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In this episode, we take a look at the all in one 3000 W inverter from EG4. This inverter is stackable. This is a off grid inverter supports up to 5000 watts of MPPT and can also function as an 80A charger. This is built for 48V batteries and is a great value at the price of $674 with parts and accessories included. The downside is the Wi-Fi Dongle system is not that great. But most people can overlook for the benefits provided by the inverter.
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hey what's guys back to channel today hey what's guys back to channel today hey what's guys back to channel today episode we're going to be going over a episode we're going to be going over a episode we're going to be going over a long-term not super longterm but a long-term not super longterm but a long-term not super longterm but a midterm review of this eg4 3,000 watt midterm review of this eg4 3,000 watt midterm review of this eg4 3,000 watt off-grid inverter Okay so we've had this off-grid inverter Okay so we've had this off-grid inverter Okay so we've had this inverter for a few months uh we've been inverter for a few months uh we've been inverter for a few months uh we've been using it in in a different setting all using it in in a different setting all using it in in a different setting all kinds of different ways it's actually kinds of different ways it's actually kinds of different ways it's actually been a lifesaver in certain situations been a lifesaver in certain situations been a lifesaver in certain situations uh and we have it reposted here for uh uh and we have it reposted here for uh uh and we have it reposted here for uh purpose of this video and also we've purpose of this video and also we've purpose of this video and also we've been uh doing other stuff with it and been uh doing other stuff with it and been uh doing other stuff with it and right now it's actually been running the right now it's actually been running the right now it's actually been running the mini split for a few days so uh if mini split for a few days so uh if mini split for a few days so uh if you're interested in that and how long you're interested in that and how long you're interested in that and how long it stands up or do we regret the it stands up or do we regret the it stands up or do we regret the purchase of it you know then that video purchase of it you know then that video purchase of it you know then that video is what you really want to stay tuned is what you really want to stay tuned is what you really want to stay tuned for so stick with for so stick with for so stick with this all right you guys so this right this all right you guys so this right this all right you guys so this right here is the eg4 3000 watt offgrid here is the eg4 3000 watt offgrid here is the eg4 3000 watt offgrid inverter I think some people refer to it inverter I think some people refer to it inverter I think some people refer to it as a as a as a 3000e uh 3000e uh 3000e uh h-48 or something like that but the key h-48 or something like that but the key h-48 or something like that but the key points that take away from this are points that take away from this are points that take away from this are going to be these specs it's a going to be these specs it's a going to be these specs it's a singlephase inverter it can output 3,000 singlephase inverter it can output 3,000 singlephase inverter it can output 3,000 wats of pure sine wave it has PV input wats of pure sine wave it has PV input wats of pure sine wave it has PV input uh that it can take uh 5,000 wats of PV uh that it can take uh 5,000 wats of PV uh that it can take uh 5,000 wats of PV input uh at 500 VCC voltage open circuit input uh at 500 VCC voltage open circuit input uh at 500 VCC voltage open circuit so maximum uh array size okay it can so maximum uh array size okay it can so maximum uh array size okay it can also charge batteries uh at 80 amps okay also charge batteries uh at 80 amps okay also charge batteries uh at 80 amps okay so that's pretty much all you really so that's pretty much all you really so that's pretty much all you really need to know about this the other thing need to know about this the other thing need to know about this the other thing you may want to know is that you can you may want to know is that you can you may want to know is that you can stack these what I mean by that is you stack these what I mean by that is you stack these what I mean by that is you can get multiple ones of these connect can get multiple ones of these connect can get multiple ones of these connect them all up right either in parallel or them all up right either in parallel or them all up right either in parallel or series parallel all kinds of things to series parallel all kinds of things to series parallel all kinds of things to get either uh 120 right just a lot of get either uh 120 right just a lot of get either uh 120 right just a lot of 120 or just like 240 right but if you do 120 or just like 240 right but if you do 120 or just like 240 right but if you do stack them uh to get 240 you need to do stack them uh to get 240 you need to do stack them uh to get 240 you need to do it in pairs all right so you need two it in pairs all right so you need two it in pairs all right so you need two for 240 and if you want to add more for 240 and if you want to add more for 240 and if you want to add more capacity if that 240 you need to add two capacity if