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tl;dr: depleted capacitors in the inverter output? I have noticed the inverter circuit of my US version of the SPF5000ES drawing more idle current over the last few weeks. It's now up to about a kilowatt at idle with the autotransformer connected. Without the autotransformer, it idles at...

I observe a massive reduction in power if only a few cells in a string are shaded. If this happens every day, can I expect the affected cells to degrade faster and possibly burn out due to effectively being very resistive?

I hear setting the clock has been done, but how? The display menu doesn't seem to have settings. Can it be done through the RS-485 interface, and if so, can I hook up a laptop with a USB RS-485 converter and talk with it? It's currently linked with my Growatt SPF5000ES, which has the correct...