Just wanted to grab a few posts (6-10) and work on doing a roll-up in one spot of what's gone into getting a working EG4 8Kw / MR R8KLNA inverter setup for my dad's house.
I will add that this has been a bit of a learning curve for us even though dad (John4178) has some residential construction/gen. contractor experience and I have an electronics background. Hopefully gathering this up will help others if they decide to go this route. I will try and clean this up & edited later, but for now just trying to get everything together.
Big thanks to the following and several others I may forget for their info, posts, youtube videos, etc:
@Markus_SignatureSolar, @BenFromSignatureSolar , @fromport, @Beene Brothers , @Will Prowse
8/8/23 Update:
Currently at 1.38MWh of usage/production (& 1.50 MWh of consumption) after 2 & 1/2 Months
... Dad seems quite pleased with the setup now! (see Post 5)
... Still to do:
>> Update 6x EG4 LifePower4 Battery FW for better charging Per EG4 Lifepower4 48V Top Balancing Firmware thread & @Zapper77 post #90
>> Maybe figure out how to integrate it will Home Solar Assistant or similar ??
Side Note (7/25/23): Dad swapped out the 6yr old conventional 60gal water heater that was using almost 4200w every hour (with on demand/recirc pump) for a Rheem 60gal Hybrid Heat Pump water heater, set time of use for the new unit (off from 10pm to 6am, at 110deg, disabled the recirc pump, and now only pulls about 1500w for an entire day.
(MSRP: $1800 at Lowes, found at discount supplier in town for $1250, -$650 in tax rebates/credits, -$200 reselling old waterheater = $400 Great deal!)
I will add that this has been a bit of a learning curve for us even though dad (John4178) has some residential construction/gen. contractor experience and I have an electronics background. Hopefully gathering this up will help others if they decide to go this route. I will try and clean this up & edited later, but for now just trying to get everything together.
Big thanks to the following and several others I may forget for their info, posts, youtube videos, etc:
@Markus_SignatureSolar, @BenFromSignatureSolar , @fromport, @Beene Brothers , @Will Prowse
8/8/23 Update:
Currently at 1.38MWh of usage/production (& 1.50 MWh of consumption) after 2 & 1/2 Months
... Dad seems quite pleased with the setup now! (see Post 5)
... Still to do:
>> Update 6x EG4 LifePower4 Battery FW for better charging Per EG4 Lifepower4 48V Top Balancing Firmware thread & @Zapper77 post #90
>> Maybe figure out how to integrate it will Home Solar Assistant or similar ??
Side Note (7/25/23): Dad swapped out the 6yr old conventional 60gal water heater that was using almost 4200w every hour (with on demand/recirc pump) for a Rheem 60gal Hybrid Heat Pump water heater, set time of use for the new unit (off from 10pm to 6am, at 110deg, disabled the recirc pump, and now only pulls about 1500w for an entire day.
(MSRP: $1800 at Lowes, found at discount supplier in town for $1250, -$650 in tax rebates/credits, -$200 reselling old waterheater = $400 Great deal!)
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