that 240 you need to add two capacity if that 240 you need to add two more right so that's pretty much all the more right so that's pretty much all the more right so that's pretty much all the specs of the inverter that you really specs of the inverter that you really specs of the inverter that you really need to know uh obviously this thing is need to know uh obviously this thing is need to know uh obviously this thing is you know made by eg4 and distributed by you know made by eg4 and distributed by you know made by eg4 and distributed by them uh the other thing that you them uh the other thing that you them uh the other thing that you probably really want to know and if you probably really want to know and if you probably really want to know and if you don't know this already is that this don't know this already is that this don't know this already is that this inverter I think is actually a really inverter I think is actually a really inverter I think is actually a really good deal mainly because uh for good deal mainly because uh for good deal mainly because uh for everything we just said uh the inverter everything we just said uh the inverter everything we just said uh the inverter comes with these cables which are you comes with these cables which are you comes with these cables which are you know uh cables that you need to purchase know uh cables that you need to purchase know uh cables that you need to purchase separately in case you didn't do that separately in case you didn't do that separately in case you didn't do that right it also comes with the breaker right it also comes with the breaker right it also comes with the breaker Communications cable and pretty much Communications cable and pretty much Communications cable and pretty much everything you need to get going uh everything you need to get going uh everything you need to get going uh besides the batteries right and the besides the batteries right and the besides the batteries right and the solar panels in case you needed that solar panels in case you needed that solar panels in case you needed that right so uh for right so uh for right so uh for $675 for all of this is actually a $675 for all of this is actually a $675 for all of this is actually a really great deal so uh without Jibber really great deal so uh without Jibber really great deal so uh without Jibber jabbering too much longer let's go take jabbering too much longer let's go take jabbering too much longer let's go take a look at it all right so this is a look at it all right so this is a look at it all right so this is obviously the unit here made by eg4 obviously the unit here made by eg4 obviously the unit here made by eg4 let's start at the top first of all it's let's start at the top first of all it's let's start at the top first of all it's got two keyho screws at the top for got two keyho screws at the top for got two keyho screws at the top for mounting which is actually really nice mounting which is actually really nice mounting which is actually really nice and if you don't know what I mean by kho and if you don't know what I mean by kho and if you don't know what I mean by kho screws it means the bottom part is a big screws it means the bottom part is a big screws it means the bottom part is a big circle and then the top part like tapers circle and then the top part like tapers circle and then the top part like tapers off so that you can put the uh screws in off so that you can put the uh screws in off so that you can put the uh screws in the wall and then put the inverter the wall and then put the inverter the wall and then put the inverter through the screws you know the mounting through the screws you know the mounting through the screws you know the mounting go through the screws and then put it go through the screws and then put it go through the screws and then put it down right it's much easier to mount down right it's much easier to mount down right it's much easier to mount that way instead of having to hold it up that way instead of having to hold it up that way instead of having to hold it up and then you know put the screws through and then you know put the screws through and then you know put the screws through to mount it you know especially if to mount it you know especially if to mount it you know especially if you're doing on a one person job or you're doing on a one person job or you're doing on a one person job or something like that actually makes it something like that actually makes it something like that actually makes it significantly easier the bottom part has significantly easier the bottom part has significantly easier the bottom part has one screw to here hold it in here at the one screw to here hold it in here at the one screw to here hold it in here at the bottom and it is not a keyhole design bottom and it is not a keyhole design bottom and it is not a keyhole design okay also uh looking at the top part okay also uh looking at the top part okay also uh looking at the top part here you can see the screen it's got here you can see the screen it's got here you can see the screen it's got some stuff here this says input voltage some stuff here this says input voltage some stuff here this says input voltage here I have mine not connected to the here I have mine not connected to the here I have mine not connected to the grid for any reason I'm just strictly grid for any reason I'm just strictly grid for any reason I'm just strictly using this off grid output voltage