EG4 18KPV Testing Discharge when Limiting Amps - Awesome Features on the 18KPV!

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[@brandonburke4437]

Thank you for posting your videos about the EG4 18kpv install at your parent's house. Very similar to my install. I have searched for months about this situation and you have helped me more in an hour watching your videos than months of searching. Keep up the good work!

[@zwei176]

EG4 rates that battery for 200A continuous discharge. 160A is really safe and recommended, but I am going to set mine to 185/190A until I hook up a second in parallel.

[@stevenfrazier8939]

It is great to see how the 18K can be used. We use our 18KPV completely off grid with only 30 kilowatts of batteries. I think everyone should get at least one.

[@hendersonsobers396]

Thanks for this video Rodney. Always enjoy your content.

[@fullyelectric]

@Rodney so i am doing a ton of research and so far the EG4 18Kpv or the LuxPowertek LB-US 8-10k will do 100% what i am looking for, however the 18Kpv can support way more than the max 6Kpv I have, and future EG4 12Kpv or LuxPowertek LB-US 8-10K can do 2x my max, so buying the EG4 18Kpv that supports 3x more than my MAX pv I feel is way over kill and costing 3-4x more than the 6000XP is truly a waste, all that extra money could go to more batteries, and the ONLY feature i truly like on the 18Kpv is the fact you can use the GRID connection to backfeed your main panel, what i do not understand is both the 6000XP and the 18Kpv has two CT’s RJ45 ports, so why can’t the 6000XP do the same via its GRID connection? Would be awesome if this could be tested.

[@Alex-Suzanne]

Great video. Thanks for showing some of

[@cgutowski471]

Great video! I like the way you can ‘try’ to zero out the main panel with this inverter. Guess you have to really figure out what you want your discharge SOC to go down to in order to make sure you have enough battery for critical loads when grid (and main panel) is down.

[@ScottieBMan]

Thanks for sharing, also you are looking trimmed up! Good work!

[@doinkeroni]

Thanks for sharing! I am trying to understand the maximum power it can supply in a grid-tied configuration. For example, if the load is more than the ~15kw inverter capacity, will it just keep supplying 15kw from the inverter and supply the rest of the load using the grid (up to the 200amp grid pass through limit?)

[@amritgrewal7388]

Question regarding pass-through mode with grid assist: When the house load exceeds the max 50A 12kw AC output of the inverter (supply from battery/solar/grid), does the inverter passthrough all this power from the grid completely? Or does the inverter passthrough only the incremental power from grid, while using available solar/battery concurently? Example: If house load goes from 10kw to 18kw, will it switch to passthrough all of the 18kw from grid with no solar feeding the load? or just the additional 6kw from grid (18kw load - 12kw max ac output) allowing solar/battery to concurrently feed 12kw to load? Thank you

[@martinsteflik1329]

Can test to see if it will run without a battery? Just solar and grid.

[@newbie101]

Nice video and nice pergola. May I know which brand of pergola are you using? How easy is it to put it together. Maybe an affiliate link would be helpful. Thanks.

[@MLCATSkizzers]

is there any chance you could post your settings for the 18k? i have a nearly identical setup that i just installed but i cant get the settings set right

[@tobymaples7646]

Hey Rodney, I just stumbled upon your channel the other day and have been going through all your videos. Do you know if the 6000xp has a built-in way to set up zero export if I fed it into my main panel at home? trying to figure out if I want to go off grid or hybrid. they wont do any sort of net metering here from what I was told. i don't want to give them free lunch after they have been taking advantage of a monopoly all these years. Thanks

[@jimbob100-d3l]

The max output current for the 18kpv is 50 amps though right?

[@ToddDesiato]

How loud is it while it's running? Do the fans whine all day and night?

[@matthewknight5641]

That 18 is kinda a bad a** inverter. Some people seem to like it better than the 15k solarks from what I see on UA-cam