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@@daneyand I downloaded it but it dies t give option to start account, asks for email and password or view only.

Hi Victor! You are right. Until the inverters use their onboard small batteries and either do some magic to turn the optimizers back on or form a small micro grid to turn the optimizers back on…. That’s how this works without a battery. It even states in the manuals for SolarEdge that this functionality is unsupported. Meaning that SolarEdge does not want to receive any support phone calls if it does not work.

@@daneyand typical of solar edge to do this, they want us to purchase their stuff and not pursue another way ..I need to find out how is done I have a 10 system, but I want to get batteries any way because I lived in Florida and when we get storm at night is hard..

Was a great car while I had it. Traded for an x3 to take the fam skiing. Oh well…. 🤘🏼

this is a grid tie system but if you have optimizer with your solar panel you are sending current to the meter and without power coming in you solar edge inverter will shut down solar panel.. and no power..

It’s your standard c13 to c14 240v PDU power cord. The unit was just sitting on my desk and not plugged into the 120v power outlet.

@Daneyand Singley so each power supply runs on a regular 110v power cord, like a PC and the unit as a whole runs on between 208v-240v? I apologize if these questions seem winded but I can't find any direct info, our supplier is reading the pamphlet, and we have a very limited amount of options for breakers and power lines.

My mother just took delivery of an M50 as well…. That car is super fast and exudes quality. However, I could not get the auto drive features to work the way that it’s billed. I could never get it to do an auto lane change on the highway, and I could never go hands-free with it.

Hmmmm, interesting. I’ve since added an LG 16KW battery and it’s been working great. I do have one regret, though, I wish I had a larger over sized inverter for the panels serving the house. The reason why is I have the inverter placed in my basement utility room and when the sun is screaming and filling up those panels, the inverter can get a little buzzy. I would rather it be completely silent. My neighbor has a larger inverter compared to the number of panels feeding it, and his inverter never makes a sound. So just food for thought.

Working great. I added a 16KWH battery to the main inverter. The first of three and it’s been bullet proof. I keep the battery at 90% charge and set the inverter to maximum self consumption. So it uses that 10% of the battery throughout the day. Now I’m hoping for a powah outage! Hahah.

Nice. Did you go with the solar edge battery or the lg? I just ordered a 5.3 kw system with the solar edge hub.

@@milesaller LG 16KWh battery. The SEs were just coming on the market at the time we ordered.

So fun!!!!

Thanks man! Cheers!

Not quite, the BUI only disconnect your house from the grid. Once disconnected the inverters have a 9 volt battery that powers the electronics and enables the inverters to start and create a micro grid. Up to three inverters can contribute per system.

I was at the time. It’s gone now. Traded for an x3. Cheers!

In this case the system will shutdown and restart 10s to 60s later. It’s enough time to turn off the breaker to the heavy load and restart. Works pretty good.

Appreciate the reply! That’s what I figured it would do but there is so little information online about SolarEdge sunlight backup.

@@MrPooperrr Yeah no problem. I’m sure they do this because this is an unsupported feature. They won’t take phone calls about this or help if it’s not working. So, your mileage may vary. Since this video was posted I’ve added a battery…. It’s been mostly a great experience.

No, the inverters will only supply enough power for the load. Anything produced above this when you are islanding is not converted to AC.

There are two versions of the BUI?

It's so easy. You literally set up the inverter the same way as if you had a battery. So that means, Flipping the power button to P for a second. Connecting to the WIFI on the inverter. Then navigating to the commissioning webpage with a browser - 172.16.0.1 Then just follow the steps laid out in the manual to enable "backup mode". You don't even need the manual. it's pretty easy to guess how to do it. Perhaps I should do a quick video? Also, I have since purchased an LG RESU 16h battery. The system works great!

It is exactly: SE6000H-USS3BBC14

Do you have a BUI installed and data lines connected via RS485 bus? Did you add the BUI as a k own device through the menus? Do all that and you should be able to enable backup. What is the error that it throws?

Yes I have a bui and I went into Commissioning > Power Control > Energy Manager > Backup Configuration > Backup > Enable And it saves and that’s when I then get a startup error 18x7B Yes the data lines are connected When you say add it as a known device in the menus, what do you mean?