load using this off grid output voltage load using this off grid output voltage load battery Communications all that stuff battery Communications all that stuff battery Communications all that stuff here you got alarm and stuff I turned here you got alarm and stuff I turned here you got alarm and stuff I turned off the beep on mine which is pretty off the beep on mine which is pretty off the beep on mine which is pretty much what that means so uh you know some much what that means so uh you know some much what that means so uh you know some people don't recommend you do that but people don't recommend you do that but people don't recommend you do that but it's up to you okay let's talk about the it's up to you okay let's talk about the it's up to you okay let's talk about the air flow of this right so the air flow air flow of this right so the air flow air flow of this right so the air flow actually it's got two fans it's got air actually it's got two fans it's got air actually it's got two fans it's got air intake on the left side and air intake intake on the left side and air intake intake on the left side and air intake on the right side here uh it's got on the right side here uh it's got on the right side here uh it's got filters and grills right to filter the filters and grills right to filter the filters and grills right to filter the air out if you're in a dusty place air out if you're in a dusty place air out if you're in a dusty place you're going to have to obviously clean you're going to have to obviously clean you're going to have to obviously clean those filters out uh but it goes in those filters out uh but it goes in those filters out uh but it goes in through the sides at the top and then it through the sides at the top and then it through the sides at the top and then it flows out and gets pushed out through flows out and gets pushed out through flows out and gets pushed out through the bottom using these two fans here the bottom using these two fans here the bottom using these two fans here okay uh it's got RJ45 connectors here okay uh it's got RJ45 connectors here okay uh it's got RJ45 connectors here which are kind of more for like stacking which are kind of more for like stacking which are kind of more for like stacking Communications if you wanted to do that Communications if you wanted to do that Communications if you wanted to do that I did not stack minees all right so I did not stack minees all right so I did not stack minees all right so let's talk about the connections right let's talk about the connections right let's talk about the connections right here okay and I'm using my left hand so here okay and I'm using my left hand so here okay and I'm using my left hand so no pointing it's going to be a little no pointing it's going to be a little no pointing it's going to be a little bit funny all right so this right here bit funny all right so this right here bit funny all right so this right here is where the AC input is there's a is where the AC input is there's a is where the AC input is there's a ground hot and neutral right here um I ground hot and neutral right here um I ground hot and neutral right here um I have it connected but I don't have the have it connected but I don't have the have it connected but I don't have the cable plugged into anything or whatnot cable plugged into anything or whatnot cable plugged into anything or whatnot uh I did have it connected for for when uh I did have it connected for for when uh I did have it connected for for when I was using it as a charger but it does I was using it as a charger but it does I was using it as a charger but it does not come with this cable just know that not come with this cable just know that not come with this cable just know that that's where it would connect okay these that's where it would connect okay these that's where it would connect okay these two right here are uh AC output uh so two right here are uh AC output uh so two right here are uh AC output uh so this is obviously hot neutral and then this is obviously hot neutral and then this is obviously hot neutral and then the ground right here my ground I the ground right here my ground I the ground right here my ground I actually have tied off to the screw on actually have tied off to the screw on actually have tied off to the screw on the bottom of the inverter here because the bottom of the inverter here because the bottom of the inverter here because that's what the manual said to do but if that's what the manual said to do but if that's what the manual said to do but if you were to take a continuity tester and you were to take a continuity tester and you were to take a continuity tester and test the ground between the the uh screw test the ground between the the uh screw test the ground between the the uh screw at the bottom here and then this ground at the bottom here and then this ground at the bottom here and then this ground here they're connected so you here they're connected so you here they're connected so you technically could it put here but I'm technically could it put here but I'm technically could it put here but I'm not telling you to do so I'm just saying not telling you to do so I'm just saying not telling you to do so I'm just saying technically you could but the technically you could but the technically you could but the instruction said put it down here so you instruction said put it down here so you instruction said put it down here so you know that's what I did