[RE-wrenches] Midnite new inverter

[Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar]

I wish bob and the boyz good luck on this product. Always support North 
American companies!!

I do not have much experience in the all in ones, but the one thing I 
would look for is how it responds to imbalance
on split phase loads. The bad experiences on (won't say the Chinese name 
of inverter) was it had trouble starting a fire pump
that was 120vac. it also had trouble with large 120vac air compressors. 
Even worse, not only did it have trouble starting
the load, it shut down the inverter.  I would not want that for sure it 
the fire was raging up the hill.

Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On 2024-04-10 9:02 pm, Nick A Lucchese via RE-wrenches wrote:

> I was under the same impression as David. At one point when I looked 
> into it all the electrical specifications appeared identical. Lux isn't 
> made by Deye? Ripping off designs within China isn't just exclusive to 
> the US? Good ole inverter manufacturer family incest? Does the main 
> difference only relate to AGS controls or something along those lines? 
> Even that is within the Lux products, Envy and EG4? I'm not into either 
> personally but was dragged into a Solark system two years ago. Doing my 
> best to keep my back strong with transformer based inverters until I 
> can support Midnite.
> 
> Nick
> 
> On Apr 10, 2024, at 10:00 AM, jay via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> I'm going to disagree.
> The fortress and EG4 are made by LUX.
> It says so right on the cover.
> And I've talked to Fortress about this.
> 
> Sol Ark is made by Deye
> 
> Jay
> 
> On Apr 10, 2024, at 10:12 AM, david quattro <david at quattrosolar.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> I have not installed an Fortress yet, but I know they are made by Deye 
> (same Chinese original manufacturer as SolArk inverters)
> Here is a link for an excellent instructional by Steve Higgins @ Rolls 
> -  
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqBULN9MgI&pp=ygUWcm9sbHMgc3VycmV0dGUgaGlnZ2lucw%3D%3D
> This assumes that Envy comes with the same programming shortcoming as 
> SolArk, I don't know. In order to effectively use a SolArk with lead 
> acid batteries you have trick it. This process takes several iterations 
> checking specific gravity, which means multiple site visits stretched 
> over perhaps a couple months. The Absorb setting is ineffectual, so 
> Steve's solution is to employ the Equalize setting to actually achieve 
> Absorption. Carefully record the settings (voltage, duration, and 
> frequency) that deliver a consistent specific gravity in range.  On the 
> rare occasions you actually need to equalize, you do it in person. When 
> equalization is complete you return the settings back to your curated 
> values.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 7:28 AM jay via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> Can you explain what changes the eg4 18 inverter has vs the Envy as to 
> LA programming?
> 
> To me the Envy has a big advantage due to it having AGS warm up/cool 
> down that the EG4 does not.
> 
> Jay

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