murphydrew

Hi Tim. Do you mind sending me a pic of your Panels Ramping up to produce excess power to your non-essentials? I want to show my guy how it should be showing. Thanks

Okay - as was the case with most of you, my CT was installed on the wrong pins too! They were installed on 1 and 2 instead of 3 and 4. The guy moved them and instantly the house consumption showed up when ZERO EXPORT TO CT was clicked. He also says now the PV should send excess power to non-essentials if battery is full. Just need the Cape Town rain to clear up and then I can see if thats happening. Massive relief!

Is yours a 5kw inverter? A new team is coming tomorrow to check out mine.

Did you come right?

Glad to hear it. Is your house a single phase?

Question for the folks whose system is working properly: Does your Non Essentials consumption register on your inverter? I.e. can you see when your geyser is on via the inverter? My system never shows the non essential consumption but my friends' sunsynk does.

Thanks. Thats what they originally told and 'sold' me. But not sure why that's not happening.

Is it true that if you have something powered by the Panels then the battery will try power it during loadshedding? I.e. You can't have the panels give surplus power to the pool pump/geyser and let the grid top it up if need be but when theres loadshedding they dont work at all? That would be ideal as I dont want my geyser running down my small battery. But my installers are saying if you want the panels to give power to something, the battery WILL try power it when theres loadshedding.

Thanks for the tips. Are you saying with only 6 panels there's not enough there to power the geyser from surplus? Even if it stays on the non essentials?

I figured out how to get the battery to show on the home page dashboard!!! You need to go into Plant Info and change the System type to Storage instead of Self consumption. Click yes and then done and it will then show up. Stoked!

Ok the guy came. Says I need to have a Smart Load function wiring done to allow non essentials to be powered by the PV. I don’t know why they didn’t do that originally as promised. But my 5kw inverter might not be enough for the 3kw geyser because if someone puts on a kettle while the geyser is on, it will max out over 5kw and trip. Anyone else got their 5kw inverter and geyser being powered by the panels? I have 6x 540W panels. Good luck all. They couldn't tell me about zero export to CT why there are no figures being shown.

Please do. My guy is coming today but seems to be more clued up on sunsynk systems unfortunately

Yes this makes sense - but even if I turn on Geyser/Oven/Pool pump (all non-essential) and I know the battery is full and sun is shining, PV usage never ramps up to meet that excess demand. Which seems incorrect.

I've had that setting ticked but even then I dont see any increase solar production. I guess my question is "Will your inverter show increased solar production" if its all configured properly. Also when I have "Zero to CT" my battery ONLY works during loadshedding. It doesn't discharge when at night (which I want it to up to a point). Also when its set to Zero to CT, my house consumption is shown as 0 constantly only until loadhsedding and then it shows as 400W or whatever as the battery is in use then. Very frustrating.

No I haven't fixed it. I've just been using ZERO EXPORT TO LOAD so that I can see consumption and also use the TIme of Use settings on the inverter. Before, my battery wouldn't get used in the evening. Now at least it runs down to about 40% so I have some backup for L/S at night. But it doesnt feel right still. I want my PV to power my Non-Essential geyser during the day but I cant ever tell if that's happening. Are you expected to see the Solar usage ramp up if it is powering non-essentials during the day? I.e. if the battery is full and the house conusmption is say 400W, would you expect to see the PV usage ramp up to 1kw/2kw if its heating a geyser/pool pump? Thanks

Hi, can I ask how can you tell if your PV is sending power to your essentials if their is spare capacity? On your inverter can you see the PV ramp up because they are powering the non essentials once battery and essentials are taken care of? I have a Deye but I can’t tell if mine is sending power to the non essentials when there is capacity. I turn on my geyser in full sun and the PV output remains the same, it never ramps up.

I'm not sure - I had a solar company (reputable one) install it, so I presume it was correctly done. What constitutes 'correct' settings for the battery? It works when there is loadshedding. Ill check the ratio thanks.

I have a Deye 5kw hybrid inverter with panels and a 5kw battery. I also have the solarman ios app. My inverter is set to Zero Export to CT as recommended by installers but in that setting the inverter and the app both show house consumption as 0. When I change to 'Zero Export to Load' it then does the live house consumption but then the PV wont power the non-essentials which I want them to. Anyone exprienced this and know a solve? Also my solarman smart app show the battery on the dashboard. Anyone know how to keep Zero Export to CT and still see consumption? Thanks

Hi there I've just installed a Deye 5kw hybrid inverter, with a 5kw battery and 6 Panels. I have the Solarman app on ios. When the inverter is set to 'Zero Export to CT' which is what was recommended - the inverter and app both show 0 consumption for the house. Only during loadshedding does it show consumption from the battery. When I set the inverter to Zero Export to Load - it DOES show house consumption constantly, but then as i understand the PV wont power non-essentials which is what i want it to do. Also - my Solarman smart app doesnt show the battery on the dashboard. Only PV, Grid and Consumption. Any idea how I can get those fixed? Thanks