all right so uh know that's what I did all right so uh know that's what I did all right so uh these two right here these two terminals these two right here these two terminals these two right here these two terminals here are for uh PV input um so I here are for uh PV input um so I here are for uh PV input um so I actually don't have PV connected to this actually don't have PV connected to this actually don't have PV connected to this right now because my PV array is right now because my PV array is right now because my PV array is connected to the 6000 XP over there and connected to the 6000 XP over there and connected to the 6000 XP over there and like I said earlier this is normally not like I said earlier this is normally not like I said earlier this is normally not where this inverter is and this is not where this inverter is and this is not where this inverter is and this is not its normal purpose at least what I use its normal purpose at least what I use its normal purpose at least what I use it for uh but I did put it here for this it for uh but I did put it here for this it for uh but I did put it here for this video okay so it's got two cables that video okay so it's got two cables that video okay so it's got two cables that it comes with here this cable here and it comes with here this cable here and it comes with here this cable here and this cable here positive and negative this cable here positive and negative this cable here positive and negative we'll go look at the bottom but you put we'll go look at the bottom but you put we'll go look at the bottom but you put in my stick it through there and you put in my stick it through there and you put in my stick it through there and you put the screwdriver through these holes and the screwdriver through these holes and the screwdriver through these holes and then tighten them down all right so for then tighten them down all right so for then tighten them down all right so for the bottom part of the inverter as you the bottom part of the inverter as you the bottom part of the inverter as you can see here I have positive negative can see here I have positive negative can see here I have positive negative coming out here is pretty coming out here is pretty coming out here is pretty straightforward easily uh labeled right straightforward easily uh labeled right straightforward easily uh labeled right can't get it wrong there's a power can't get it wrong there's a power can't get it wrong there's a power button here there's a dry contact button button here there's a dry contact button button here there's a dry contact button uh Port there rs485 and then another uh Port there rs485 and then another uh Port there rs485 and then another Communications Port uh to the left of it Communications Port uh to the left of it Communications Port uh to the left of it there it's got a breaker just in case there it's got a breaker just in case there it's got a breaker just in case you did trip the breaker and that right you did trip the breaker and that right you did trip the breaker and that right there is where the ground is tied up at there is where the ground is tied up at there is where the ground is tied up at least on mine all right like I said I'm least on mine all right like I said I'm least on mine all right like I said I'm not telling you to do that that's just not telling you to do that that's just not telling you to do that that's just pretty much how I have M set up right pretty much how I have M set up right pretty much how I have M set up right now for this video uh but that's pretty now for this video uh but that's pretty now for this video uh but that's pretty much how that really works all right so much how that really works all right so much how that really works all right so these two cables that it comes with uh I these two cables that it comes with uh I these two cables that it comes with uh I have it tied off and I have mine going have it tied off and I have mine going have it tied off and I have mine going to this breaker this nater uh breaker to this breaker this nater uh breaker to this breaker this nater uh breaker does come with the uh inverter when you does come with the uh inverter when you does come with the uh inverter when you buy it okay uh the port that you can buy it okay uh the port that you can buy it okay uh the port that you can also use to connect Communications which also use to connect Communications which also use to connect Communications which a Wi-Fi dongle comes with you can a Wi-Fi dongle comes with you can a Wi-Fi dongle comes with you can connect up here I did not do that connect up here I did not do that connect up here I did not do that because I really have no reason to because I really have no reason to because I really have no reason to connect this thing to the Wi-Fi dongle connect this thing to the Wi-Fi dongle connect this thing to the Wi-Fi dongle and I've heard a lot of people really and I've heard a lot of people really and I've heard a lot of people really have a lot of issues with that and I have a lot of issues with that and I have a lot of issues with that and I just did not want to struggle with that just did not want to struggle with that just did not want to struggle with that for something I didn't really need Okay for something I didn't really need Okay for something I didn't really need Okay so this breaker it does come with this so this breaker it does come with this so this breaker it does come with this breaker it does