Thank you. This was very useful. My plan is to charge the batteries up to 100% overnight on the flux rate of 19.67p. During the day, I'll be using free solar or using the batteries or buying at day rate 32.79. If I generate more than I use it will charge the batteries or export at 21.79p if the batteries are full. During the second half of the peak hours, I will discharge down to 10%, earning 34.9p. I know I'll then be buying electricity back in the evening, but after the peak time it only costs 32.79p. Overall, I'm buying at 19.67p and selling at 34.9p and 21.79p.
Thanks for replying. I decided to do the obvious and switch off all batteries and my LuxPower unit for 5 minutes. It all worked perfectly after turning back on. Your video was very helpful. Thanks.
Very useful video, thanks. Just got a LXP3600 ACS. loving it so far. Have 2 Pylontech US2000. Second hand and flat. So will be trying to get them up and running. Have solar too and the LUX console shows everything.
Thank you once again for a very informative video. My graphs continue to show big mains pulls nearly everyday despite the batteries. None shown on yours! I wish I knew where the problem is. I have again raised it with the installer ......
Very useful. Tiny error, max power for two luxpower / squirrel pods of 7.2 kW does not equate to "40 amps". More like just under 32 amps. Hence my 32a MCB they are on, won't trip. But I have throttled charge rate to 57%, as I too have 19.2 kWh, I too have intelligent octopus, 6 hours to charge in, absolutely no need to go berserk and charge at 7 kW. 4 kW charge rate is plenty actually, and a shade kinder on the batteries.
Could I ask a general question please? We have this set up - Luxpower batteries and a controller that doesn't. Most of the time the controller is fast asleep and only grudgingly wakes up to switch to battery supply. Have you seen many examples where the controller does not control - or is ours the only one? TIA
Hi, thanks for a v useful video. I have lux batteries, invertor and solar and can’t figure out how to charge the car from the batteries at night. Thought the “force discharge” might work but I realise this sends it to the grid. Any suggestions gratefully received 😊 thanks
Hi Force discharge is for those that want to export to gain the benefit from the higher export rate offered by octopus flux tariff. So don't need to use that setting. The system is designed so that whatever the demand in the house the batteries will provide upto its max discharge rate. This is 3.5kw per hour. So if you plug your car in then the battery will be used first before the grid. However only 3.5kw from battery and therefore 3.5kw from grid plus whatever the house needs.
Just finished watching the complete video. You did a great job! I have 1.5Kw pv, 6.3kWh Lux batteries and inverter, and an EV. On Octopus Go. Charging when necessary overnight but pv is currently filling it up anyway. Big query (1) Octopus billing me for ~10kWh per month for peak rate usage despite no evidence of this; (2) I keep seeing mains pulls lasting far more than 30 secs whenever kettle etc is switched on - before batteries kick in. This shows as lots of spikes. Any ideas about these problems. Octopus ignores my queries about billing and Luxpower themselves are all but dead in the water! Minimal responses from installer.
there is a max discharge rate that the inverter or charge controller can do and if the demand exceeeds that then it will draw from the grid. also it should only take around 2 secs for the system to switch to batteries once it detects demand from the house. Best thing to do is check that your CT clamp is secure and without actually seeing your system thats all i can advise at the moment. Thanks fro your comments
@@YorkshireAutomation Pity that you are based in Yorkshire! You seem to be the perfect chap to check my system! 🙂 FWIW the installer told me that the controller takes 30 seconds to respond. Hmmm....
@lawrenceharris1819 just too far outside London as I do get out there. Send me an email with the serial number of the inverter and I can see what I can do remotely.. Thanks
Thanks for a great walkthrough video! I have a car charging question. We have 5kW west facing solar, 9.6kW Greenlinx batteries, zappi charger, tesla 3 long range. We are on octopus go (00.30-04.30 cheap period). We’ll be charging the car during the cheap grid period. How do I set up the inverter/battery settings so we are not using the batteries during this cheap electricity period to charge the car? The battery capacity will not be enough. And no point draining the battery to then not have enough power to supply the house until sun is out.
Hi thanks for your comments!! to make sure the battery doesnt discharge whilst you are chaging car during off-peak is a simple process. You have to enable the AC CHARGE on the LUX. However if you do not want the batteries to actually charge too then make sure you set the AC BATTERY CHARGE LEVEL to 5%. This means that as long as the batteries have at least a 5% charge they will NOT be charged using grid and also not discharge into the car. Also make sure you set the AC START TIME and END TIME same as above. You have to remeber the batteries will effectively be switched off for those 4 hours and your house will also consume off-grid power. Thanks
Thanks for video. I'm just on Octopus Flux import for a few weeks until they sort the export side. At the moment I can buy cheaper from grid 0200-0500. And over the first two days of doing this I'm not understanding the logic of what's happening. Here's an example. It's set to charge batteries to 40%. But at 2am they are still at 60% from yesterdays sunshine. I thought they would just keep getting discharged until they reach 40%. But that's not what's happening. At 2am luxpower ac controller starts importing from grid for the small background overnight usage. It stops discharging batteries until 5am. Then it's back to using the 60% SoC batteries. This means I had to purchase grid power unnecessarily in my opinion. Yes it was at cheap rate. But I wanted my batteries to be at 40% to make room for next days solar. I don't get the logic. Once I'm fully on Octopus Flux, I guess if not going to be such a financial problem.
Hi When you set the batteries to charge from the grid they will stop discharging. Batteries can only perform charge or discharge separately and not simultaneously. Also you set your charge limit to 40%, this means the batteries will stop charging when they reach 40%, if they are at 60% that means no need to charge them and as your timer is set from 0200 to 0500 then they effectively switch off. That's why you ended up importing.
@@YorkshireAutomation thanks for speedy reply! I think the key thing your said its that they are set to charge. So even if they don't charge cos they don't need it, they won't discharge. Thanks
Very informative.... if my car charges 0030-0530, how do I get the battery to charge at the same time? It seems to empty the battery instead of charging both! Thanks
Thanks for informative video as I have Lux power and greenlinx inralled last week. Planning to go onto Octopus Flux as soon as batteries certified . One question I'm trying to get my head around... I will want batteries to charge to 50% from 0200 to 0500 off peak , leaving room for solar charging later. I want to continue using grid power during that off peak period and not let the batteries discharge until the grid cost has gone up, don't I? Can I stop them discharging while I can use cheap off peak grid ? Thanks
Hi Once the system is set to charging from grid they will not discharge at all until the end time. So in your case 0200 to 0500 the house will use grid even if the batteries have achieved the 50% full like you specified.
@@YorkshireAutomation thanks for very fast reply! I just need to make sure the charge time covers the whole of the off peak period and doesn't finish before that period ends.. I get it now.
Unless you have heavy usage at breakfast time, won't you be paying for electricity, albeit at a cheap rate, rather than using free Solar power to fill the battery during most months?
@@Judddsy We have just gone on to Flux. I have found that if by the time we go to bed the batteries are still at around 45-50% then they get us through the night until hopefully they start to charge from PV the next day. My plan is in the winter to set the charge to 100% during the off peek and with any luck that will get us through the next day. On really dull winter days, it may be worth giving them a boost around 2:30 to 3:30 on standard rate.
