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2 Introduction
2.1 About this Manual – Target Audience
This manual is intended to be used by qualified service and installation personnel for the purposes of product
installation. This product is permanently wired to the home electrical service, and must be installed by a licensed
electrician only. This manual contains instructions for the installation and start up sequence of the Eguana Evolve™
home energy storage system; including the PCS and master battery cabinets, the energy meter, and Ethernet
connection to a customer supplied internet router.
IMPORTANT! This manual makes frequent references to a utility interactive solar PV system as part of an
AC coupled solar plus storage installation, which is independently supplied, installed, and operated from
the Eguana Evolve ESS. It is the responsibility of the installer to ensure that any utility interactive PV system
connected to a backup panel for micro-grid operation is compatible for use with a grid-forming battery inverter.
The energy management system supplied with this product can monitor the AC power output of an independently
installed utility interactive solar PV inverter to operate energy savings algorithms applicable to the local electrical
utility; either via CT monitoring, or via compatible communication protocols with a select list of PV inverter models.
Consult Eguana Technologies for the most recent list of PV inverters with direct communication to the energy
management system.
This product can supply limited backup power, and contains separate grid and load ports to isolate backup loads
during a grid outage. When this product is not in service, backup loads are routed directly to the grid panel via the
internal PCS bypass relay.
The AC output of an independently installed utility interactive solar PV inverter can be wired to the backup panel
to support solar battery charging during backup operation.
The battery capacity of this system can be expanded by adding additional cabinets adjacent to the master battery
cabinet. Expansion of battery capacity is not covered within the scope of this document.
2.2 Glossary
Term
Definition
Term
Definition
AC
Alternating Current
GND
Ground
ARC
Auto Recovery Circuit
LED
Light Emitting Diode
AS/NZS Standards Australia
NC
Normally Closed
CEC
Clean Energy Council
NO
Normally Open
CPU
Central Processing Unit
PCS
Power Control System (Inverter)
DC
Direct Current
PE
Protective Earth
DRED
Demand Response Enabling Device
PV
Photo-Voltaic
DRM
Demand Response Mode
RF
Radio Frequency
EMS
Energy Management System
SOC
State Of Charge (Battery)
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
SOH
State of Health (Battery)
ESS
Energy Storage System