I wish bob and the boyz good luck on this product. Always support North
American companies!!
I do not have much experience in the all in ones, but the one thing I
would look for is how it responds to imbalance
on split phase loads. The bad experiences on (won't say the Chinese name
of inverter) was it had trouble starting a fire pump
that was 120vac. it also had trouble with large 120vac air compressors.
Even worse, not only did it have trouble starting
the load, it shut down the inverter. I would not want that for sure it
the fire was raging up the hill.
Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On 2024-04-10 9:02 pm, Nick A Lucchese via RE-wrenches wrote:
I was under the same impression as David. At one point when I looked
into it all the electrical specifications appeared identical. Lux isn't
made by Deye? Ripping off designs within China isn't just exclusive to
the US? Good ole inverter manufacturer family incest? Does the main
difference only relate to AGS controls or something along those lines?
Even that is within the Lux products, Envy and EG4? I'm not into either
personally but was dragged into a Solark system two years ago. Doing my
best to keep my back strong with transformer based inverters until I
can support Midnite.
Nick
On Apr 10, 2024, at 10:00 AM, jay via RE-wrenches
<re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
Hi David,
I'm going to disagree.
The fortress and EG4 are made by LUX.
It says so right on the cover.
And I've talked to Fortress about this.
Sol Ark is made by Deye
Jay
On Apr 10, 2024, at 10:12 AM, david quattro <da...@quattrosolar.com>
wrote:
I have not installed an Fortress yet, but I know they are made by Deye
(same Chinese original manufacturer as SolArk inverters)
Here is a link for an excellent instructional by Steve Higgins @ Rolls
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqBULN9MgI&pp=ygUWcm9sbHMgc3VycmV0dGUgaGlnZ2lucw%3D%3D
This assumes that Envy comes with the same programming shortcoming as
SolArk, I don't know. In order to effectively use a SolArk with lead
acid batteries you have trick it. This process takes several iterations
checking specific gravity, which means multiple site visits stretched
over perhaps a couple months. The Absorb setting is ineffectual, so
Steve's solution is to employ the Equalize setting to actually achieve
Absorption. Carefully record the settings (voltage, duration, and
frequency) that deliver a consistent specific gravity in range. On the
rare occasions you actually need to equalize, you do it in person. When
equalization is complete you return the settings back to your curated
values.
On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 7:28 AM jay via RE-wrenches
<re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
Can you explain what changes the eg4 18 inverter has vs the Envy as to
LA programming?
To me the Envy has a big advantage due to it having AGS warm up/cool
down that the EG4 does not.
Jay
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