I have found that the weather compensation data is completely wrong. The prediction on Open weather app though is correct. I've told Infinity and they are investigating. I actually think the api data sent to lux is for correct location but thewrong day.. It comes from Open Weather. I'm noting what their app says at 7pm each day and comparing it with the api data which should be same prediction
As a Luxpower user, I found this a really helpful video, thanks. I’ve been an Octopus user for some years, now with Solar panels and battery, and will probably switch to Octopus Flux when the current fixed contract expires next month. Seeing your video, as an initial trial, I’ve set the battery to discharge from 18:00 to 19:00 with Stop discharge SoC set to 20%. However, after this time the battery is actually dropping to 5 or 6% SoC. How can I stop the SoC from going so low? Thanks.
@@YorkshireAutomation Thanks😃 I've just set this switch to 10% as I feel concerned about letting the battery go lower than that. I copied the Stop Discharge SOC(%) at 20% from this video as I thought that this would do the job. Clearly, I misunderstood the purpose of Stop Discharge SOC. I don't feel I'm in control of the Luxpower BMS, as it 'leaks' a lot of battery power to the grid when it should be reserved for home consumption. Most of the time this is only revealed by the Smart meter IHD (In Home Display), the monthly electricity bill. The only time the grid should benefit is when the battery is full or when I require it. The Battery SoC data graph gives the impression that it's intentional rather than a leak. Is there a way to prevent or at least minimise leakage to grid?
@@robertsprigge5535 i believe that as the property consumption is ever changing and the inverter/charge controller is trying to balance everything a little bit of leakage is inevitable. you have to remember that the whole system relies on a CT clamp which uses magnetic field from the LIVE conductor. This is not the most accurate way of measuring power but its the easiest non invasive and cheap way of measuring. there is a margin of error in this method. i believe this is the cause for the leakage.
With solar panels, 5kW battery, and 3k Luxpower unit, I decided to create a simulation of using Octopus Flux over the last few days: These settings seem to work for our situation, although I expect they can be improved upon: With AC Battery Charge Level set to 30%: Booster charges between 02:00 and 05:00 for the Cheap period, 14:00-16:00 to ensure there is sufficient charge to cover the peak period and 20:00-21:00 We have the EPS available, albeit to one location only, and it seems appropriate to ensure that the battery is charged in case this facility is required. With On-Grid Cut-Off SOC set to 10% Discharge is scheduled for 18:00-19:00, the last hour of the Peak period. Comments invited.
@@YorkshireAutomation By my calculations, Octopus Flux would have cost a total of £8.39 less over the past 2 weeks than Flexible Octopus for the identical electricity usage, which was tuned to suit Octopus Flux. I’ve included the additional Flux income from exporting in the 16:00 - 19:00 period and the loss for the additional cost of any imported during the period. Also, covering the reduction for importing during 02:00 - 05:00. We are a very busy couple located in Hertfordshire, but definitely not 9-5ers. Heavy consumption early evening, like the general population, also mornings 8-10.
The panels are all South facing. We have a 100% gas boiler and we’re not expecting to get an Electric car on the driveway for the next couple of years.
Helpful video - thanks. I am permitted to export at 5KW and I notice my solar can produce in excess of 6.2kw in bright lunchtime sunshine - until my batteries are full - then I notice my luxpower inverter scales back the solar production to 5.2kw and limits my export rate to 4.6kw max (difference being my consumption). Is there a setting that can be increased to up the export to 5kw - or is the 5kw a nominal figure and 4.6kw considered near enough?
@YorkshireAutomation this was genuinely a really helpful video and much better than the manufacturers literature and efforts. Perhaps a silly question but what does "Power Backup Enable" do? Is it possible to configure the system to run the house during the power cut? Or can you only wire a socket on to the battery for smaller items to use?
thanks for your comments. the system can run the house when there is a power cut but it has to be connected to the EPS outoput port of the Lux. You would need an electrician to wire in and make sure it complies with the electical regulations. Thanks
I think I read it couldn't power the house unless there was a gateway or something to stop electricity going the wrong way into the grid. Does the lux Inverter work as a gateway? I suspect it doesn't and the EPS outlet will only power some sockets and can't be connected to the whole house. Nonetheless, many thanks for your help!
@@RossFawdington the eps is connected indepently from the existing house. so the circuits are wired into a consumer unit directly fed from the EPS port. it has nothing to do with the grid. When grid is active then power is bypassed thruogh charge controller and into eps. when no grid then power is supplied via batteries. at no point is there a back-feed into the grid
Thanks for the explanation. Very helpful. I currently don’t have solar but am considering this. The company that has quoted me have no knowledge of Lux inverters. I have 2 squirrel pods. To add solar to charge my batteries i understand we need to add a CT clamp on the primary Lux inverter that sees the power on the live of the PV inverter. The solar installer is thinking the CT clamp needs an Eastron SDM120CT. Is this correct?
Hi No it's a standard CT clamp similar to the one that you already have that is monitoring the grid. You will then only need a PV string inverter and not a hybrid inverter. If unsure give me a call for a chat on 07946 591533. Thanks
Great Video, I do have a quick question. I am on a Luxpower hybrid 8-10K inverter with 2 x 10Kw Hanchu Batteries, I am on Octopus Flux and with flux I have setup the batteries in the inverter config to charge them between 2am and 5am as it's really cheap. Is there a reason why when the batteries get fully charged say approx 4am the inverter does not swap over to batteries but keeps pulling current from the grid right up to 5am and then swaps onto batteries.
That's because you have specified to charge them from.2am to 5am and so they will remain in charge mode only. They cannot work in both modes simultaneously. If you know that they regularly get to 100% by 4am then amend them charging schedule to 2am.to 4am instead .
Hi Please be aware that the snapshot for the app is taken approx every 5 mins. sometimes it is taken as it is transitioning and so it seems as if its exporting instead of charging. The inverter can take upto 5 secs to respond. If it seems to be doing all the time then ask the installer to take a look at the data and we can then work out whats going on. Cheers
We've installed a LuxPower hybrid solar inverter in our security estate in South Africa due to our country not having electricity for 12 hours of the day from the grid. At home I have a Victron system whereby I can just set the SOC to say 40% and the system will use the battery power at night when the sun is down and discharge to that setting before the grid is allowed to be used. Should the grid be out during Loadshedding (rolling blackouts) the batteries can dip below 40%. This is simple. But I have not yet figured out how to get this to work on the LuxPower inverter. The grid was out for 2 hours tonight and the battery discharged from 100% to 95% in that time. Now the battery remains at 95% while it is using grid power. There is enough battery capacity for our estate's security systems to be up all the time on the battery, after which the battery will recharge via solar again starting in the morning. Does anyone know how to set the LuxPower inverter to operate as with my Victron described above?
i believe that in order to get the Lux to behave in the off-grid format needs your installer/distributor to change some settings for it to do that. As far as i know the defaut setting is as grif-tied
@@YorkshireAutomation Ah thanks. I actually managed to figure it out. The interface seems a bit different than in your videos. On our inverter's maintenance page you can now set the Charge to take place within Timers, like it used to be, or set it to a certain SOC, or in fact, a combination of both. The first evening with the new settings the batteries reached their SOC setting at around 2 am, however the grid was off between 2am and 6am. So unfortunately the battery depleted and our security to our estate went dark. I then tweaked the settings again and last night it worked. When the grid came back around 6am there was still 50% of the battery left. And shortly after the sun was out and started charging the battery. So, it seems like there was a firmware upgrade which added the SOC setpoint, which in my opinion works 100% better than timers. Especially if you have an unstable grid like us where your power can go off without any notice.
