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Is anyone else having issues with the sunsynk dongle being offline ?
 
TheJman said:
Thanks so much all! Really appreciate it!! Sheesh their descriptions are not great - I gotta pick up their lingo so I stop getting so confused.

So just to confirm, if I want excess Solar to be used to power non-essentials, then I tick "Zero Export" and "Solar Export".
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Nope. Ticking Solar Export will send solar power to the grid.

TheJman said:
I then set the Inverter Power Limter to 0. Thereby ensuring I'm not feeding back into the grid?
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No, the grid trickle feed is from the grid to your inverter. It is a constant feed (adjustable) that ensures that no electrons from your inverter flow back toward the grid, and also helps if you have a sensitive prepaid meter that detects backfeed and cuts out due to "suspicious tampering".

TheJman said:
Question:

  1. If I set the above, will it only draw from the excess PV to power the non-essentials, or will it also draw from the battery?
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It will draw from battery as well, which is why you need to use a timer of some sort if you do not want to drain the battery.
TheJman said:
  1. What would ticking "Zero Export" and "Limit To Load Only" result in?
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Zero export and limt to load only will result in all of your essential loads being serviced, only. Tick it and observe the differences in the flow chart. Untick it and do the same. Do you see now?


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TheJman said:
Thanks so much all! Really appreciate it!! Sheesh their descriptions are not great - I gotta pick up their lingo so I stop getting so confused.

So just to confirm, if I want excess Solar to be used to power non-essentials, then I tick "Zero Export" and "Solar Export". I then set the Inverter Power Limter to 0. Thereby ensuring I'm not feeding back into the grid?

Question:

  1. If I set the above, will it only draw from the excess PV to power the non-essentials, or will it also draw from the battery?
  2. What would ticking "Zero Export" and "Limit To Load Only" result in?
  3. What would ticking only "Zero Export" result in?
Sorry for all the questions.. real noob here with this and trying to learn.

Thanks all!
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Its pretty confusing so I'm just going to post my settings below and explain how it works.
Most of my output is on "Load" I have a geyser and plug on "non essential".

The system one screen I'm sure you are OK with at this point:

System1.jpg

The system 2 screen is as follows:

System2.jpg

Based on above during non loadshedding both "load" and "non essentials" are powered by a blend of solar, battery and grid until the battery SOC reaches my system1 preset. After that they will both power from solar and grid.

If there is loadshedding then "non essentials" is off and only "Load" is powered by solar and battery.


The 0w in "inverter power limiter" prevents power from going past the CT coil in this specific config. It has a different purpose in other configurations.

"Priority load" means "Load" gets PV power before the battery or grid (this seems to be best in most scenarios)

To confuse you further there is another input/output called aux/generator. Apparently this is smarter and has more adjustability but info is scarce and I don't use it.
 
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Thanks so much guys!

@RonSwanson and @B-1 seems to be a debate about ticking solar export?

ps.. i love that the sunsynk manual has that diagram that you shared @RonSwanson, but there's no number 7 on the diagram
 
TheJman said:
Thanks so much guys!

@RonSwanson and @B-1 seems to be a debate about ticking solar export?

ps.. i love that the sunsynk manual has that diagram that you shared @RonSwanson, but there's no number 7 on the diagram
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Both ways might work, I based mine off of the video I shared earlier and its been doing its job. Its easy enough for you to try it and look on the graph to see what's happening as long as you don't trip the street meter.
 
B-1 said:
Both ways might work, I based mine off of the video I shared earlier and its been doing its job. Its easy enough for you to try it and look on the graph to see what's happening as long as you don't trip the street meter.
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Thanks so much!

Out of interest, I'm not on pre-paid. I have a smart meter though, do you know if I need to keep the trickle in place?
 
B-1 said:
This is how mine is configured, I also use "non essential".

I don't export that's why "inverter power limiter" is set to 0w so you can set yours to 5000w or something.

I also have loadshedding and keep my SOC\v higher as well as having the grid top up the battery. So uncheck the grid boxes and change the SOC.


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Excellent, thanks
 
sooooo glad i found this forum.
I'm feeling out of my depths, and I am getting mixed messaged from my solar guys about my new install.


Can I confirm if my understanding is correct.
Based on my attached image, if we use 5am to 9am as an example,

Does this mean
a - "Charge from the GRID when battery is 40% and higher", or
b - "Charge from grid to get the battery up to 40%, but then stop"

This is also the default setting from the installers, is it correct?

Thanks guys
(so glad I found you!)
 

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crudler said:
sooooo glad i found this forum.
I'm feeling out of my depths, and I am getting mixed messaged from my solar guys about my new install.


Can I confirm if my understanding is correct.
Based on my attached image, if we use 5am to 9am as an example,

Does this mean
a - "Charge from the GRID when battery is 40% and higher", or
b - "Charge from grid to get the battery up to 40%, but then stop"

This is also the default setting from the installers, is it correct?

Thanks guys
(so glad I found you!)
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B is the answer. the % set the lowest the battery will be used until. if the battery is lower than that % it will then use the grid to get it up to that %
 
Mzezman said:
B is the answer. the % set the lowest the battery will be used until. if the battery is lower than that % it will then use the grid to get it up to that %
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Thank you!

If you haven't gathered, i'm a newbie, and pretty dumb with this stuff.
So next question, given that the answer is B, so from 9am onwards, I am no longer pulling from the grid.
But this morning was overcast, and I have loadshedding at 10am .
so, if I see that solar production is slow, I could in theory tick GRIDCHARGE in the 9am-1pm slot, so that I can get my batteries up from 40% faster, in time for load shedding. but switch it off again before load sheddings ends because hopefully it will be sunny then

Is that a good idea or bad idea (remember the good idea / bad idea cartoons in the Animaniacs, lol - showing my age)
 
We have an old electric meter, can we feed solar electricity back to make it turn the other way? Is that advisable? Most people on here seem to not want to feed back to the grid, and I'm not sure why
 
We have an old electric meter, can we feed solar electricity back to make it turn the other way? Is that advisable? Most people on here seem to not want to feed back to the grid, and I'm not sure why
 
We have an old electric meter, can we feed solar electricity back to make it turn the other way? Is that advisable? Most people on here seem to not want to feed back to the grid, and I'm not sure why
 
Fingerlessliz said:
We have an old electric meter, can we feed solar electricity back to make it turn the other way? Is that advisable? Most people on here seem to not want to feed back to the grid, and I'm not sure why
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It depends. Pic of your meter ?
Pse readact any personal / property info.
 
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