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by ringding
Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: Hybrid (Solar + Battery)
Topic: Drawing from grid when batteries 80% charged
Replies: 12
Views: 4645

Re: Drawing from grid when batteries 80% charged

I think you've hit the nail on the head! I had a 'charge from grid' set the day before yesterday, to top up before the expensive part of our tariff. I turned it off afterwards, but the times are still in the entry fields. Looking at the inverter details it did the same today, drawing from grid when ...
by ringding
Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: Hybrid (Solar + Battery)
Topic: Drawing from grid when batteries 80% charged
Replies: 12
Views: 4645

Re: Drawing from grid when batteries 80% charged

Very odd. After an hour of unecessarily drawing from the grid it's now returned to normal.

Don't like things I don't understand (which is a lot!), but I'll live with it. At least it led me to discover there's a forum for Fox ESS!
back to normal.jpg
by ringding
Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: Hybrid (Solar + Battery)
Topic: Drawing from grid when batteries 80% charged
Replies: 12
Views: 4645

Re: Drawing from grid when batteries 80% charged

I should add that I've 'confirmed' the draw by looking at the in house smart meter panel, which shows approimately the same load. So I think the ESS panel is showing something representative of what's really happening.
by ringding
Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: Hybrid (Solar + Battery)
Topic: Drawing from grid when batteries 80% charged
Replies: 12
Views: 4645

Drawing from grid when batteries 80% charged

Hi all, We've had our system installed for over 2yrs and have been very pleased with it. However, for the first time, I've seen a behaviour that I don't understand, and seems wrong. Today the batteries are pretty much 80% charged, and yet the system is drawing from the grid to meet the load. It's ...