The web interface I see on the Africa server differs a lot from your video. Not sure if different regions have different versions, but I can't apply settings as you have. My actual problem is that an inverter is set to begin AC charge with both SOC and TIME - to begin 55% SOC and Time 18:00 start to 06:00 end. It charges fine during the specified Time range but not when it reaches the SOC percentage during the day. It does, however stop discahrging at the 50% EOD SOC I have set. Is there an explanation as local Lux support are unable to provide answers as to why it's not beginning charge at the SOC 55% point?
From my understanding the SOC rate is the minimum SOC required. So if the SOC drops to below 55% it will charge up. However if it goes above then it wont charge at all. I can see from your email that the interface is different and you have different options to us here in UK. But as far as we know that we cannot set the batteries to charge/discharge at same time. its one or the other in that specific time frame.
Thank you for this informative video. Im trying to change my settings so that the system runs off of my batteries at night up to a certain battery percentage (say 30%). Only then should the grid kick back in. Is this possible with Luxpower? At the moment my batteries are constantly set at 100%
hi the grid kicks in when the batteries reach the setting in the SOC for discharge. the system is designed for max discharge when there is power in the batteries. however if you want to use the grid when batteries is above 10% (or 5% for hanchu) then set this figure under discharge
Hi, thanks for this video it’s very useful. I wondering if you can help, My battery will only AC charge IF it has some charge left in. If it’s empty at (at 11% SOC) then it will not auto AC charge. Should I try increasing the on grid cut off SOC a touch do you think?
Hi It should still charge from AC if that is the settings you have set. I have mine set to 5% with Lux and Greenlinx batteries. 10% if lux and pylontech batteries. The only time it needs solar to charge up is if the battery voltage drops down. Best to ask your installer to take a look and escalate to tech support if they can't figure out
Hi, thanks for the video. I have a Lux system installed with a Lux 6000 hybrid inverter and a Greenlinkx battery. Based on the specs of the inverter it seems that it could be fitted with an automation so that if the grid power gets down the solar system can disengage the grid and continue to feed the house and function from solar and battery alone - as long as there is enough power generated or available in the batteries . However, the installer said he cannot fit it that way. Do you know if there is any after market option to make it this way?
He is correct. The system does have EPS mode but they will have to re-wire existing house circuits through the hybrid inverter and also make provision for an external earth rod too.
@@YorkshireAutomation Thanks. I suspected that. They don't know how to. I have an idea, but I am not an authorized electrician. Would this modification be something that you would do, or be interested to take on a contract ?
In the last few days my pylontech batteries will only charge to 87% from the grid during my 7 hours of low price time at night and shows a red light on what i think is the master battery. (They always charged to 100% before that). I have the On-grid Cut-off set to 10% as set by my installer but the day this fault started the SOC went down to 9%. Could that have been the cause of the problem? However they will then charge to 100% later in the day when the solar panels kick in and no red light. Any suggestions for a solution? Thank you
i would suggest getting back in touch with your installer to take a look at the batteries. you shouldnt be getting any alarm lights at all, and this is what is probably causing the reduced charge
Hi, helpful video! I have a question. In my house, I have 2 batteries, 10KW in total. I have System Discharge Power Rate(%) set to 10% because if I leave 100% they download in no time, even if during the night I don't have any device turned on. Why are they discharging quickly if I'm not using any device? Thank you so much
If I remember correctly system discharge power rate is a force discharge setting. It won't do anything as long as its disabled. Default is disabled. If enabled you are forcing the batteries to discharge to house and export
@@YorkshireAutomation System discharge power rate is outside a box called Forced Discharge. By default, system discharge power rate is set to 100. It mean that my battery will be discharged quickly. Setting 10% is the only way to use the battery over night. Just not sure that it's the right setting because Consumption Power (in the dashboard) is always similar to Discharge Power or the solars power.
Many thanks for this informative video. We have just added another 3 Pylontech batteries to our LuxPower Invertor. What do we have to do to see these on the app please?
@@YorkshireAutomation Many thanks for your quick reply! It's hard to tell from the app as it doesn't show the amount of charge in kWh just W (which says 30W) and 50.0Vdc and I haven't a clue what this means!
@sokusziu have you waited for at least 5 mins for the server to update? Also has the master been set to the new number of batteries? Have the slave batteries also been set?
@@YorkshireAutomation yes ir's been about an hour. How do I change the master (what/where is the master? On the app?) I don't know what you mean by slave batteries, sorry!
unfortunately you cant, you will be better with an off-grid inverter instead which has the features to charge batteries whenever grid is present and use grid energy when present and auto switch to batteries when grid goes off.
Hi, I am having issues with the ac charge. Basically when I put the time between 2am to 5am to charge batteries from the grid, it charges from 2am to 3am then it just stops charging from the grid when it should continue till 5am. It then just uses the grid to power the house. Any idea why this is happening? Would really appreciate the help.
hi i do need some more info. can you send screenshots of your settings to my email - info@yorkshireautomation.co.uk - also need to know how many batteries you have and size aswell as what lux you have. thanks
@@YorkshireAutomation hi there, Thanks for responding. I got it working now. Only issue now i am facing is the battery not being discharged at its full capacity. It discharges at 3300w but not at 3600w. I have a 3.6kw hybrid luxpower system with 5 batteries. Is this normal or is it meant to discharge at full capacity?
@Dh2212an that is ok as it works on current and the battery voltage. Temp also has an affect on the charge and discharge rates. So 3.3kw is within range
@@YorkshireAutomation how come on the luxpower manufacturer website it states it can discharge at 3600w with a 3.6kw system? It’s missing the extra 300w which is quite a lot.
I have solar plus batteries and I'm trying to work out how to maximise savings. I've noticed that my solar array can generate 6kw+ when batteries are charging but once my battery is full, this is scaled back considerably for export. I'm not tech savvy so I assume the limitation is the inverter. Is there a way of limiting the rate the battery charges so that I can maximise the amount I export during the day and just have the battery fully charged just in time for the sun going down. At the moment it seems like I'm wasting some of the sunshine
Hi This is what the Lux Tech Team responded with as i had to find out myself: there is a limitation on the export this is for the dno compliance but the solar will only export when the battery is full and there is surplus solar due to low consumption he can get purchase another battery and expand his system but limiting the battery charge rate wont do anything to use more solar
Is there any way to set the batteries to discharge at peak times, but not export to grid (only discharge for what the house is using)?I'm finding that the batteries are dumping out to grid and fully discharge before peak time has ended, therefore I'm still paying for peak time electricity towards the end of the peak time window.