@@jeremythompson4857 If you go to device manager via the main menu, I believe you will see the BUI. Add it via that menu and you should be able to follow the same steps to configure everything correctly.

@@daneyand thanks for the followup. I ended up calling solar edge and there was a misconfiguration on their side that they had to fix before i could enable the BUI. it works now just like yours!

They are talking a disconnect outside near your main power meter. They are required in most states and part of code. Most of them can be locked on or off. Does that help?

Yes thank you!

No it does not. Outside of the house there is a disconnect that you are talking about. It's right next to the meter for the power company or first responders to but the solar power. The disconnect switch sits between the AC output of the inverter and the input to the BUI in my case. If there is no BUI it would sit between the output of the inverter and the main breaker panel.

@@daneyand What if I have two SolarEdge inverters feeding into my SolarEdge Backup Interface? Any idea what type of AC disconnect would I need then? Would I need two AC disconnects, one for each inverter? Without the disconnect, the inverters would feed directly into the Backup Interface, which allows for up to 3 inverters for input. I'm scratching my head on how wire the AC disconnect with two SolarEdge inverters coming into it.

@@daneyand Do you know if SolarEdge still allows use of the Backup Interface for off grid without batteries attached? In reading the comments on this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5SUh6F7h5Zog8k , they say that SolarEdge turned off the capability to run off grid without a battery.

doesnt look like it. HK system has a subwoofer in the sub-trunk. But the default "hifi" 10 speaker system is actually pretty good too. Test drove one 2 days ago

Now that I’ve put a battery in the system I’d say the transfer is about a second or so. I actually like the longer transfer. It’s long enough for some big loads in the house(computer) to turn off and stay off while on backup power. Other systems are supposedly instantaneous. Which would not be ideal for me. Cheers!

Hey JB. Well, I guess I have a clue. However, my very excellent installer here did the work for me. And recently I purchased a battery that is working spot on. So let's give this a go... First off you need a compatible battery, LG RESU or SolarEdge's own batteries are the only two that will work. You need to hook the +, - and ground from the battery to the SE inverter battery terminals using whatever AWG wire it recommends in the manuals. Then you must connect the RS-485 communication wires from the battery to the inverter, use ethernet wire for this. There is clear documentation in the battery manual and the SolarEdge manual on how to do this. After that you need to go into SE inverter setup menu by either using the SetApp phone app or just hooking your laptop up the the inverter wifi and pointing a browser to it's web server address => 172.16.0.1, I think. Go through the menu to communication or something, drill into the RS-485 menu and click add battery. It will find it and add it. Then you need to do a battery self test. It will go through a test, charge and discharge cycle and then you are good to set the battery to whatever mode you want in the power menu, such as Maximum Self Consumption or other modes of using the battery. I set ours so far to drain the battery at night to 70% and recharge during the day... LG batteries need to be at a specific firmware I think, and SE pushes the firmware to the batteries -> you may need to call them to get them to do this if it isn't set already. Also, to activate the LG warranty you need to be a certified battery installer. You can take a free test on their website to become a certified self installer and away you go. Is that enough detail to point you in the right direction? Though my installer did most of this, I learned as I looked over their shoulder and googled the rest just to understand how the system works. Cheers!

@@daneyand Thank you for this, It sounds pretty straightforward. Unfortunately I didn’t purchase a LG or SE battery. I was under the impression that this inverter would work with a traditional battery bank. I guess my next step is to call solaredge again and confirm this information. 😁✌🏼

No, my installer did the entire installation. I did the inverter reprogramming. To do that, flip the power button to P for a second. Connect to the WIFI on the inverter. Then navigate to the commissioning webpage with a browser - 172.16.0.1... Follow the manual or just poke around and enable the "backup mode". You'll have two options. Something like "maximum self consumption" or "backup only". The first tries to use some % of the battery before going back to the grid. The second uses all capacity in the battery for power out situations. SE only supports the batteries they support. Which is LG and their own. The reason being is that the battery has a BMS, battery management system, that tracks health, age, use, etc and tries to keep the cells alive by doing all sorts of things. This BMS talks to the SE inverter via RS485 bus. If they don't talk, they don't know about each other and it will not configure the battery for use.