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Yes, but. If you eventually want batteries to run when grid is down, then it will need to go into the inverter that manages the battery.

One or more batteries to two inverters in parallel: Busbar https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Systems-2107-Powerbar/dp/B000MMDL6Q If you...

HPHW uses about 0.4 kW while running in heat pump mode. Assuming incoming water at 50f, and desired temp of 140f, that is 5.85 gallons...

Ul1741 ride through is something like 132-138v on one leg before you are allowed to disconnect.

Turn off grid charging. Let the solar fill batteries as much as it can. Let your load drain batteries as much as it can. That is the...

If your house catches on fire, and there is no RSD for the solar, don't be surprised if the firefighters just let the house burn. Sure...

Maybe use Solar Assistant to control Load Controllers. Turn on one at a time until export or import is +/- 1kWh. A 5Kw, two 2Kw, and a...

Hawaii has CA beat on a per household basis. At least CA can dump excess to AZ and beyond (up to WA and Canada). HI has grid instability...

Let's say your inverter is 95% efficient. It takes about 1.10 kWh of grid power to put 1.05 kWh of power into the battery. When you take...

I prefer looking at the screen on the sol-ark. Turn off TOU if you are not using it. Just confuses things. Why are you limiting export...

Put large loads on a sub-panel. When running off generator, turn off the sub-panel. If you want to run something off the sub-panel, turn...

Yes, but I would try it anyway. If it doesn't work on gen port, then try putting on the grid port. It may be that the function is "not...

LiFePO4 batteries work - as long as the same voltage. There are 15s and 16s LiFePO4 48v batteries, and they shouldn't be wired together.

Have you tried setting the Gen Limit power to something like 80% of the Generator? When a surge happens, there may be enough headroom...

What are your export (grid sell) settings? What are your Time of Use settings? Post pics of the screens. Seems like your batteries are...

If you wire EACH battery to the Busbar, then you can use a smaller wire for battery to busbar. If you wire as drawn, then the full...

On Grid, it may work. The problem is that each inverter doesn't know how much power to put out from the battery. Grid down is more of a...

How will New Inverter know how much Solar Power is being produced so the excess can be stored in the battery? One route is to go the...

If you don't want to export to the grid, the eg4 6000xp is a good place to start with just batteries. Note the charge/discharge losses...

@DavidKelly : any thoughts on compression of cells and cycle life?