The default setting is for the batteries to discharge only what the house needs. Unless you have enabled force discharge then it will just supply what you have specified in the settings.
Hi, I wonder if you could help I just connected PV2 - another set of 4 solar panels, to existing 12 panels (pv1) do I need to change any settings? I have only changed settings to pv - 2 separate connections, options were given separate or paralel, I selected 2 separate. I hope my question makes sense, I am new to all this. Thanks in advance
Hello I am on octopus flux and I have fox ess setup inc battery and inverter,and I cannot force discharge to get the higher rate,I can only import,can I just go onto lux with my sight in details or do I need to put any other settings,I am not good with computers and settings and understanding all,thanks
Im not familiar with the options on the Fox ESS system just yet as i havent used them yet. You are best speaking to the company who installed for you to ask them. Hopefully next month i would have completed my training with them too
Hi, is there a way to set the start % for charging, as during the spring and summer months my batteries will go through the night and start charging via solar in the morning. So if the battery percentage was below 40% the inverter could charge them to 70%, thanks
as far as i know the system can only be set to charge based on time and then it will check percentage. So you could set the charge level to 70% and set a time period for tfor the morning. This would mean taht even if it was at 69% it would charge for 1%. During that charge times you have set would mean that discharge is disabled. I think a third party integration would be needed for what you would like to do.
Hi, is the AC CHARGE setting that I see at minute 13:20 the one that allows you to charge the batteries at night at a discounted rate and then use the battery during the day? So recharge from 11.30pm until 5.30am?
@FrankHighlanders I tested it and it's not a 1 hour timer. It just charges manually until.you stop it. It means you don't have to go into settings. I've edited original response
Under charge settings, SYSTEM CHARGE SOC % - this is set to 100% - this means the solar will charge it to 100%. This is separate to the AC Charge settings
may i ask some questions please. 0. I just saw luxpowertek inverter model SNA6000W on internet. 1. can this inverter sync electricity come from solar cell/battery and grid. (i mean use both of electricity from solar cell/battery and grid in same time. ex. house load = 6kw and inverter can divide into 3kw from solar cell/battery + 3kw from grid) 2. this inverter can schedule/program charging/discharging time right ? lastly in my country it's so fuxk shit (bad) when i want to sell electric from my own solar cell.
Hi i believe that all luxpowertek have the same software. the model number you have asked isnt a UK model so i cant comment on the the different regulations that you may have. Its best to ask a local installer re if the inverter is grid tied or off-grid
there are no settings in the app that need chagning. Once you have added the batteries and adjusted the dip switch settings on the master battery and slave batteries this is automatically picked up. Speak to your Pylontech supplier/installer re the dip settings
i do a lot of greenlinx batteries and not Pylontech - theres a setting on the master to let it know how many slaves are connected and also ID of each battery. I think its on a dial with some numbers on it that you have to adjust - sorry but cant help more on that as i havent done Pylontech
Hi - Is it possible to have a lower rate of charge when using the grid over night but maintain full charge speed during the day? I've tried amending the grid charge option but noticed my system was also limiting my solar charging during the day!
Ah I'm using the app and I don't have that option. It saves 'Grid charge rate' and 'AC charge level' as my options. I'll try to see if I can log into the browser
I checked on the website and its actually the same setting but with a different name. When I adjust it for some reason it was still limiting my charging through the day today from the panels.
@YorkshireAutomation Yeah that's what it's set to. It charges overnight at 50% rate fine, then today I noticed I was exporting half the power generation and the limit was also impacting my solar charging. I'll check again tomorrow. Maybe it was lagging a bit and I didnt give it chance to amend itself while I was testing
Hello i wondering if you can help me i have a 5kva luxpower inverter and the problem im experience is my battery is discharging more than the grid is puting in
My Lux Hybrid inverter is set up to charge the batteries on cheap rate (21:00 - 06:00), however it would appear to be powering the house as soon as the charging stops, when in reality I would prefer to maintain the batteries in standby until about 18:30 (in case of powercuts), and then to power the house before the next cheap rate switches in. Is this possible.
So you would like to have batteries do nothing from 0600 to 1830? Have I read that correctly? If yes then setup ac charge time 2 for between 0600 and 1830 and the charge level that is low. This way the batteries will not discharge and as you have set the level well below what it actually is then they will not charge from the grid either
@@YorkshireAutomation Hi, I have looked at my system, and I am a little bit puzzled. I can locate/set charge time 2 OK, but I cannot see where or how to set a charge level for the second charge period. There would only appear to be an overall charge level for all time periods. Regards Ian
@purpleocean7721 Sorry you are correct only 1 rate can be set. So if the level has been reached in the morning session then leaving the inverter until 1830 would mean the level remains and therefore it won't discharge
Hi, I would also like to set up my Lux Hybrid inverter to charge the batteries at an advantageous rate (9.00pm - 6.00am), could you show me your setup screen?
Thank you. This was very useful. My plan is to charge the batteries up to 100% overnight on the flux rate of 19.67p. During the day, I'll be using free solar or using the batteries or buying at day rate 32.79. If I generate more than I use it will charge the batteries or export at 21.79p if the batteries are full. During the second half of the peak hours, I will discharge down to 10%, earning 34.9p. I know I'll then be buying electricity back in the evening, but after the peak time it only costs 32.79p. Overall, I'm buying at 19.67p and selling at 34.9p and 21.79p.
Glad to help mate and yep thats a fantatsic way of maximising your setup!
Thanks for replying. I decided to do the obvious and switch off all batteries and my LuxPower unit for 5 minutes. It all worked perfectly after turning back on.
Your video was very helpful. Thanks.
So far I have only watched the first 10 minutes and I am already really impressed! Thanks and thanks again. I'll have a few queries next post!
Very useful video, thanks. Just got a LXP3600 ACS. loving it so far. Have 2 Pylontech US2000. Second hand and flat. So will be trying to get them up and running. Have solar too and the LUX console shows everything.
I have the Octopus Agile add on configured on my system and works really well.
Thank you once again for a very informative video. My graphs continue to show big mains pulls nearly everyday despite the batteries. None shown on yours! I wish I knew where the problem is. I have again raised it with the installer ......
Very useful. Tiny error, max power for two luxpower / squirrel pods of 7.2 kW does not equate to "40 amps". More like just under 32 amps. Hence my 32a MCB they are on, won't trip. But I have throttled charge rate to 57%, as I too have 19.2 kWh, I too have intelligent octopus, 6 hours to charge in, absolutely no need to go berserk and charge at 7 kW. 4 kW charge rate is plenty actually, and a shade kinder on the batteries.
Yes that's what I do now. And you are correct better for the batteries
Could I ask a general question please? We have this set up - Luxpower batteries and a controller that doesn't. Most of the time the controller is fast asleep and only grudgingly wakes up to switch to battery supply. Have you seen many examples where the controller does not control - or is ours the only one? TIA
Hi, thanks for a v useful video. I have lux batteries, invertor and solar and can’t figure out how to charge the car from the batteries at night. Thought the “force discharge” might work but I realise this sends it to the grid. Any suggestions gratefully received 😊 thanks
Hi
Force discharge is for those that want to export to gain the benefit from the higher export rate offered by octopus flux tariff.
