Sorry for delay in coming back, was at work and needed to get into attic. Interested in your opinion on graphs
look ok to me, but cant tell from the graph when the battery is discharing during the day - only a total for the day. Ideally my battery covers the house load until its empty - so in my graph the load and battery discharge match up. if you see battery discharging when there is no house load - then you are dumping to grid. (you might get paid for it if you have a smart meter and a FIT agreement - but its always better to "self-consume" during daytime peak rates)
did you check to see if you are setting "discharge times" or not?
Can you keep things consistent, and post the Energy Charged and Discharged graph covering 03/02
You previously posted a graph which appeared to indicate massive discharging from around 09:00 to 14:00. So what have you changed settings wise ?
Tried to remove discharge but wouldn't let me, jept going back to origional setting, so extended out from 9am to 9pm. But doesn't seem to be discharging at all.
Above is the only settings I've changed.
Post some pictures of the inverter screen where the charge and discharge settings are set, not the app screen shots.
So heres charging and discharging, today yesterday and day before
are you able to access the inverter screen (on the inverter itself, not the app) where you are able to set charging and discharging times? if yes, take a photo of those settings with your phone and post it here.
Was thinking of putting some panels on the picture attached - any suggestions welcome.
Shed 5 x 5
Slope- 30 degrees
Time taken 8.25 am
South facing? Could be a job for microinverters or a small 1-2kW inverter. Go for it!
Ok, we are in one sense asking for the wrong thing here
It's clear now that Discharge is FORCED Discharge rather than natural discharge.
Obviously, for whatever reason, you don't want to post the settings screen on the inverter itsel
If south facing, perfect for a DIY job and a standalone inverter.
@saccaromyces Please read the manual. It took me one Google search to get a manual, and it's clear in there how to setup correctly. Very well explained, read carefully.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sofar+inverter+manual&oq=sofar+inverter+&aqs=chrome.4.69i57j0i512l8.10334j1j7&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
Basically you need to make sure you are in correct mode, and remove any discharge times. Try setting them to 00:00
Read the manual though!
Are you on any smart plans? Did you try and setup night rate charge?
As it's a sofar, you dont remove the discharge you just don't enable that time of use profile.
Can you just set the Inverter to auto? (In work mode setting)
Thanks all, yes will read manual. Yes on smart plan and set up charge at night rate. So enabled for it to charge on cheap rate.
Set Mode to Time of Use Mode
You appear to have the Time of Use profile correctly setup
Tried setting to 00.00 but kept going vack to origional setting
That in Timing Mode ???? That is NOT the mode you want to use.
Select Time of Use Mode
Just a quick question reference my Eddi hot water diverter, should the priority be element 1or element 2 or does it make any difference.
@kerdiff depends on your specific HW tank and how it was wired up to the immersion element(s), Priority 1 will get first dibs, and when it reaches max temp (based on that immersion thermostat), then it diverts to Priority 2 element if there is one.
One will be the original Sink, while the other will be Bath
You could set Sink to be priority for the shoulder months, while then setting Bath across the main summer months (even from April thru October)
Reckon I'd get 6 panels on it 😉
Then you’d get 6 more on the other side
Looks like that shed/building has power, is there a sub box there,? If so you may be able to feed the PV into it given it’s a relatively small setup
Yes of course never thought of that. Yes I built the shed with a consumer unit in it..just have 4 double sockets and lights.
So I could run it back to the unit (really) I must you tube it later to see if someone has a video on it. Cheers
You'd just have to check the size of the cable running from the shed back to the main consumer unit to make sure it could take it safely
Thats it seems to be working now, I will monitor over next few days. Thanks for being there
It's armoured should be 4 Square, but I think 2.5 if that makes sense.
Thanks
There’s 2.5 sq SWA alright, others will be able to advise it that sufficient
Depends on the length of the run from shed to CU, but assuming 20m you should be good for 16A anyway. Roof space more likely to be the limiting factor. 😉
https://www.elandcables.com/cable-calculator
Tks guys it's 4 square with about 60 meter run..I'm going to speak with my elec friend this morning in work..
I suppose its a carbon copy of my current install
Solar pv panels-Dc isolation-invertor-AC ISOLATION-Consumer unit.
Would I need the other few bits?
