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Hi all,

Peak Time = 02:31 - 21:29
Off Peak Time = 21:30 - 02:30

The battery and 6kW hybrid inverter were installed today. I watched the energy flow diagram on the FoxESS cloud website after the installer left this afternoon, and it looked okay. In the past hour, I made a few changes to Time Frames 1 & 2, setting Time Frame 1 to 21:35 to 00:59 and Time Frame 2 to 00:01 to 02:25.
I couldn't add the time initially, and with the help of Ian Tucker on Facebook, he mentioned there was a midnight clock issue and suggested I use both time frame settings.
I've also set both sliders to true.

I set them up based on a video I watched on YouTube by iameccles titled "Force charge Part 2" because I want the EV & batteries to charge during the off-peak time. We use the home appliances during this off-peak period.
I don't know if it is a coincidence, but my wife came home and plugged in our EV. I checked the energy flow diagram on FoxESS cloud, and the battery is now charging at 1.21kW. Why is this happening? I don't want the battery to charge during peak time. It is odd that is it charging at 1.2kW as well. If its going to charge at all, then why not at a higher kW?
I checked on the EV car app; the car is not charging. I also checked the EV charger app, which is scheduled for 22:15.

I am confused as to why the battery is charging now. Could it be a time zone setting? It seems to be ignoring the times I have added to the time frame?

Can anyone provide an answer?

Thanks,
Mike

I watched the video on Understanding FoxESS reporting and answering "Why am I exporting, Why am I using the grid", which explained a lot of what I was seeing.

The other problem was the Min SoC (On Grid) was set to 100%, and that is what caused the battery to start charging during peak.

Good to know you were able to resolve this, bookmarking this as I will no doubt be in this same spot at some point soon when my system goes live

Out of interest, as we both have the same hybrid inverter, how quickly have you been able to charge your batteries?

Asking as this was one of the main reasons I went for the 6kW version as I understood that it could charge the batteries (10.4kWh) in a few hours. This was based on the assumption I could only get Octopus GO which gave me a 4-hour window of cheap electricity.