November 18, 20241 yr Good morning. Setup: Sacolar/Growatt ES5000 5kw Inverter with 1 x HINA ESS Hi-5 & 6 x 550W solar panels. Inverter setup: Output source priority. This means that the inverter switches op to solar when it senses good sunlight and switches back to utility when sunlight not effective anymore. During this time the battery is either being used or charged. Observation & question: Our household use on average uses ±5kWh during the week and weekends a little bit more during daytime when we are on solar and don't use anything from the grid. I've noticed that the battery takes ±2 hours to charge to full using grid. Taking this into consideration, does it not use more from the grid to charge than what we are "saving" during the day by using solar? What will be the ideal settings for our inverter to use solar during the day and also use solar to charge the battery before sunset? I've attached a report from our inverter for 15 November. Thanks so long for your advice. storage data - 2024-11-15_2024-11-15.xls
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