"We can certainly alter the system so that the EV charger is excluded from the battery monitoring, which would prevent the battery from discharging into the car when charging.
However, the battery system is designed to measure the whole-house current for an important reason: it allows the inverter to limit the maximum demand being imported from the grid. This is particularly beneficial where there are other large electrical loads in the property, such as an air source heat pump. If the EV charger is excluded from the monitoring, the inverter will no longer take that load into account, which may reduce its ability to manage the total import to the property effectively.
As an alternative, if you choose to charge the battery at the same time as the EV, this will prevent the battery from discharging into the car while still allowing the system to continue monitoring and controlling the overall maximum demand to the property."
I personally think I would prefer a hardware solution to the issue, especially since IOG gives slots randomly and I would have to manually change the inverter mode every time I get a slot.
Would appreciate thoughts from other people.
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