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I self-installed the EG4 12,000 BTU (1 ton) unit with1.4kW of PV in my master bedroom (MBR). My distance was relatively short, and I had to coil the excess next to the outdoor unit. Sounds like you're going to need to go the wall-mount approach, to get close enough to the indoor unit. Be...

Following up...Trevor at SS reached out to me this morning, and asked that I take off the side vent covers. The top ones are taken off as part of the installation process anyway, so it's not like I was digging into the bowels of the battery pack. I wasn't looking forward to major disassembly...

EG4 12k BTU solar mini-split. Got this one, because it will run on PV during the day. (It's got its own inverter.) Installed it myself. Easy, but a respectable amount of work. Bought it from Signature Solar.

Perfect! I'll look for your response in my DMs tomorrow. I'll also report the ultimate resolution here. Thanks, Jess! Edit: For those following, Jess again got back to me first thing Monday morning, to connect me directly with SS Customer Support. Also note that she responded to my OP/DM...

I drove one of those for ten years. Great car. Sold it to a Temecula, CA minor league baseball team. They fully wrapped it in their logo. They use it in parades and to transport pitchers to the field from the bullpen.

I just finished installing this mini-split, and it came right up, without any problems. It wasn't particularly difficult, but it *was* a lot of work for one person. My son helped me hoist the panels up to the roof, but I did everything else myself. I've had quite a lot of experience in...

I put four Trina 360W panels on top of my Chevy Bolt, tied down with roof rails and cross-bars. Drove fifty miles on the freeway with them. I was white-knuckled the whole drive home, but they got there without a scratch. I think I used most of the knots I learned in Boy Scouts, to tie them...

R&L delivered an EG4 12k solar mini-split on a pallet, they pushed it up the driveway, and "hid" it between a vehicle and my garage door. I didn't even know they had dropped it off until I later saw the notice of delivery text on my phone.

I concur. Sounds like a ground loop, which can be caused by an inappropriate N-G bond somewhere.

When I bought the EG4 12k BTU solar mini-split, I was clearly told at the time of the order to not exceed the short-circuit current rating (Isc). The 12k unit's Isc is <12A. In fact, I was told to have a margin below that, if possible. My 1400W of PV has an Isc of 10A, and it works great. I...

I'm going to take half my house completely off grid. When I did an 18 month to-the studs remodel on my single-story 1969 suburban 1500 sf house, I purposefully put the back half on a sub-panel. I'll be detaching the feed from the main, and attaching it to the 6000xp-based off-grid system. It...

I unboxed a brand new EG4 PowerPro Battery that arrived on a pallet with a 6000XP and various installation stuff. I removed the "top" (large face) of the wooden crate (that corresponds with the front of the PowerPro), and the "end" of the crate (that corresponded to the bottom of the PowerPro)...

Florida has notorious issues with inadequate grounding. Sandy soil seems to contribute to it. Can a portion of the brine be routed to the house's grounding rod area? The ions might help get a good ground. When I was an R&D engineer, I traveled to Florida. When I was in the field with some...

Twenty cents a watt for panels?

Thanks! I sent this to her directly, as well.

In a word..."GOOD".

Have you tried A1 Solar? They're essentially a clearing house, and have distribution points in several states. You'll have to go pick them up. It's how I got four Trina 360W panels. Strapped them to my car's roof rails and cross bars.

Why not ground the array frames to the inverter PE bus? Where should I ground it instead? My ground (#6 Cu) goes back to the house main, where it is bonded to N. That's the only place where I have an N-G bond.

That 12A is a hard maximum upper limit on Isc. I was told at the time of order (with SS) to definitely not exceed it, and in fact, stay below it, if possible. My array Isc is about 10A, and I had to be very careful what panels I used, to keep it down there. Do note that Isc (and Voc) can vary...

You're not alone. I had issues adding my WiFi as well. Tried many different ways, and had to fiddle with the settings in my phone, to make it work. Try turning off BlueTooth and WiFi on your phone, then turn on BlueTooth and scan for the indoor unit, then enable phone's WiFi after the app...

Weird! Do you know the nature of the EMI? Any idea if a good-sized inductor between the PV frame ground wire and inverter PE bus (at the PE bus) would choke the EMI? I'm thinking some #10AWG copper wrapped around a dowel, or some kludge like that. Has it been tried? On the other hand... Any...

"...if you don't have those "solar" minisplits set up to run only on solar, with no AC connection, they constantly draw at least some AC." That hasn't been my experience. Mine runs on the PV after the sun comes up, and AC after it goes down. There's a split between DC and AC as the sun rises...

At the Signature Solar website.

I recently finished installing an EG4 12k BTU solar mini-split. I also (yesterday) ordered 6.4kW of Canadian Solar 400W panels, a 6000xp inverter, a PowerPro wall-mount battery, and mounting hardware. I'm going to supplement an existing grid-tied 5kW/27kWh system I previously purchased from...

It's a lot like building your own desktop PC. You don't save any money buying components and assembling it yourself. There's also the subject of warranty coverage...

I did it. I first taped the refrigerant lines, com/power wires and drain hose together to make feeding easier. I pre-fed the long drain and com/power cable through the hole, and then lifted the unit up and guided everything through the wall hole, while holding the air handler unit up near the...

I'll be strapping mine, like a water heater. I live in earthquake country (So. CA).

I was startled by the question: "The micro inverters are 1.21 amps each, so that is 21.78. Would that be a 20 or 30a breaker?" Sorry, but that's an indication of a fundamental misunderstanding of the application of circuit breakers. Breakers should be of a value *higher* than the expected...