My kit: 4Kw panels, Solax X1 5T Hybrid 5KW Inverter and 2 x Solax 5.6KW batteries. With an iBoost for heating hot water with excess energy.
Generally working absolutely fine... Apps really useful, tho doesn't seem to show particularly accurate data.. tho i'm not too fussed about that.
I'm charging the batteries overnight and the solar tops things up during the day. so daytime (peak rate) grid draw is next to zero
One thing I'm bemused about if anyone has any experience of Solax Inverters
When the batteries are set to charge between 12:30 and 4:30 obviously the inverter draws from the grid until the charge period is released.. At 4:30am id expect the batteries to take up power delivery.. Which they do for the main part..
BUT I've noticed that whenever the home power draw is less than around 100watts the inverter allows this to come from the grid.. this is usually until we get up and start drawing more power (kettle etc..) at which the draws goes to battery... NB I'm not talking about intermittent grid draws.. i'm talking draws that can last for hours- albeit of around 70-80 watts .
Is this just just one of those anomalous things that inverter systems do.. or is there a setting somewhere that will resolve it so that it always draws from the battery no matter how small the draw is?
Thoughts welcome
Generally working absolutely fine... Apps really useful, tho doesn't seem to show particularly accurate data.. tho i'm not too fussed about that.
I'm charging the batteries overnight and the solar tops things up during the day. so daytime (peak rate) grid draw is next to zero
One thing I'm bemused about if anyone has any experience of Solax Inverters
When the batteries are set to charge between 12:30 and 4:30 obviously the inverter draws from the grid until the charge period is released.. At 4:30am id expect the batteries to take up power delivery.. Which they do for the main part..
BUT I've noticed that whenever the home power draw is less than around 100watts the inverter allows this to come from the grid.. this is usually until we get up and start drawing more power (kettle etc..) at which the draws goes to battery... NB I'm not talking about intermittent grid draws.. i'm talking draws that can last for hours- albeit of around 70-80 watts .
Is this just just one of those anomalous things that inverter systems do.. or is there a setting somewhere that will resolve it so that it always draws from the battery no matter how small the draw is?
Thoughts welcome