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Hi John The generation meter you have fitted is the ECA2.z This meter only reads one value. The ECA2.nz variant (Net) of this meter will read import and export and give a "NET" value. i.e. export - Import. Do you have a battery in the system? If so the .nz would register the output from the PV+...

Funny that. It's the only thing that I could see as well. I've flipped them to disabled and will see what we get overnight. Not too hopeful as I'm starting to think the charge loss may be the bigger issue.

Okay John settings as requested.

OK Adjustment of the Discharge Stop SOC setting hasn't worked in quite the way I'd hoped but has provided a bit more of an insight into what's going on. Yesterdays adjustment was simply to increase the Discharge Stop SOC from 10% to 12%. The hope was that the SOC limit, which triggers force...

Just to wade in on the debate. A similar technology behind what's now number spoofing was incorporated into digital, as opposed to analogue, switchboards which enabled company's to allocate specific numbers for various departments and "hide" the direct line numbers, extensions, from the...

Thanks again John. I've accessed the portal and made a change to the Discharge Stop SOC. I'll give it some time and report back when I have some more data. I've got an idea of what's happening but need to see what happens with the change first.

Thanks for the reply John and sticking with me through this. What are you using to access these settings? The ShinePhone app only seems to give a limited subset, via the plant control tab, of what you're showing above and I haven't found an "advanced settings" option that might open up more...

So @johnb2713 from above comments you are saying the hard deck for your Growatt is 10% and that's set by the BMS. Are parameters for the BMS accessible anywhere? Looking in the control panel from the Shinephone app I don't see anything that seems to relate. I've gone back to check the detailed...

Hi both. Thanks for the additional comments. I was in the process of trying to get some more data on the issue but will give you what I have to date. Firstly @johnb2713 The first thing I did once network connection was established was to check the AC charge setting and it is OFF as you...

Ah thanks binky I'd got the impression this only occurred at specific times (light levels!) so just a bit surprised when they appeared in the middle of the night. Obviously got the wrong end of the stick. Guess just have to live with it. As you say, annoying, and not a little frustrating...

Hi Time for the update. Installation team returned Tuesday to sort the Wi-Fi. Actually installed a ShineLan Box and, what I believe, to be an RF dongle to the Inverter. I'm in the process of trying to get hold of some detail information on these. Not really keen on hooking stuff up to the router...

Very much as I expected. I can only have thanks and admiration for those of you who make the time to monitor what goes up here and contribute and share so much of your knowledge and experience. Of great concern however is the thought of just how many people are left with systems that are either...

Just as an aside is there any documentation available anywhere related to the advanced settings for the SPH? Watching posts on this forum it appears that quite a few folk get tripped up by these settings. Details only seem to come from other members who've clearly delved deeper and got to grips...

Yep that's where I hope to get to once I have a web interface....which is ostensibly what installer visit is about Tuesday to return with, and set up the Wi-Fi dongle, which they removed when concluding that the supplied one was faulty. At same time I want to persuade them that there's a CT...

Thanks John but I'm unfortunately not. My original intent was to use the battery for storing excess PV output to bleed back in after sunset to ease the load. I felt I'd sized the system to match our "background" usage. I'm not considering looking for an off peak tariff either. (at east not for...

Dug out an old OWL CT and monitor which I used to have on the system pre PV just to look at the red cable to the utility meter. However kW readout doesn't tie up very well with anything reported on the other side of the meter. Probably a calibration issue but doesn't seem to follow the power...

Yes I was going to try that but the CT is so tight on the tail I don't want to bust it. I opened it up but it will require some force to shift and there's virtually no movement in the wire it's that short. With the installer returning Tuesday don't want to have to explain why its broke...

Hi, I'm posting this as much for initial comment by any of the long standing members who have similar installations but ultimately as information for any other new PV users who may find this useful. Always assuming I get this sorted and working. System was installed 12th January. Everything...

Growatt PV + Battery Installation. SPH + Li6532. Have been following forum for a few months now and would like to post about my experiences and hopefully provide help for others who are seeking answers to similar questions and issues.