agreed about the quality of Signature Solar. I had issues with a number of the solar distributors I dealt with. I am busy as hell and when I have a window of time to get stuff done I need to talk to someone, not leave a voicemail and hope they call me back ever, and if they do, for them to call me back in the tiny slivers of time I am available. Wait times were always reasonable. They responded to email. They said on the phone they would do something and after we hung up they would do it. Super impressed with quality customer service. The EG4 stuff I got has also been quality.
Make a video comparing the EG4 18k and Mango Power M. They use similar inverter both hybrid, 18kw PV, 12 kW continuous. Main differences between both systems is their battery capacity and warranty. Mango Power M has 10+5 warranty due to battery cells made by CATL.
Recommended max pv input 21kw, great to boost overcast numbers, last 70 days here, 3 were direct light, had my eye on the 10 or 12kw as a minor upgrade. The EG4 20KW has a recommended max pv input of 28KW, that will be tough to beat by anything short of industrial solar.
@@justinpaquette3085 The EG4 20KW, in the spec sheets for max solar they all have huge pv input, I think the 18kw is actually 21kw max. If you get 10% in overcast I would rather have 2.8kw over 2kw any day. I think it is usable PV for the model #'s. Need 40 panels to fill them up.
@@Metin-w6sflexboss. The tool out features not everyone needed but could easily get from the grid boss. You get more features overall. You don’t need a screen, has a webUI. Gridboss and flexboss route gives way more features and reliability without needing additional hardware
As someone who has a 18Kpv my biggest gripes are 1) The manual and explanation of the settings for the inverter just sucks and many times you will find that the setting do not match actual function. 2) If you dont use EG4 batteries do not expect any kind of support from EG4 with battery related issues (settings), again settings are not intuitively named and used as well as the fact that things one would think would just work do not without the full duplex communication with EG4 batteries. In my case I have 5- 15kwh diy batteries using JK BMS modules. But in order to get the batteries to fully charge you have to use "Lead Acid" battery settings in the inverter as well as force the use of "Off-Grid" mode to prevent the inverter from clipping charging output to the batteries. Once I was able to overcome these issues thanks to various online forums and personal settings testing the unit does work well, but again unless you have a higher level of knowledge you are pretty pigeon holed into using EG4 batteries .
Signature solar is a good company but they are also the sister company of EG4 which will always make them bias to sell EG4 first. It’s also why they will have the best pricing for EG4.
No transformerless inverter is a good choice because without any galvanic isolation, it can turn your appliances into toast when its MOSFETs or IGBTs fail.
Not any more, it’s a different Robbie to who we use to know, just burned my commited crew hoodie the other day over my fire. I bought it before he went dark and it was heart breaking ahahah
@@triforcelink I'm not going to destroy an inverter and an appliance just to prove that these cheap inverters can damage your appliances. Ask Google AI " Can a high frequency, transformerless inverter damage your appliances?" and learn the truth for yourself.
@ I didn’t even trust google ai with basic searches, let alone speculating on the reliability of an inverter. Get a good oscilloscope and look the inverter output, you will see how clean or dirty your power is.
@@triforcelink An O-scope will display how clean the waveform is until you add a reactive load to its output. And I'm not speculating on the reliability of these cheap high frequency inverters. I've worked in the inverter repair industry for the past 25 years, and I've seen firsthand how poorly these low-cost, high-frequency, transformerless inverters are designed and built. And as for Google AI, I'm certain that Google AI is far more intelligent and unbiased than these commission-earning RUclips affiliate advertisers will ever be.
Dude, no offense, but how can you call yourself a "solar Lab" when you don't have a single piece of lab-grade test equipment in your video production studio? No O-scope, no precision power supplies, no precision AC/DC loads testers, no environmental test chambers, no, LCRs, no milliohm insulation testers, no signal injectors, nothing but a video production stage filled with the products that you're hawking?
Need you back on car stuff and on the channels Robbie. Miss you brother😔
I hope to be back there soon❤️
agreed about the quality of Signature Solar. I had issues with a number of the solar distributors I dealt with. I am busy as hell and when I have a window of time to get stuff done I need to talk to someone, not leave a voicemail and hope they call me back ever, and if they do, for them to call me back in the tiny slivers of time I am available. Wait times were always reasonable. They responded to email. They said on the phone they would do something and after we hung up they would do it. Super impressed with quality customer service. The EG4 stuff I got has also been quality.
Looking forward to your Gridboss review. Thinking that’s the game changer that will cause inverter selection to be revisited.