So don't need to use that setting.
The system is designed so that whatever the demand in the house the batteries will provide upto its max discharge rate. This is 3.5kw per hour. So if you plug your car in then the battery will be used first before the grid.
However only 3.5kw from battery and therefore 3.5kw from grid plus whatever the house needs.
Just finished watching the complete video. You did a great job! I have 1.5Kw pv, 6.3kWh Lux batteries and inverter, and an EV. On Octopus Go. Charging when necessary overnight but pv is currently filling it up anyway. Big query (1) Octopus billing me for ~10kWh per month for peak rate usage despite no evidence of this; (2) I keep seeing mains pulls lasting far more than 30 secs whenever kettle etc is switched on - before batteries kick in. This shows as lots of spikes. Any ideas about these problems. Octopus ignores my queries about billing and Luxpower themselves are all but dead in the water! Minimal responses from installer.
there is a max discharge rate that the inverter or charge controller can do and if the demand exceeeds that then it will draw from the grid.
also it should only take around 2 secs for the system to switch to batteries once it detects demand from the house.
Best thing to do is check that your CT clamp is secure and without actually seeing your system thats all i can advise at the moment.
Thanks fro your comments
@@YorkshireAutomation Pity that you are based in Yorkshire! You seem to be the perfect chap to check my system! 🙂 FWIW the installer told me that the controller takes 30 seconds to respond. Hmmm....
@lawrenceharris1819 where are you based I do get around a lot..
@@YorkshireAutomation Stowmarket .....
@lawrenceharris1819 just too far outside London as I do get out there.
Send me an email with the serial number of the inverter and I can see what I can do remotely..
Thanks
Thanks for a great walkthrough video!
I have a car charging question.
We have 5kW west facing solar, 9.6kW Greenlinx batteries, zappi charger, tesla 3 long range.
We are on octopus go (00.30-04.30 cheap period).
We’ll be charging the car during the cheap grid period.
How do I set up the inverter/battery settings so we are not using the batteries during this cheap electricity period to charge the car? The battery capacity will not be enough. And no point draining the battery to then not have enough power to supply the house until sun is out.
Hi
thanks for your comments!!
to make sure the battery doesnt discharge whilst you are chaging car during off-peak is a simple process.
You have to enable the AC CHARGE on the LUX.
However if you do not want the batteries to actually charge too then make sure you set the AC BATTERY CHARGE LEVEL to 5%. This means that as long as the batteries have at least a 5% charge they will NOT be charged using grid and also not discharge into the car. Also make sure you set the AC START TIME and END TIME same as above.
You have to remeber the batteries will effectively be switched off for those 4 hours and your house will also consume off-grid power.
Thanks
@@YorkshireAutomation brilliant! Thank you for your answer!
Thanks for video. I'm just on Octopus Flux import for a few weeks until they sort the export side.
At the moment I can buy cheaper from grid 0200-0500. And over the first two days of doing this I'm not understanding the logic of what's happening. Here's an example.
It's set to charge batteries to 40%. But at 2am they are still at 60% from yesterdays sunshine. I thought they would just keep getting discharged until they reach 40%. But that's not what's happening. At 2am luxpower ac controller starts importing from grid for the small background overnight usage. It stops discharging batteries until 5am. Then it's back to using the 60% SoC batteries. This means I had to purchase grid power unnecessarily in my opinion. Yes it was at cheap rate. But I wanted my batteries to be at 40% to make room for next days solar. I don't get the logic.
Once I'm fully on Octopus Flux, I guess if not going to be such a financial problem.
Hi
When you set the batteries to charge from the grid they will stop discharging.
Batteries can only perform charge or discharge separately and not simultaneously.
Also you set your charge limit to 40%, this means the batteries will stop charging when they reach 40%, if they are at 60% that means no need to charge them and as your timer is set from 0200 to 0500 then they effectively switch off. That's why you ended up importing.
@@YorkshireAutomation thanks for speedy reply! I think the key thing your said its that they are set to charge. So even if they don't charge cos they don't need it, they won't discharge. Thanks
Very informative.... if my car charges 0030-0530, how do I get the battery to charge at the same time? It seems to empty the battery instead of charging both! Thanks
you need to enable the AC Charge option and set the time 0030 to 0530. this way it will simultabeously charge both car and batteries.
Thanks for informative video as I have Lux power and greenlinx inralled last week. Planning to go onto Octopus Flux as soon as batteries certified . One question I'm trying to get my head around...
I will want batteries to charge to 50% from 0200 to 0500 off peak , leaving room for solar charging later. I want to continue using grid power during that off peak period and not let the batteries discharge until the grid cost has gone up, don't I?
Can I stop them discharging while I can use cheap off peak grid ?
Thanks
Hi
Once the system is set to charging from grid they will not discharge at all until the end time.
So in your case 0200 to 0500 the house will use grid even if the batteries have achieved the 50% full like you specified.
@@YorkshireAutomation thanks for very fast reply! I just need to make sure the charge time covers the whole of the off peak period and doesn't finish before that period ends.. I get it now.
Unless you have heavy usage at breakfast time, won't you be paying for electricity, albeit at a cheap rate, rather than using free Solar power to fill the battery during most months?
@@Judddsy We have just gone on to Flux. I have found that if by the time we go to bed the batteries are still at around 45-50% then they get us through the night until hopefully they start to charge from PV the next day. My plan is in the winter to set the charge to 100% during the off peek and with any luck that will get us through the next day. On really dull winter days, it may be worth giving them a boost around 2:30 to 3:30 on standard rate.
I have found that the weather compensation data is completely wrong. The prediction on Open weather app though is correct. I've told Infinity and they are investigating. I actually think the api data sent to lux is for correct location but thewrong day.. It comes from Open Weather. I'm noting what their app says at 7pm each day and comparing it with the api data which should be same prediction
As a Luxpower user, I found this a really helpful video, thanks.
I’ve been an Octopus user for some years, now with Solar panels and battery, and will probably switch to Octopus Flux when the current fixed contract expires next month.
Seeing your video, as an initial trial, I’ve set the battery to discharge from 18:00 to 19:00 with Stop discharge SoC set to 20%. However, after this time the battery is actually dropping to 5 or 6% SoC.
How can I stop the SoC from going so low? Thanks.
Hi
Thanks for your comments.
There is a setting called On Grid Discharge CutOff under discharge settings.
Set that to the minimum you would like.
@@YorkshireAutomation Thanks😃 I've just set this switch to 10% as I feel concerned about letting the battery go lower than that. I copied the Stop Discharge SOC(%) at 20% from this video as I thought that this would do the job. Clearly, I misunderstood the purpose of Stop Discharge SOC.
I don't feel I'm in control of the Luxpower BMS, as it 'leaks' a lot of battery power to the grid when it should be reserved for home consumption.
Most of the time this is only revealed by the Smart meter IHD (In Home Display), the monthly electricity bill. The only time the grid should benefit is when the battery is full or when I require it.
