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Not forced to be exporting that much - he could be exporting 7-10kwh and saving the difference, with a net reduction of 17kWh. Plenty are getting IO slots on trickle charge daily during the times that the current savings sessions have run, upping their average daily use by charging batteries etc...

Hi, Try this link for GivTCP, yes it's for HA and I've just bought a Dell wyse of eBay to run it: There are a number of ready made files for dual Inverters etc to download: https://www.facebook.com/groups/615579009972782/?ref=share With regards to your problem, I'm not seeing those issues of...

You shouldn't get any noticeable cross charging when generating on both, but you might if the dominant inverter isn't receiving much generation due to your position of the panels. EMS is a fair way off yet, and the best bet for running it effectively is with GivTCP of which there is ready made...

I've just bought a small server to run the GivTCP in the background to eliminate this problem -apparently works very well.

Saw your post elsewhere, a friend of mine had this brand and is really happy with the performance so far (originally was to be Givenergy).

Yes, that's me - try this group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/615579009972782/?ref=share It tends to flip from one to the other, one is more dominant than the other though - downside is small losses, main one being unnecessary cycling of the batteries.

Cross charging will be an issue even if set up as effectively separate systems - it was fine with Gen1 inverters originally, but latest software apparently monitors AC ( source: my original two Gen1's and now Gen2's). EMS is out in the wild testing on AC Inverters, not yet on hybrids - so when...

Prior to Octopus Go, now Flux, was on EDF Go electric 98 - 10 hours every night and all weekend on a cheap rate and worked well with my lifestyle.

It'll be interesting how these rates may alter in July as the price caps reduce. I'm guessing they'll drop, but likely to be relative as import should also follow.

It all depends on personal circumstances, I'm currently on Flux and will likely swap to Go/intelligent for winter period. This month I'll have been paid around £150 after my usage.

That one can be counterproductive unfortunately!

The batteries will charge at 3.6kW with the Gen2/3 hybrid inverters, the AC inverter limits this to 3kW. With Go, you only would fill 1.5 x 9.5kWh batteries, which is why I went with one battery per inverter for now.

Must have posted and missed your additional one in the process! If the the output is showing as 2.6kW then that is a Gen 1 hybrid inverter ( max actual charge is around 2.48kW with these). They've been recently available "free" with battery purchases from certain wholesalers. You definitely need...

Also in relation to charging, if you're on Octopus intelligent for example, you'd only be able to charge two batteries per inverter in the 6 hour cheap window.

If you're using Givenergy and dependent on 7kWh from the batteries only, you'll need multiple inverters and batteries. The 3.6W and 5kW inverters, either gen2 or gen3, each discharge maximum of 3.6kWh from batteries only. If you need that rate continuously, and have two inverters and only two...