Care to elaborate on that notion? I thought the 18kpv was boss, but apparently not lol
Heal up Tiny Baby... 💪🏾💪🏾
Make a video comparing the EG4 18k and Mango Power M.
They use similar inverter both hybrid, 18kw PV, 12 kW continuous.
Main differences between both systems is their battery capacity and warranty. Mango Power M has 10+5 warranty due to battery cells made by CATL.
Recommended max pv input 21kw, great to boost overcast numbers, last 70 days here, 3 were direct light, had my eye on the 10 or 12kw as a minor upgrade. The EG4 20KW has a recommended max pv input of 28KW, that will be tough to beat by anything short of industrial solar.
Which one has ever input of 28kw? Haven't seen that one that I remember
@@justinpaquette3085 The EG4 20KW, in the spec sheets for max solar they all have huge pv input, I think the 18kw is actually 21kw max. If you get 10% in overcast I would rather have 2.8kw over 2kw any day. I think it is usable PV for the model #'s. Need 40 panels to fill them up.
Flexboss 21. No touch screen, no generator input, and less circuit breakers. What else is it missing?
So which öne iş better
@@Metin-w6sGridBoss+FlexBoss
@@Metin-w6sflexboss. The tool out features not everyone needed but could easily get from the grid boss. You get more features overall. You don’t need a screen, has a webUI. Gridboss and flexboss route gives way more features and reliability without needing additional hardware
A better price
@@rtsrts2317 That's not a good point if you are giving up some things.
As someone who has a 18Kpv my biggest gripes are 1) The manual and explanation of the settings for the inverter just sucks and many times you will find that the setting do not match actual function. 2) If you dont use EG4 batteries do not expect any kind of support from EG4 with battery related issues (settings), again settings are not intuitively named and used as well as the fact that things one would think would just work do not without the full duplex communication with EG4 batteries. In my case I have 5- 15kwh diy batteries using JK BMS modules. But in order to get the batteries to fully charge you have to use "Lead Acid" battery settings in the inverter as well as force the use of "Off-Grid" mode to prevent the inverter from clipping charging output to the batteries.
Once I was able to overcome these issues thanks to various online forums and personal settings testing the unit does work well, but again unless you have a higher level of knowledge you are pretty pigeon holed into using EG4 batteries .
How does it compare to the Solark? That would be the biggest alternative
We have the 18kpv and are looking for a back up generator to charge it when there's no sun
Signature solar is a good company but they are also the sister company of EG4 which will always make them bias to sell EG4 first. It’s also why they will have the best pricing for EG4.
We need a FLEXBOSS 21 review !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many rack mounted batteries can you hook up to this thing?
Can you guys get that exposed nm wire in some conduit?
No transformerless inverter is a good choice because without any galvanic isolation, it can turn your appliances into toast when its MOSFETs or IGBTs fail.
Robbie Ferreira is that you?
Not any more, it’s a different Robbie to who we use to know, just burned my commited crew hoodie the other day over my fire. I bought it before he went dark and it was heart breaking ahahah
@@willbomedia fr dude just disappeared
Why aren't you disclosing to people that without any galvanic isolation, the 18kpv can damage their appliances when their MOSFETs fail. Just curious?
You want to make a video demonstrating your hypothetical failure?
@@triforcelink I'm not going to destroy an inverter and an appliance just to prove that these cheap inverters can damage your appliances. Ask Google AI " Can a high frequency, transformerless inverter damage your appliances?" and learn the truth for yourself.
@ I didn’t even trust google ai with basic searches, let alone speculating on the reliability of an inverter. Get a good oscilloscope and look the inverter output, you will see how clean or dirty your power is.
@@triforcelink An O-scope will display how clean the waveform is until you add a reactive load to its output. And I'm not speculating on the reliability of these cheap high frequency inverters. I've worked in the inverter repair industry for the past 25 years, and I've seen firsthand how poorly these low-cost, high-frequency, transformerless inverters are designed and built. And as for Google AI, I'm certain that Google AI is far more intelligent and unbiased than these commission-earning RUclips affiliate advertisers will ever be.
I can’t keep up lol tech changes so fast
Dude, no offense, but how can you call yourself a "solar Lab" when you don't have a single piece of lab-grade test equipment in your video production studio? No O-scope, no precision power supplies, no precision AC/DC loads testers, no environmental test chambers, no, LCRs, no milliohm insulation testers, no signal injectors, nothing but a video production stage filled with the products that you're hawking?
Click bait.