The Battery SoC data graph gives the impression that it's intentional rather than a leak. Is there a way to prevent or at least minimise leakage to grid?
@@robertsprigge5535 i believe that as the property consumption is ever changing and the inverter/charge controller is trying to balance everything a little bit of leakage is inevitable. you have to remember that the whole system relies on a CT clamp which uses magnetic field from the LIVE conductor. This is not the most accurate way of measuring power but its the easiest non invasive and cheap way of measuring. there is a margin of error in this method. i believe this is the cause for the leakage.
@@YorkshireAutomation Great, thank you. Setting Grid Discharge CutOff resolved my concern😃
With solar panels, 5kW battery, and 3k Luxpower unit, I decided to create a simulation of using Octopus Flux over the last few days:
These settings seem to work for our situation, although I expect they can be improved upon:
With AC Battery Charge Level set to 30%:
Booster charges between 02:00 and 05:00 for the Cheap period, 14:00-16:00 to ensure there is sufficient charge to cover the peak period and 20:00-21:00
We have the EPS available, albeit to one location only, and it seems appropriate to ensure that the battery is charged in case this facility is required.
With On-Grid Cut-Off SOC set to 10%
Discharge is scheduled for 18:00-19:00, the last hour of the Peak period.
Comments invited.
please let us know how it goes. it also depends on usage and occupancy of the house.
@@YorkshireAutomation By my calculations, Octopus Flux would have cost a total of £8.39 less over the past 2 weeks than Flexible Octopus for the identical electricity usage, which was tuned to suit Octopus Flux.
I’ve included the additional Flux income from exporting in the 16:00 - 19:00 period and the loss for the additional cost of any imported during the period. Also, covering the reduction for importing during 02:00 - 05:00.
We are a very busy couple located in Hertfordshire, but definitely not 9-5ers. Heavy consumption early evening, like the general population, also mornings 8-10.
The panels are all South facing. We have a 100% gas boiler and we’re not expecting to get an Electric car on the driveway for the next couple of years.
@@robertsprigge5535
Thanks for this data. I'm sure it will help those who are deciding on what to do.
Great info. What secondary charger do you recommend
Secondary charger?
I don't have panels and would like to know if I can use a secondary ac charger .
@dawoodadam2926 yes you can have upto 8 AC charge controllers each with upto 8 batteries.
Helpful video - thanks. I am permitted to export at 5KW and I notice my solar can produce in excess of 6.2kw in bright lunchtime sunshine - until my batteries are full - then I notice my luxpower inverter scales back the solar production to 5.2kw and limits my export rate to 4.6kw max (difference being my consumption). Is there a setting that can be increased to up the export to 5kw - or is the 5kw a nominal figure and 4.6kw considered near enough?
I believe that is the default rate
@YorkshireAutomation this was genuinely a really helpful video and much better than the manufacturers literature and efforts. Perhaps a silly question but what does "Power Backup Enable" do? Is it possible to configure the system to run the house during the power cut? Or can you only wire a socket on to the battery for smaller items to use?
thanks for your comments.
the system can run the house when there is a power cut but it has to be connected to the EPS outoput port of the Lux. You would need an electrician to wire in and make sure it complies with the electical regulations.
Thanks
I think I read it couldn't power the house unless there was a gateway or something to stop electricity going the wrong way into the grid. Does the lux Inverter work as a gateway? I suspect it doesn't and the EPS outlet will only power some sockets and can't be connected to the whole house. Nonetheless, many thanks for your help!
@@RossFawdington the eps is connected indepently from the existing house. so the circuits are wired into a consumer unit directly fed from the EPS port. it has nothing to do with the grid. When grid is active then power is bypassed thruogh charge controller and into eps. when no grid then power is supplied via batteries. at no point is there a back-feed into the grid
hi my name is joseph ,sir I have issues with luxpower 5kw invetor is not able to charge the battery with grid
Thanks for the explanation. Very helpful. I currently don’t have solar but am considering this. The company that has quoted me have no knowledge of Lux inverters. I have 2 squirrel pods. To add solar to charge my batteries i understand we need to add a CT clamp on the primary Lux inverter that sees the power on the live of the PV inverter.
The solar installer is thinking the CT clamp needs an Eastron SDM120CT. Is this correct?
Hi
No it's a standard CT clamp similar to the one that you already have that is monitoring the grid.
You will then only need a PV string inverter and not a hybrid inverter.
If unsure give me a call for a chat on 07946 591533.
Thanks
Great Video, I do have a quick question. I am on a Luxpower hybrid 8-10K inverter with 2 x 10Kw Hanchu Batteries, I am on Octopus Flux and with flux I have setup the batteries in the inverter config to charge them between 2am and 5am as it's really cheap. Is there a reason why when the batteries get fully charged say approx 4am the inverter does not swap over to batteries but keeps pulling current from the grid right up to 5am and then swaps onto batteries.
That's because you have specified to charge them from.2am to 5am and so they will remain in charge mode only. They cannot work in both modes simultaneously.
If you know that they regularly get to 100% by 4am then amend them charging schedule to 2am.to 4am instead
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Thanks for the video. We often appear to be exporting to the grid when we could be adding to the battery level. Is there a way to control this please?
Hi
Please be aware that the snapshot for the app is taken approx every 5 mins. sometimes it is taken as it is transitioning and so it seems as if its exporting instead of charging. The inverter can take upto 5 secs to respond.
If it seems to be doing all the time then ask the installer to take a look at the data and we can then work out whats going on.
Cheers
We've installed a LuxPower hybrid solar inverter in our security estate in South Africa due to our country not having electricity for 12 hours of the day from the grid. At home I have a Victron system whereby I can just set the SOC to say 40% and the system will use the battery power at night when the sun is down and discharge to that setting before the grid is allowed to be used. Should the grid be out during Loadshedding (rolling blackouts) the batteries can dip below 40%. This is simple. But I have not yet figured out how to get this to work on the LuxPower inverter. The grid was out for 2 hours tonight and the battery discharged from 100% to 95% in that time. Now the battery remains at 95% while it is using grid power. There is enough battery capacity for our estate's security systems to be up all the time on the battery, after which the battery will recharge via solar again starting in the morning. Does anyone know how to set the LuxPower inverter to operate as with my Victron described above?
i believe that in order to get the Lux to behave in the off-grid format needs your installer/distributor to change some settings for it to do that. As far as i know the defaut setting is as grif-tied
@@YorkshireAutomation Ah thanks. I actually managed to figure it out. The interface seems a bit different than in your videos. On our inverter's maintenance page you can now set the Charge to take place within Timers, like it used to be, or set it to a certain SOC, or in fact, a combination of both.
The first evening with the new settings the batteries reached their SOC setting at around 2 am, however the grid was off between 2am and 6am. So unfortunately the battery depleted and our security to our estate went dark. I then tweaked the settings again and last night it worked. When the grid came back around 6am there was still 50% of the battery left. And shortly after the sun was out and started charging the battery.
So, it seems like there was a firmware upgrade which added the SOC setpoint, which in my opinion works 100% better than timers. Especially if you have an unstable grid like us where your power can go off without any notice.
