March 22, 20242 yr There is an option in Solar Assistant for "Generator stop capacity" - but there doesn't seem to be an equivalent setting on Solarman? Does it work? How does it work? Esp in relation to "Work mode timer" / "Time of use"?
March 22, 20242 yr On the Sunsynk app it's under 'auxiliary load', then allows a percentage for 'on' and 'off'.
March 22, 20242 yr 46 minutes ago, ColinJK said: How does it work? Esp in relation to "Work mode timer" / "Time of use"? Good morning, these are the settings on your Deye inverter With regards to time of use, you select the GEN CHARGE tick box for the specific time period as determined by you. The inverter will manage the GEN as if it is the GRID that has been selected. Just keep the requirements for a proper connection of the signal cable to the GEN relay in mind. Edited March 22, 20242 yr by CobusK Gen relay connection
March 22, 20242 yr Author thanks abd7 and CobusK I should clarify that it is a Jinko 12kW 3 phase that appears to be identical to the Deye in all but name. As you will note the Deye settings do not show a "Generator Stop Capacity" setting, though evidently the Sunsynk does. So presumably this (solar assistant) setting has no effect on a Deye (?). It is not my system so unfortunately I can't do ad-hoc tests... As with many aspects of the Deye settings, I don't fully understand how the generator control works. At the moment we have the generator enabled in the "time of use" settings, so once the batteries have charged to the setting for the given time slot the generator is stopped. This is not ideal, particularly if one wants to use maximum battery capacity for solar self consumption - it means the generator will be cycling on and off as it only charges the battery a little bit, then that little bit of battery quickly gets depleted forcing gen on again etc. I'm not sure what happens if gen is disabled in "time of use", but I believe it would charge the batteries up to 100% (?). This I'm not so keen on as it is not so efficient to be charging batteries at their top SoCs. So the "generator stop capacity" was of great interest to me - it would be nice to be able to set it to say 80%.
March 22, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, ColinJK said: thanks abd7 and CobusK I should clarify that it is a Jinko 12kW 3 phase that appears to be identical to the Deye in all but name. As you will note the Deye settings do not show a "Generator Stop Capacity" setting, though evidently the Sunsynk does. So presumably this (solar assistant) setting has no effect on a Deye (?). It is not my system so unfortunately I can't do ad-hoc tests... As with many aspects of the Deye settings, I don't fully understand how the generator control works. At the moment we have the generator enabled in the "time of use" settings, so once the batteries have charged to the setting for the given time slot the generator is stopped. This is not ideal, particularly if one wants to use maximum battery capacity for solar self consumption - it means the generator will be cycling on and off as it only charges the battery a little bit, then that little bit of battery quickly gets depleted forcing gen on again etc. I'm not sure what happens if gen is disabled in "time of use", but I believe it would charge the batteries up to 100% (?). This I'm not so keen on as it is not so efficient to be charging batteries at their top SoCs. So the "generator stop capacity" was of great interest to me - it would be nice to be able to set it to say 80%. Post in thread 'Generator or Inverter for residential use?' https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/generator-or-inverter-for-residential-use.1068126/post-29624730 There must be these settings on the deye as well, since Sunsynk and deye have the same functionality essentially, check: Generator Port Use Setup Menu The off and on values for the aux port / gen port are what solar assistant reflects. Solar assistants wording / labelling is just better. Edited March 22, 20242 yr by abd7
March 22, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, ColinJK said: thanks abd7 and CobusK I should clarify that it is a Jinko 12kW 3 phase that appears to be identical to the Deye in all but name. As you will note the Deye settings do not show a "Generator Stop Capacity" setting, though evidently the Sunsynk does. So presumably this (solar assistant) setting has no effect on a Deye (?). It is not my system so unfortunately I can't do ad-hoc tests... As with many aspects of the Deye settings, I don't fully understand how the generator control works. At the moment we have the generator enabled in the "time of use" settings, so once the batteries have charged to the setting for the given time slot the generator is stopped. This is not ideal, particularly if one wants to use maximum battery capacity for solar self consumption - it means the generator will be cycling on and off as it only charges the battery a little bit, then that little bit of battery quickly gets depleted forcing gen on again etc. I'm not sure what happens if gen is disabled in "time of use", but I believe it would charge the batteries up to 100% (?). This I'm not so keen on as it is not so efficient to be charging batteries at their top SoCs. So the "generator stop capacity" was of great interest to me - it would be nice to be able to set it to say 80%. Regarding how the aux/gen settings and the use timer settings work together, thats something @Leshencan advise on, I personally had some config issues which he helped sort out.
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