not come with this uh breaker it does not come with this uh breaker it does not come with this uh breaker box all right so this box is breaker box all right so this box is breaker box all right so this box is usually here uh it's just left over from usually here uh it's just left over from usually here uh it's just left over from when I had the 6500 up here but you know when I had the 6500 up here but you know when I had the 6500 up here but you know I have it running through this breaker I have it running through this breaker I have it running through this breaker and right now um I know the cable and right now um I know the cable and right now um I know the cable management here is not that great but management here is not that great but management here is not that great but like I said this is just temporary and like I said this is just temporary and like I said this is just temporary and mine actually technically goes and mine actually technically goes and mine actually technically goes and connects this AO lithium uh battery pack connects this AO lithium uh battery pack connects this AO lithium uh battery pack all right yes I know this is not the all right yes I know this is not the all right yes I know this is not the same brand as the eg4 life power stuff same brand as the eg4 life power stuff same brand as the eg4 life power stuff but I have all my other life power stuff but I have all my other life power stuff but I have all my other life power stuff connected to the uh 6500 here so you connected to the uh 6500 here so you connected to the uh 6500 here so you know we're just going to be using this know we're just going to be using this know we're just going to be using this all right so uh mine's actually all right so uh mine's actually all right so uh mine's actually connected here to this can 485a Port uh connected here to this can 485a Port uh connected here to this can 485a Port uh the way you do that there's already a the way you do that there's already a the way you do that there's already a dedicated video on how to do that but dedicated video on how to do that but dedicated video on how to do that but you got to use uh dip switch number six you got to use uh dip switch number six you got to use uh dip switch number six put it up use the cable that comes with put it up use the cable that comes with put it up use the cable that comes with the inverter connect it and then you'll the inverter connect it and then you'll the inverter connect it and then you'll be good to go all right so as you can be good to go all right so as you can be good to go all right so as you can see on mine uh mine is actually see on mine uh mine is actually see on mine uh mine is actually connected and uh the communications connected and uh the communications connected and uh the communications works so it tells you pretty much how it works so it tells you pretty much how it works so it tells you pretty much how it really comes with or how to set up the really comes with or how to set up the really comes with or how to set up the the communications and like I mentioned the communications and like I mentioned the communications and like I mentioned already uh there is a dedicated video on already uh there is a dedicated video on already uh there is a dedicated video on that all right so mine right now I that all right so mine right now I that all right so mine right now I actually have going out and feeding uh actually have going out and feeding uh actually have going out and feeding uh this a not a Sur strip but power strip this a not a Sur strip but power strip this a not a Sur strip but power strip and then this is actually connected to and then this is actually connected to and then this is actually connected to the mini split that I have it's a 12,000 the mini split that I have it's a 12,000 the mini split that I have it's a 12,000 uh BTU mini split and I have it running uh BTU mini split and I have it running uh BTU mini split and I have it running through a power Inlet generator switch through a power Inlet generator switch through a power Inlet generator switch type box um it's a easy generator switch type box um it's a easy generator switch type box um it's a easy generator switch you can kind of get off the internet you can kind of get off the internet you can kind of get off the internet it's mainly only for 120 uh volt uh Min it's mainly only for 120 uh volt uh Min it's mainly only for 120 uh volt uh Min split system sys or actually technically split system sys or actually technically split system sys or actually technically any circuit but mine I've been running any circuit but mine I've been running any circuit but mine I've been running this way and if you look at it here this way and if you look at it here this way and if you look at it here right you can tell my battery is pretty right you can tell my battery is pretty right you can tell my battery is pretty much good to go it's pretty full there much good to go it's pretty full there much good to go it's pretty full there uh if you cycle through any of the uh uh if you cycle through any of the uh uh if you cycle through any of the uh options or or screen displays on here options or or screen displays on here options or or screen displays on here you know right now the battery voltage you know right now the battery voltage you know right now the battery voltage is fluctuating between 52. 7 2. 8 and then is fluctuating between 52.
7 2. 8 and then is fluctuating between 52. 7 2.