The web interface I see on the Africa server differs a lot from your video. Not sure if different regions have different versions, but I can't apply settings as you have.
My actual problem is that an inverter is set to begin AC charge with both SOC and TIME - to begin 55% SOC and Time 18:00 start to 06:00 end. It charges fine during the specified Time range but not when it reaches the SOC percentage during the day. It does, however stop discahrging at the 50% EOD SOC I have set.
Is there an explanation as local Lux support are unable to provide answers as to why it's not beginning charge at the SOC 55% point?
From my understanding the SOC rate is the minimum SOC required. So if the SOC drops to below 55% it will charge up. However if it goes above then it wont charge at all.
I can see from your email that the interface is different and you have different options to us here in UK.
But as far as we know that we cannot set the batteries to charge/discharge at same time. its one or the other in that specific time frame.
Thank you for this informative video. Im trying to change my settings so that the system runs off of my batteries at night up to a certain battery percentage (say 30%). Only then should the grid kick back in. Is this possible with Luxpower? At the moment my batteries are constantly set at 100%
hi
the grid kicks in when the batteries reach the setting in the SOC for discharge. the system is designed for max discharge when there is power in the batteries.
however if you want to use the grid when batteries is above 10% (or 5% for hanchu) then set this figure under discharge
Hi, thanks for this video it’s very useful. I wondering if you can help, My battery will only AC charge IF it has some charge left in. If it’s empty at (at 11% SOC) then it will not auto AC charge. Should I try increasing the on grid cut off SOC a touch do you think?
Hi
It should still charge from AC if that is the settings you have set. I have mine set to 5% with Lux and Greenlinx batteries. 10% if lux and pylontech batteries.
The only time it needs solar to charge up is if the battery voltage drops down.
Best to ask your installer to take a look and escalate to tech support if they can't figure out
Hi, thanks for the video.
I have a Lux system installed with a Lux 6000 hybrid inverter and a Greenlinkx battery. Based on the specs of the inverter it seems that it could be fitted with an automation so that if the grid power gets down the solar system can disengage the grid and continue to feed the house and function from solar and battery alone - as long as there is enough power generated or available in the batteries . However, the installer said he cannot fit it that way. Do you know if there is any after market option to make it this way?
He is correct. The system does have EPS mode but they will have to re-wire existing house circuits through the hybrid inverter and also make provision for an external earth rod too.
@@YorkshireAutomation Thanks. I suspected that. They don't know how to. I have an idea, but I am not an authorized electrician. Would this modification be something that you would do, or be interested to take on a contract ?
@@mortexist please contact me via email or call 07946591533 or info@yorkshireautomation.co.uk
In the last few days my pylontech batteries will only charge to 87% from the grid during my 7 hours of low price time at night and shows a red light on what i think is the master battery. (They always charged to 100% before that). I have the On-grid Cut-off set to 10% as set by my installer but the day this fault started the SOC went down to 9%. Could that have been the cause of the problem? However they will then charge to 100% later in the day when the solar panels kick in and no red light. Any suggestions for a solution? Thank you
i would suggest getting back in touch with your installer to take a look at the batteries. you shouldnt be getting any alarm lights at all, and this is what is probably causing the reduced charge
Hi, helpful video! I have a question.
In my house, I have 2 batteries, 10KW in total.
I have System Discharge Power Rate(%) set to 10% because if I leave 100% they download in no time, even if during the night I don't have any device turned on.
Why are they discharging quickly if I'm not using any device?
Thank you so much
If I remember correctly system discharge power rate is a force discharge setting. It won't do anything as long as its disabled.
Default is disabled. If enabled you are forcing the batteries to discharge to house and export
@@YorkshireAutomation System discharge power rate is outside a box called Forced Discharge.
By default, system discharge power rate is set to 100. It mean that my battery will be discharged quickly.
Setting 10% is the only way to use the battery over night. Just not sure that it's the right setting because Consumption Power (in the dashboard) is always similar to Discharge Power or the solars power.
Many thanks for this informative video. We have just added another 3 Pylontech batteries to our LuxPower Invertor. What do we have to do to see these on the app please?
They will automatically appear on the app provided they have been configured and connected correctly to your existing setup.
@@YorkshireAutomation Many thanks for your quick reply! It's hard to tell from the app as it doesn't show the amount of charge in kWh just W (which says 30W) and 50.0Vdc and I haven't a clue what this means!
Everything seems to be working ok - all lights on and no error message
@sokusziu have you waited for at least 5 mins for the server to update?
Also has the master been set to the new number of batteries?
Have the slave batteries also been set?
@@YorkshireAutomation yes ir's been about an hour. How do I change the master (what/where is the master? On the app?) I don't know what you mean by slave batteries, sorry!
We have load shading and times are not specific how do i leave the on grid charge to charge at any time we have on grid ?
unfortunately you cant, you will be better with an off-grid inverter instead which has the features to charge batteries whenever grid is present and use grid energy when present and auto switch to batteries when grid goes off.
Hi, I am having issues with the ac charge. Basically when I put the time between 2am to 5am to charge batteries from the grid, it charges from 2am to 3am then it just stops charging from the grid when it should continue till 5am. It then just uses the grid to power the house. Any idea why this is happening? Would really appreciate the help.
hi
i do need some more info. can you send screenshots of your settings to my email - info@yorkshireautomation.co.uk - also need to know how many batteries you have and size aswell as what lux you have. thanks
@@YorkshireAutomation hi there,
Thanks for responding.
I got it working now. Only issue now i am facing is the battery not being discharged at its full capacity. It discharges at 3300w but not at 3600w. I have a 3.6kw hybrid luxpower system with 5 batteries.
Is this normal or is it meant to discharge at full capacity?
@Dh2212an that is ok as it works on current and the battery voltage.
Temp also has an affect on the charge and discharge rates.
So 3.3kw is within range
@@YorkshireAutomation how come on the luxpower manufacturer website it states it can discharge at 3600w with a 3.6kw system? It’s missing the extra 300w which is quite a lot.
@Dh2212an under ideal conditions it will charge/discharge at full rate.
Ambient temp is the biggest factor
I have solar plus batteries and I'm trying to work out how to maximise savings. I've noticed that my solar array can generate 6kw+ when batteries are charging but once my battery is full, this is scaled back considerably for export. I'm not tech savvy so I assume the limitation is the inverter. Is there a way of limiting the rate the battery charges so that I can maximise the amount I export during the day and just have the battery fully charged just in time for the sun going down. At the moment it seems like I'm wasting some of the sunshine
Hi
This is what the Lux Tech Team responded with as i had to find out myself:
there is a limitation on the export this is for the dno compliance
but the solar will only export when the battery is full and there is surplus solar due to low consumption
he can get purchase another battery and expand his system but limiting the battery charge rate wont do anything to use more solar
Is there any way to set the batteries to discharge at peak times, but not export to grid (only discharge for what the house is using)?I'm finding that the batteries are dumping out to grid and fully discharge before peak time has ended, therefore I'm still paying for peak time electricity towards the end of the peak time window.
