Well, for anyone watching this thread, you have as much info as I do from EG4 (above), but I've talked to CurrentConnected a couple times on the phone. They've told me there's no SOC for lead acid (it's in the logs though) and that there's no Equalization for lead acid, that's only a LiFePO4 thing (I was trying to cheat and use EQ for an absorption charge for 2-4 hours but it never does that either). I questioned that equalization is no needed with flooded lead acid, and he asked some other techs, and apologized, but regardless I couldn't get it to EQ anyway. The voltage available from the 6000XP isn't sufficient for EQ of a nominal 48v lead acid battery bank anyway, it should be near 62v. The 6000XP has worked enough to keep me with power by setting the Gen controls to SOC based, and it had been shutting off ok, but still not charging with an acceptable profile for lead acid. It just charges until it hits the charge voltage, then shuts off, with it at high 90's % SOC indicated in logs (also a pain because I can't see this anywhere except in exported logs).
Well, today it started, I went out to cut firewood, and came back thinking "at least the genny will be off, it's been a couple hours." Nope, still running, and it cycles, too fast to even see in the logs, but it cycles 5400 watts charging, then stops charging, but does not shut off the genny, then starts charging again after less than a minute later after a 200w load, and repeats. Logs now indicate only 90% SOC, again internally calculated somehow because lead acid doesn't have a BMS. I changed to Generator by Voltage, set the stop voltage just under where it drops to when it quits charging so the genny would shut off. If I set it under the charge voltage, but above where the voltage drops to right after it stops charging, it just keeps cycling.
This isn't consistently working at all, it's eating up fuel, it's hard on the genny, it's not good for battery useful capacity or long life, and since I bought the 6000XP 7 months ago, obviously the distributor (CC) won't take it back, and they also no longer ship to Alaska. I feel a $10,000 (plus a couple thousand $$ third party shipping to Alaska) Lithium battery bank would be the best, and only option, if I want to stick with the EG4. For a fraction of that price, I've got another inverter coming from Signature Solar via UPS (SS will still ship to AK), but to get the capacity I wanted, I ended up with a single phase 230v Euro inverter with an auto transformer to split the phase to 120v x 2 legs. My generator can supply 230v single phase by swapping one wire, so this is an acceptable solution for me. Without the transformer, the cost was similar to the EG4. I also will need another solar charge controller now.
Anyone want a used 6000XP after I get the new one going? I was skeptical when I bought it but the value if it worked for my use would have been great.
