The FourScoped Blog
Feature deep-dives, setup guides, and tips for getting the most out of your EG4 system.
July 3, 2026
How Self-Sufficient Is a Real Solar Home? A Live Breakdown
Anonymized real data showing how much of one home’s load was covered by its own solar and battery versus the grid, hour by hour.
July 2, 2026
Three Strings, One Roof: A Real Per-MPPT Comparison
Anonymized real data showing each MPPT solar string charted separately, so you can see how individual strings perform through a day.
June 14, 2026
Good Notification Matter, Too
Notifications from your solar energy system don't have to be bad
June 14, 2026
Parallel Inverter Systems: Balancing and What to Watch
Running two or more inverters together adds capacity and resilience, but it also means watching that they share the work evenly. Here is how to keep an eye on balance.
June 13, 2026
Generator Control Is Here: EG4 Remote Start, Auto-Exercise, and Proof
A standby generator only helps if it starts when you need it. FourScoped now lets you start and stop your EG4 generator remotely, schedule automatic weekly exercise runs, line up one-time runs before a storm, and confirm every run actually worked, by detecting voltage, not just energy. Exercise runs that deliver no load still register as successful, and every run is logged and exportable as a maintenance record.
June 13, 2026
Monitoring EG4 Inverter Temperatures with FourScoped
Diagnosing issues with inverters is easy with Hyper Mode in FourScoped.
June 13, 2026
The "No Data" Alert: Know the Moment Your Inverter Goes Dark
The most underrated alert is also the simplest. If your system stops reporting, you want to know now, not three days from now when you check the app.
June 12, 2026
Introducing Hyper Mode: Chart Every Metric Your EG4 Inverter Reports
Hyper Mode unlocks the full firehose of EG4 telemetry, from per-string voltage to battery cell temperatures, and lets you chart any of it over a week with zoom and multi-inverter overlay.
June 11, 2026
Smart Alerts: Catch Battery, Grid, and Solar Problems Before They Cost You
An offline inverter or a quietly underperforming array can go unnoticed for days. FourScoped alerts watch your system and email you within minutes when something needs attention.
June 9, 2026
Power vs Energy: How to Read Your EG4 Charts (and Why kW and kWh Differ)
kW and kWh look similar but measure very different things. Here is how FourScoped separates instantaneous power from accumulated energy so your daily totals always reconcile with the EG4 portal.
June 8, 2026
Five Numbers Every Grid Connected EG4 Owner Should Watch
You do not need to track everything. These five numbers tell you almost all you need to know about your system day to day.
June 7, 2026
Introducing FourScoped: Modern Monitoring Built for EG4 Solar Systems
FourScoped is a new monitoring service for EG4 solar and battery systems, with real-time power flow, deep charts, battery health, and smart email alerts. Here is what it does and how to start.