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Pre paid meter

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On 2022/07/18 at 7:18 PM, Derek Ramos said:

Sorry if this is in the wrong place

since I have installed my inverter on Sunday  I am unable to read my pre paid meter. it shows error -30-

I have tried all the plugs in my house, inverter side and grid side but nothing seems to work. If I go to my gate motor in the front of my property and plug it into a socket then the meter reads just fine, if I run to my house before the meter battery goes flat it will sit on a reading without changing and then eventually go into error -30-

I have tried unplugging the ct coil from the inverter to see if that helps, but it doesn’t.  
 

because I don’t have solar I am testing the work mode out so I can cycle my batteries. 
 

I have ticked to not export to grid, I have an 80watt trickle set. I don’t know if it’s something to do with my wiring because at this point it’s my only explanation. 
 

please excuse my quick drawing. But it’s just to show you how things are connected 

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I have the same keypad and the same problem.

1) Plug the Keypad (meter reader) before the inverter (Grid Side).
2) Isolate the inverter when you need to load units / use keypad.
My keypad was moved to the grid side.
The keypad still shows the units (kWh) available, but I can't load until I isolate the inverter.
I think the trickle feed from the inverter affects the Keypad communications over the power cables to the meter.

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