Battery - to take advantage of 2am to 5am cheap rate electricity - v2

Hi, yeap defo Pinergy or Energia EV plan, fill the car and the battery at 0.075cent ish, bit of sun you may even be selling it back later at .24cent.

Or buy 14KwH Seplos DIY sell the Dyness for similar amount and easily cover your daily useage plus make a few Euro's along the way to make the pay back quicker, no sparks needed just switch the existing off disconnect and connect the DIY.

Oh, and one thing I think all of us learn once we go live with solar is just how much electricity we use on a daily basis.

Pre solar install (no Solis cloud or Home Assistant) I had very little idea or interest in what we were consuming now its all there in front of you.

I'm only getting 20kWh over the 4 hour period, so if there are multiple days where the charge is 50% or lower, they won't charge to 100% in that period. I will then extend the charge period outside the 4 hours if I need to get it to 100%. Lastnight, I had it charging for 6.5 hours and it still only got to 93%. It's at 85% now and the solar will either keep it at a high SOC, or supplement the house needs enough today so the batteries will see a full charge during the 4 hour period tomorrow.

Luckily, I am still excited enough that it isn't a chore to monitor and tinker with it. I'll be wanting more charge capacity though, but not until my EV charger has the CT clamp installed to keep the overall load under control. I'll be either adding a 3kW charger to the storage, or applying for an 8 or 10kW inverter. Nothing else is used between 2 and 6am, but I want to keep the load as low as possible while still getting some juice into the house storage and the cars, even if it means plugging in every night.

When the sun comes back out next year, my storage will be full most of the time and I can even export some of that.

Not a sparks, so I am waiting for a sparks to come replace an under-rated CU that was fitted and hoping to get more work done at the same time. I expect by using a spare 32A supply I have which is planned for my shed and running from a mini CU to a 25A smart switch for timing. Waiting for the electrician though, as it's not something to DIY considering the CU needs to be worked on and the mini CU needs to be added too. I've no problem connecting the charger once everything is in place, but it looks like it will be next year before anything is done.

You could build one in the attic, but otherwise getting it up there, you’d need a hoist.

Hi, collect on weekend, or some companies will deliver to south also like Parcelclub.