Gents,

I've had this inverter in use for a long time now. I have 4 off 2.4kw Pylontecs installed with it and 14 off 450w solar panels looking east and west.
I want to use it to draw the least  municipal power.

Please post your settings so I can look at it.

Regards,

Johan

This working mode setup is set to use 20% leave the rest for possible power failure but if you live in a town that suffers very little to no power failure you can set the % to much lower benefiting from stored energy . 

2 hours ago, Johandup said:

Gents,

I've had this inverter in use for a long time now. I have 4 off 2.4kw Pylontecs installed with it and 14 off 450w solar panels looking east and west.
I want to use it to draw the least  municipal power.

Please post your settings so I can look at it.

Regards,

Johan

Personally and based on your question I would untick the 9h to 17h time frame from using grid. This is if your panels can sustain the load in this sun period. I will also lower the SOC to around 30-35%.

I have my use grid ticks off and run without the grid on during the day. But I have to say I use very little grid. I only have my Deye now for nearly 2 weeks and only connected my last batteries yesterday. I am in an area where if we have power failures it gets restored in under 3 hrs. Only had 2 long power failures which were 12 and 36 hrs in 35 yrs. 

During LS we do have the normal cuts. 

Edited February 13, 20251 yr by Scorp007

2 hours ago, Johandup said:

Gents,

I've had this inverter in use for a long time now. I have 4 off 2.4kw Pylontecs installed with it and 14 off 450w solar panels looking east and west.
I want to use it to draw the least  municipal power.

Please post your settings so I can look at it.

Regards,

Johan

This type of question is best answered if one knows your loads, daily consumption, time of use, etc.

But the basic principle is to run as many of your loads as possible during the day as first priority with timers, etc, then charge your batteries during the day, and run the batteries down as low as possible at night. Whether you want to keep a reserve for loadshedding is a different question.

I'd suggest:

1. Zero-Export to CT. Without Solar-Sell if you can't export to grid.

2. Load Priority.

3. Activate Time-of-Use Schedule according to the below.

Grid Charge	Gen	Time	Time	Power	Batt
		00:00	05:00	750	35
		05:00	09:00	3000	20
		09:00	16:00	3000	100
X		16:00	18:00	500	100
		18:00	20:00	5000	70
		20:00	00:00	3000	50

4. Battery Low warning = 15%, Battery Shut-down = 10%, Battery re-start = 25%

5. Maximum Charge/Discharge rate = 100A

6. System Work mode active every day. If you've got a time-of-use schedule, you could consider to turn off the timer on Sundays.

When I do this type of setup, my typical usage pattern looks like below; I've got a fairly small system with my own little needs, but the principle is probably the same for bigger setups..