All things Sunsynk (Deye, Inge, etc...)

AfricanTech said:
Extended LS slots at night and rainy/overcast days really burns my butt.

Last night I had a 2.5 hour slot between 20h00-22h30 and then a 4.5 hour slot between 00h00 and 04h30 - usage was particularly high in the early slot due to late supper, visitors etc and I was forced to recharge the batteries from the grid between 22h30 and 00h30 or face the possibility of running out in the middle of the night.
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I have my small system with mandatory grid topup to soc at 4pm. It does still discharge a bit on sliding scale with varying soc at 6pm and 8pm but from 10pm there is always a min buffer for the night.

Sure it costs grid if bad solar charge but that's the main facet for me, loadshedding avoidance.
 
Kosmik said:
I have my small system with mandatory grid topup to soc at 4pm. It does still discharge a bit on sliding scale with varying soc at 6pm and 8pm but from 10pm there is always a min buffer for the night.

Sure it costs grid if bad solar charge but that's the main facet for me, loadshedding avoidance.
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Yeah, same here, but man, I do hate charging my batteries from the grid. :)
 
AfricanTech said:
Yeah, same here, but man, I do hate charging my batteries from the grid. :)
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It feels dirty.

I now just leave grid charge ticked permanently on my slots. It won't do it if it doesn't have to, but at least it saves me the micro-management. As long as it's 50% by midnight then I know it'll last the night...
 
AfricanTech said:
Extended LS slots at night and rainy/overcast days really burns my butt.
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I love your phrasing.


Mike Hoxbig said:
It feels dirty.

I now just leave grid charge ticked permanently on my slots. It won't do it if it doesn't have to, but at least it saves me the micro-management. As long as it's 50% by midnight then I know it'll last the night...
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A friend of mine who is an ultra nerd made a small rust program that calculates when the sun is up and uses the ESP API to determine whether load shedding is coming, to decide whether to charge from grid.

I'm planning on doing something similar though it was pointed out earlier that soon the functionality may be built in.
 
Speedster said:
Don't ask me, ask Flash why he prefers priority battery.
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Was set up like that by the installer. But, if like me, one is happy to play mad scientist and ensure there is enough battery from upcoming loadshedding, then it makes more sense to use the pv for load now and defer battery charging from pv for later.

I've now changed mine to priority load and did the same for my mother in law's system. She is lucky that she does not get loadshedding, so there is no need to keep spare battery.
 
RonSwanson said:
Do a factory reset. Code 9999.
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We actually managed to figure it out. Seems to be an issue with the dongle (apparently I'm not the only one with this issue)
Dongle removed and everything works as expected
Thanks for the suggestions and advice
 
FlashSA said:
Was set up like that by the installer. But, if like me, one is happy to play mad scientist and ensure there is enough battery from upcoming loadshedding, then it makes more sense to use the pv for load now and defer battery charging from pv for later.

I've now changed mine to priority load and did the same for my mother in law's system. She is lucky that she does not get loadshedding, so there is no need to keep spare battery.
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Installers do that to accommodate less savvy people who would make up most of their install base.

Otherwise they'll get support calls about why the system tripped. They can't plan everyone's unique schedules, that's up to the individuals, so they set defaults to make sure they can get through power outages...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Installers do that to accommodate less savvy people who would make up most of their install base.

Otherwise they'll get support calls about why the system tripped. They can't plan everyone's unique schedules, that's up to the individuals, so they set defaults to make sure they can get through power outages...
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Makes complete sense.
 
Any opinions on Hubble vs Sunsynk batteries? Is the 10 year warranty on the Sunsynk inverter worth paying extra for the batteries?
 
dj2381 said:
Any opinions on Hubble vs Sunsynk batteries? Is the 10 year warranty on the Sunsynk inverter worth paying extra for the batteries?
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I have a small issue with the sunsynk batteries I have. One beeps when it gets to 100%
Very little support from Sunsynk to resolve this so now I reset that battery daily.
If I had to buy again, I would not buy a sunsynk battery.
 
Steijn1 said:
I have a small issue with the sunsynk batteries I have. One beeps when it gets to 100%
Very little support from Sunsynk to resolve this so now I reset that battery daily.
If I had to buy again, I would not buy a sunsynk battery.
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Hi get hold of Keith and e-mail him. I don't have his e-mail.
You are sitting with this for a while?
Get hold of him on Facebook.
 
Maybe a silly question but I have seen graphs of production. During the day if there’s very little draw and the batteries are full, then the solar production just tracks the demand.

Does the inverter know what amount of power is available? Is there a way to expose that info so you can decide e.g. whether to turn something on?
 
newby_investor said:
Maybe a silly question but I have seen graphs of production. During the day if there’s very little draw and the batteries are full, then the solar production just tracks the demand.

Does the inverter know what amount of power is available? Is there a way to expose that info so you can decide e.g. whether to turn something on?
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No way to know what power could've been, but isn't, produced.
 
newby_investor said:
Right. So the only thing is to turn on appliances and see when it starts to draw from grid / battery in addition?
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Something along those lines. I have my irrigation kick in when there's excess power. Planning to add a smart geyserwise to push the geyser temp up instead.
 
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Hey guys, I know this is a deye/sunsynk topic but going to assume batteries too. I'm not liking what I'm seeing with my am2's.

The voltage is creeping downward the while time even with Soc going up and down with charges. The same soc for five days ha a lower voltage each day. That means eventually, I'm going to hit cutoff even with a decent SOC

Anyone else experienced this?

Graph of last week.

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The value that comes off solar assistant. What is it? Thought it was a total. But they all reset last night. No restart on my side. (Mqtt)
 
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