The default setting is for the batteries to discharge only what the house needs. Unless you have enabled force discharge then it will just supply what you have specified in the settings.
Hi, I wonder if you could help I just connected PV2 - another set of 4 solar panels, to existing 12 panels (pv1) do I need to change any settings? I have only changed settings to pv - 2 separate connections, options were given separate or paralel, I selected 2 separate. I hope my question makes sense, I am new to all this. Thanks in advance
@@mar4elo999 that's correct settings. So should be ok
@YorkshireAutomation It looks like the inverter has adopted and started to produce. Thanks for your reply! 🙌
Do you know of any videos showing connection of inverter to consumer unit
Sorry - that will be a job for the electrician
Might be better if you don't have someone shredding bags of crisps in the background..?
Hello I am on octopus flux and I have fox ess setup inc battery and inverter,and I cannot force discharge to get the higher rate,I can only import,can I just go onto lux with my sight in details or do I need to put any other settings,I am not good with computers and settings and understanding all,thanks
Im not familiar with the options on the Fox ESS system just yet as i havent used them yet. You are best speaking to the company who installed for you to ask them. Hopefully next month i would have completed my training with them too
Hi, is there a way to set the start % for charging, as during the spring and summer months my batteries will go through the night and start charging via solar in the morning. So if the battery percentage was below 40% the inverter could charge them to 70%, thanks
as far as i know the system can only be set to charge based on time and then it will check percentage. So you could set the charge level to 70% and set a time period for tfor the morning. This would mean taht even if it was at 69% it would charge for 1%.
During that charge times you have set would mean that discharge is disabled.
I think a third party integration would be needed for what you would like to do.
I am using SNA 6k, but at Discharging pagei cannot file the time setup, only can setup by Volt or SOC
I'm not familiar with the sna version as we don't have that here. I'm afraid you will need to contact your distributor or installer.
Hi, is the AC CHARGE setting that I see at minute 13:20 the one that allows you to charge the batteries at night at a discounted rate and then use the battery during the day? So recharge from 11.30pm until 5.30am?
Yes mate that is the setting you use to set your schedule up. Just remember to press SET after each entry and enable it too.
@@YorkshireAutomation If it is possible to have another help.. what the button is for Quick Charge?
@FrankHighlanders quick charge is just that.. Just press and that's it. No need to go into settings and set times etc
@@YorkshireAutomation Recharge your batteries from the mains for an hour? Thank you
@FrankHighlanders I tested it and it's not a 1 hour timer. It just charges manually until.you stop it. It means you don't have to go into settings.
I've edited original response
How do you set the max battery capacity to less than 100%?
Under charge settings, SYSTEM CHARGE SOC % - this is set to 100% - this means the solar will charge it to 100%.
This is separate to the AC Charge settings
may i ask some questions please.
0. I just saw luxpowertek inverter model SNA6000W on internet.
1. can this inverter sync electricity come from solar cell/battery and grid.
(i mean use both of electricity from solar cell/battery and grid in same time.
ex. house load = 6kw and inverter can divide into 3kw from solar cell/battery + 3kw from grid)
2. this inverter can schedule/program charging/discharging time right ?
lastly in my country it's so fuxk shit (bad) when i want to sell electric from my own solar cell.
Hi
i believe that all luxpowertek have the same software. the model number you have asked isnt a UK model so i cant comment on the the different regulations that you may have. Its best to ask a local installer re if the inverter is grid tied or off-grid
@@YorkshireAutomation Thx for feedback sir.
I currently have two Pylontech US5000. I am going to add another two. What settings do I need to change in the Lux Power app to add these?
there are no settings in the app that need chagning. Once you have added the batteries and adjusted the dip switch settings on the master battery and slave batteries this is automatically picked up. Speak to your Pylontech supplier/installer re the dip settings
@YorkshireAutomation thanks. Currently on my batteries they're both set to all be up.i assumed the new two I put to be up also? So they're all up?
i do a lot of greenlinx batteries and not Pylontech - theres a setting on the master to let it know how many slaves are connected and also ID of each battery. I think its on a dial with some numbers on it that you have to adjust - sorry but cant help more on that as i havent done Pylontech
@YorkshireAutomation ok thank you very much I will have a read of the manual
Hi - Is it possible to have a lower rate of charge when using the grid over night but maintain full charge speed during the day? I've tried amending the grid charge option but noticed my system was also limiting my solar charging during the day!
Yes, only adjust the %charge rate inside the AC CHarge Time area. that will then adjust only grid charging and not solar charging
Ah I'm using the app and I don't have that option. It saves 'Grid charge rate' and 'AC charge level' as my options.
I'll try to see if I can log into the browser
I checked on the website and its actually the same setting but with a different name. When I adjust it for some reason it was still limiting my charging through the day today from the panels.
@@samgirt7459 Under Charge settings
SYSTEM CHARGE POWER RATE (%) - Keep at 100%
under the AC CHARGE
thats separate
@YorkshireAutomation Yeah that's what it's set to. It charges overnight at 50% rate fine, then today I noticed I was exporting half the power generation and the limit was also impacting my solar charging.
I'll check again tomorrow. Maybe it was lagging a bit and I didnt give it chance to amend itself while I was testing
when i click on read I get the not available sign, do you know why this is happening.
Could be server maintenance. They tend to do that on Sundays. Try again later in the day
Hello i wondering if you can help me i have a 5kva luxpower inverter and the problem im experience is my battery is discharging more than the grid is puting in
Looks like we need to check your settings.
Can you take some screen shots and email to me.
Thanks
@@YorkshireAutomation yes sure what is your email
@@markusdebruyn8473 info@yorkshireautomation.co.uk
@@YorkshireAutomation okay thanks i sent you a email with screen shots
My Lux Hybrid inverter is set up to charge the batteries on cheap rate (21:00 - 06:00), however it would appear to be powering the house as soon as the charging stops, when in reality I would prefer to maintain the batteries in standby until about 18:30 (in case of powercuts), and then to power the house before the next cheap rate switches in. Is this possible.
So you would like to have batteries do nothing from 0600 to 1830?
Have I read that correctly?
If yes then setup ac charge time 2 for between 0600 and 1830 and the charge level that is low. This way the batteries will not discharge and as you have set the level well below what it actually is then they will not charge from the grid either
@@YorkshireAutomation Thanks, you have read it correctly, I will try what you have suggested, and see how it goes. Regards
Ian
@@YorkshireAutomation Hi, I have looked at my system, and I am a little bit puzzled. I can locate/set charge time 2 OK, but I cannot see where or how to set a charge level for the second charge period. There would only appear to be an overall charge level for all time periods. Regards Ian
@purpleocean7721
Sorry you are correct only 1 rate can be set.
So if the level has been reached in the morning session then leaving the inverter until 1830 would mean the level remains and therefore it won't discharge
Hi, I would also like to set up my Lux Hybrid inverter to charge the batteries at an advantageous rate (9.00pm - 6.00am), could you show me your setup screen?
What does S O C mean?
State of Charge
What is that noise? Is there a child with a packet of crisps running around?
At what time frame.. don't recall any noise except for the work being done in house