EG4 WTH?
- Thread starter LochNess
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Q-Dog
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Strip back more of the jacket on the cable?
...and if the charger turns out to be defective and needs to be returned?
Q-Dog
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You return it.
"you altered it so we cant take it back" ?
Q-Dog
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I don't know what else to say. Do you really think they would deny a warranty claim for a defective unit if your shorten the jacket on the cable? If so, you should probably contact them.
400bird
Solar Wizard
It's not premium priced. It sells so well because it's the cheapest 5kW charger available. Others are AIOs with the same picky input voltage requirements or significantly more expensive.
Remember EG4 is an importer from China, not a manufacturer. So, while they market the charger as being built for those batteries, they're likely made by different companies and someone didn't fully vet the comparably, they missed cable length. Or they expect that many use bus bars and circuit protection and aren't connecting the output directly to the batteries.
Carefully cut the outer insulation and move on with life.
dktool
New Member
Make up 2 extensions leads, hook it up to test, if it passes then strip away.
If it fails, return it unscathed.
If it fails, return it unscathed.
Thanks everyone. My final solution was some very careful cutting on the outer cable to not nick the conductors.
Certainly not what I thought I would need to do when the pictures show the unit coming with alligator clips...
hwy17
Anti-Solar Enthusiast
Signature mentioned somewhere they were switching to ring terminals. I got mine with alligator clips and I was glad because it's mostly a charger for one off charging for me.
The alligator clips couldn't reach the terminals on a lifepower4 either, with the way the cable was stripped back. I put them on the inverter terminals.
The alligator clips couldn't reach the terminals on a lifepower4 either, with the way the cable was stripped back. I put them on the inverter terminals.
