[RE-wrenches] EG4 v HomeGrid battery systems update?

[jay]

A few thoughts about the HG

They are a 48v not a 51.2v battery so if you ever need to add, you’ll have to find the non standard 48v battery.  

I’m curious about the lack of a breaker/disconnect.  Didn’t we go through this earlier in a thread that there needs to be a lockable DC disconnect between the battery and the inverter?  Not for RS but just the need for a disconnect?  

I do like how big you can make one stack.

My preference these days is to go with same OEM for both battery and inverter.  

Currently thats EG4, Fortress, Midnite as best I can remember.  

jay



> On Sep 2, 2025, at 8:40 AM, Christopher Warfel via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
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> Hi Wrenches, I went through the archives and read the comparison between these two.  The HomeGrid manual was in such a mess (or my pdf reader was defunct), that I started looking at other options. If anyone has a strong opinion of either of these two, or something better, I would appreciate.  We traditionally install small systems, and this would be one (@15kWh).  I would prefer to use a racking system with the BMS as part of the packaging. Solark 12kPV multimode.  Thank you, Chris
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