and monitor the SOC on the battery and shut if off near full which will give me several more days of power. Also can this be used while the 6000xp is also charging the battery from solar?

What do you think is the better option for an off-grid system. Two 6000s or one 12000 with 20kw panels and 32kw batteries?

I need some help with an hybrid inverter. I want to have my home office (that has lots of electronics) run on Solar power. I need to have solar priority so when when the batteries get down to say 25%, AC power kicks in and keeps the batteries charged up to say 50% ..but will fully charge when solar kicks back in during the day. Which inverters can do this? Thanks for any help you can give me.

Great job making your points with this comparison and explanation, Gavin!

Hey Gavin, great video. How did you figure out the 2 wire pin for start/stop on your generator with SOC. I have a Westinghouse inverter generator with the same style connection but I am not sure how to figure out which pins to use. Just a bit worried about breaking something. Love your videos so keep them coming! :)

Well done! Appreciate the idea to max the PV input

Do you install these in people's homes

What part of the country do you live in

Buddy I'm going to need all kinds of help to do this to my place you going to help me out

Gavin, thanks for the great video. You mention that larger generators can plug in directly to 12000xp, in your opinion would that include a 14kw Kohler? Thanks

I thought 6xp takes in 10k

In your hypothetical could you combine all three sets of 9 panels into 1 set coming to the 12,000xp? And have two of those totalling roughly 22,000w?

Love it! One day brother, one day.

Hey Gavin, does it have blending capability? I think that is the correct terminology. Still learning, LOL

Great video. And like others, thanks for the AC coupling info.

How do you know what size breaker you can install for the inverter feed to panel?

Great info! Id appreciate a vid on a combiner box for setting up panels with this 12000xp. I unfortunately have a bunch of new old 300watt usa made panels to run with a 12000xp on order. Funny how it takes lil talent to series panels but the benefits of installing series is labor & parts savings. I know something like 25 30 volts dc welds 1/2" thick steel, it always concerned me to series panels to high voltage and not much in the way of fuse safety especially ontop 2 story metal roof😅

Are these manufactured by Midea I wonder? Seems like Mr cool & others outdoor units that look similar with same metal stamped cases and blue fan blades are Midea? Local old time hvac guy here in New Orleans swore by Japanese stuff for years now he's all about Midea.

I'm well impressed - a roof and solar - it also lets enough light through for a store - brilliant

Gavin, can the 12000XP be configured like a UPS where the primary feed to the critical load panel is the grid (as well as charging the batteries) but it will fail over to all battery when the grid is down ? No solar would be involved for this question. One other question - has Eg4 explained why they changed the screen on this inverter ?

When using gen was it showing almost a 200w loss?

The eg4 6000 xp can take in up to 10k watts input

I would love to see how you wire a combiner box. I tried to do this early on when I was first starting and I couldn’t get more than one string to work? I eventually gave up and just ran each string separately to my charge controllers!

Thanks for covering these things Gavin

Someone else said you needed enough batteries for 400A of current draw... is that true?

When you AC couple a solar array it comes in AC and when you bring in PV it comes in in DC so my question is can you bring in more than the 24000 watts when you use the ac coupling and the DC strings into the pv ports?

What a great unit! I want one!

Hey, good evening watching you guys from Jamaica what’s your video all the time and you explain a whole lot of people to understand so thank you for that man learn a lot from your video. All right keep it up man good work.

Thanks for including the data on AC Coupling. A bunch of us have grid-tie inverters

Great video! I was doing the math yesterday for fun and came to the same conclusions as you with 9 panel strings and combiner box. I wonder...no light flicker right? I agree with the end of video, running at the limit watts is bad, specially with inductive loads and limited surge capacity because the inverter is already maxed. In my house we have a Sol-Ark 8K and we peak at 3500-3700 watts, very rarely 4000w+ and never have reached 6000w.

Only disappointment is the pass-thru is limoted to 100A; it should be 200A

A shockingly good video… Nice to see how to push the limits.. If you have the cycles a combiner box video would be great. I just currently run the solar output to the 18kpv DC cutoff switch. Thanks again..

Do you use extra filters on the inverters?

I love it! I want to do the same.

Will this inverter bypass to grid when overloaded or just shut down when overloaded? What is the process to manually bypass?

Combiner Box Video, yup, absolutely, Its the "last" project on my system, I've yet to tackle... Thanks Gavin!

Great video Gavin. You've made combiner boxes relevant again.

You need an 8 pin microphone plug for cd mic

Thanks Gavin! Can i add this to my 6000XP?

I forgot to mention this in the video, but for those of you that don’t need to reach that 24kw limit in solar, you could easily reach 16-18kw without any combiner boxes or extra wiring. Affiliate links: Signature Solar’s link to the 12000xp signaturesolar.com/eg4-12000xp-off-grid-inverter-48v-split-phase-24kw-pv-input-12kw-power-output/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPo&XP%20Inverter%20Launch&Homepage%2011%2F1&Homepage%20banner%2011%2F1 Current Connected’s link. www.currentconnected.com/product/eg4-12000xp-48v-split-phase-off-grid-inverter/?ref=xhJJBPDS

Yesss, OLED Color Screens, thats what we want. Without price increase though.

Missing breakers, no, breakers are to protect downstream wiring not upstream. With the Off Grid models they served no purpose. The Grid input should have had a Breaker sized for wire gauge at the distribution, likewise the Generator should have the Breaker at its source. I should amend my previous model Generator input. The latest Firmware allows the Generator Input to be configured a as a Smart Load Output. There in, it would require a Breaker.

Does EG4 sponsor you to promote their products?

Great video! Any chance you can test it when it falls back to grid, both when overloaded and when battery/PV is too low?

18:43 watching this far in the video I’m thinking about do we need permission permits from utility company?

Suppose I have 8000 watts of panels facing east, 8000 watts of panels facing south and 8000 watts of panels facing west. Can these be connected to one of these units in a way that makes sense?

Gavin, thanks for all the details. You and Rodney have been great at getting videos out quickly on this inverter ! Couple of questions from a newbie .. I have the 12000XP on order and I am using it basically for a UPS - can't have solar per the HOA. 1. With the AC output being 50 Amps - if this sufficient to service light and receptacles in the 4 bedroom house ? The only other item to cover is a microwave ? No water heater, no electric heat, no kitchen cooktop (all gas). 2. I am looking at the on-line manual and in the WORKING MODES for BAT OFF-GRID the display shows 3,000 Watts is that just the display at the point when the picture of the GameBoy screen was taken or is there a limitation that I am not aware of ? 3. I know there is an inverter breaker for the grid but does another in line fuse makes sense or is that overkill ? 4. Your are using 2 awg battery cables and 2 of them ... is this what you would suggest ?

Would you recommend either the 1200xp or 12Kpv to be used in a R.V. environment? In your opinion would they have the stamina for going down the road?