vcadieux· 2025-07-29 12:16:54

[DELTA PRO 3 + SMART HOME PANEL 2] Introduction to my setup and how I installed and planned it.

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share my installation experience with the Smart Home Panel 2, Delta Pro 3, and Delta Pro Extra Batteries.

I handled the installation myself since I have experience with electrical work, and my stepfather—who's a certified electrician—came by to check everything over. He also gave me a few helpful tips along the way.

The installation was done in July 2024, and here’s how I managed to minimize downtime for the house:

1. Drilled the necessary holes in the Smart Home Panel 2.
2. Mounted the Smart Home Panel 2 on the wall in its final location.
3. Ran cables from the Smart Home Panel 2 to a junction box near my main panel and labeled each one.
4. Connected the labeled wires to their respective breakers in the Smart Home Panel 2.
5. Measured, cut, and prepped the main power cable that would connect to the main panel.
6. [MAIN POWER OFF] Turned off power to the main panel.
7. Disconnected the circuits I wanted to transfer from the main panel (~30 minutes).
8. Routed those cables to the junction box (unless they were long enough to go straight to the SHP2) (~20 minutes).
9. Connected those circuits to the pre-labeled cables in the junction box (~30 minutes).
10. Double-checked all connections and connected the circuits that went directly into the SHP2 (~30 minutes).
11. [MAIN POWER ON] Restored power to the main panel.
12. Completed the setup in the EcoFlow app and tested each circuit.

In total, the power was down for about two hours, which I thought was pretty reasonable.

At first, I had an issue where the Delta Pro 3 wasn't powering the Smart Home Panel 2—there was a red light indicating a fault. I unplugged the bottom battery connection and reconnected everything. After a few tries, everything powered up and has been working flawlessly since.