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Force Charge setting disables solar when battery reaches 100%.

This is something that has frustrated me since I installed then unit. The latest FoxCloud2.0 App is significantly more intuitive, and is much simpler to setup. But it does not work the way I want.

I want to Force Charge in the daytime when the input rate in very low. Where I live, the only cheap electricity is 11:00-16:00. Another reason to do this is to supplement a small (probably inadequate) 6kW of panels.

Here is my problem - during the Force Charge, when SOC reaches 100% it essentially switches off the panels, and powers the load from the battery. I would prefer that the system falls back to Self-Use after the battery is full, so that it power the load from solar if available.

Example:
Forced charge is configured 11:00-16:00
11:00 - Forced charge starts. It is a sunny day. Battery is at 50%. Panels are producing 6kw. Solar goes mostly to Load. Grid goes mostly to Battery.
13:00 - It is still very sunny. Battery is at 100%. Panels are producing 0kw. Solar stops. Grid stops. Battery powers the load.
16:00 - Forced charge stops. It is still sunny. Battery is at 90%. Back to Self-Use. Solar powers the load.
Result - 13:00-16:00 I have lost 3 hours of solar production

Is your system part of a VPP (3rd party controls like Amber) that is in control of your system?
Are all of your settings correct on the Inverter menus for Import/Export and Battery?
How are your FW versions compared to the latest?

If you are really struggling, can you invest in and setup Home Assistant so that you can program the exact behavior you want via automation.

MaterialBarracuda48 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 10:42 am Is your system part of a VPP (3rd party controls like Amber) that is in control of your system?
Are all of your settings correct on the Inverter menus for Import/Export and Battery?
How are your FW versions compared to the latest?

If you are really struggling, can you invest in and setup Home Assistant so that you can program the exact behavior you want via automation.

Nope. Nothing like that.

So no VPP, the Inverter settings all seem correct, and your FW versions are I guess current.

A reboot is only thing I could suggest, and checking the CT Clamp is enabled and behaving correctly.

Last thing would be to stop using the FoxCloud2.0 App for a full 24hrs (do not open at all) and use the website to remove the scheduled charge and input it again from scratch.

I have just got to read that you posted this in another thread.

Do you know how to find your FW versions from the App?
If yes, can you compare and confirm you are current viewtopic.php?p=8069#p8069