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Thank you very much, my old brain understands it all better now!

So a Forced Discharge just before the off peak rate starts, every night, or just now and again?

So, since the installation in 2024, have I being doing it wrong just using the Grid Charge during off peak hours?

How does Force Charge work compared to Grid Charge? I don't want the batteries to be used until the Peak rate starts, so I thought selecting Grid charge from 0030-0730 would block ...

Just to expand the detail a bit more, you need to toggle off this green slider as seen in your "Force Time Charge" here
https://foxesscommunity.com/viewtopic.php?p=12989#p12989


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhohbmt0U_w
Then if you follow Will's updated video here on setting of scheduler, you ...

Oh, OK, I was actually trying to reply to your recent post to me

Hi,

I am trying to post a reply to a topic I started, but when I click on Post Reply, nothing happens, the window doesn't open.

I can post to other threads, but not the one I want, what is going on please?

Just to make sure I understand, if I want to allow my batteries to get to a min SOC 10% now and again, do I use a Forced Discharge time?

Thank you, it is good to have this help

That makes sense. I was a little concerned when you said your battery SOH was 100% and mine was 94%. So nothing to be too worried about then?

I had manually set the times to take advantage of the off peak hours, but really wanted the batteries to be 100% charged by the time the peak rate starts at ...

I will try that.

I have had the system since May 2024. The battery is reporting 431 battery cycles and SOH 94%

Sorry to be dim, but is the Force Discharge the same as just setting the charging period to start a bit later in the night?

OK, I didn't know that.

So I will lower the SOC to 10%, but how do I force it down to that once a month, as you suggest?

If it doesn't harm the battery with a lower SOC, then I could alter that.

The way we use the system at the moment, the batteries (and solar, when we get sun!!) keep the house supplied during the peak power period (0730-0030) and very rarely use the grid. The batteries seem to stay above 20%.

Any ...

Thank you and to Dave for the help. This forum is so great, especially for folk like me who don't really understand the technical stuff.

Thank you. So from what Dave Foster said earlier, I should increase the import setting. Does it matter which of the two ratings I should use, the 100A or 63A local fuse?

In the hand over pack there is this from UK Power Networks. Is this the information I need?

Hi Dave,

As you might have seen from my previous posts, my technical knowledge as the homeowner is limited.

The Fox Hybrid Inverter is H1-5-0-EG2 rated at 5kW import and export.

The 12 solar panels are rated at 445W each with optimisers.

I have 3 Fox batteries 2x ECS 4800 and 1 x EQ4800


We don ...

In the Quick Settings of the Fox App 2.2.0 there are import/ export settings, see screenshot.

How do I know if these figures are correct?

My apologises, senior moment, I have now found the documents. The Handover Pack was emailed to me and those waranties were right at the end of the .pdf. So I think all is well now.

Thanks for the advice, but the installer has now says he will try and help if needed up to the end of the two year warranty.

On the subject of warranty, what sort of documentation should I have related the the hardware? I have Aiko panels, Tigo optimisers, a Fox Hybrid inverter and batteries. The ...

Thank you for the help.

If the original installer is no longer carrying out solar installs, but is still listed as being the "agent", they still have access to my system in theory. Should I be concerned about that? What does being the "agent" mean?

Should I get that changed and how would I go ...

Hi Dave,

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, I can only set imes in 15 minute blocks, so 23.59 is not possible.

I can set 0730-2345 and another slot from 0000-0030. Will the 15 minute "gap" affect the tariff plan calculations?

OK, I have had to make it into 0730-2400 and another 0000 ...

Hi,

I have just updated my Android phone Fox app to 2.2.0.

I have solar panels and batteries and I export to the grid. I need help in setting up the Total Revenue tab. It was set up in the older app but now asks me configure it.

OK, it says no Tariff Plan, so I go to create one. I select GBP ...

Hi,

I did a Google search because the inverter was showing " G100 State 3". It suggested a reboot. I am not very technical, but there was a YouTube video which talked me through the correct order. That did get rid of the message. the inverter now shows "normal".

I also discovered that through the ...

Hi,

I had solar panels, a hybrid inverter and batteries installed 18 months ago. The installation company supplied a 2 year warranty ( longer for the hardware).

I had a fault develop today and to my surprise the installer told me they no longer supply solar panels etc. They said I could pay for ...

Thanks for the help, but in my Android phone all permissions are set to off and I still get this message on the opening screen for the Fox Ess app. I suppose I just have to ignore it.