Lux ac battery controller

newbuilder

I don’t suppose there is a setting in the Lux that switches it to off grid so we can at least charge the batteries? And maybe use them tonight?

Solarchaser

I'd say search the manual as I'm not sure what the settings is, but they can definitely be used off grid, so you should be able to.

philologus

Is there a thread on here that is a guide to what can and can not be done with the Luxpower app please?

I'm puzzled by some of the things I see on mine.

Solar yielding for today (so far) is 0.8kWh

Feed in energy is 0

Consumption is 4.9kWh

Battery level is 30%  (9.6kWh  battery system) Where did this come from because I started today with 10%?

 A few minutes ago I had 32% battery level and was producing 800w. I was using 500w but I was exporting instead of charging.

I fiddled with the settings but forgot to write down what I'd done and the panels are now producing 800w, I'm using 500w and charging the battery at 250w

I notice sometimes that, even though I have plenty of charge in the battery and am producing a small amount from the panels, that I still appear to be importing 60w even though I'm only consuming 600w

newbuilder

Okay my understanding re the small import
the LUX does not respond immediately it cannot predict when you are about to put the kettle on or when it clicks off so it will take from grid until caught up.

if you are using the local access then you will see almost immediate results but on the web takes up to 15 minutes, something makes me think it can be as quick as 3.

your batteries will charge if your house does not need the solar. As long as you don’t have charge from grid on just now.

I have octopus go faster so charge from 203” to 0130 and force the inverter to use the grid and not any batteries 

Will upload my screenshots shortly

newbuilder

Not saying these are correct but it works for me. Anything with a start and end time the same is because you can’t delete the entries when you don’t need them. Also for some reason it does not like a finish time after 2359 on the same day so you need to start an entry again at 0000

EVandPV

newbuilder said:

Okay my understanding re the small import
the LUX does not respond immediately it cannot predict when you are about to put the kettle on or when it clicks off so it will take from grid until caught up.

if you are using the local access then you will see almost immediate results but on the web takes up to 15 minutes, something makes me think it can be as quick as 3.

Yeah the app or web portal will update every 2 minutes or so over the internet and the app will update every 10 seconds in 'local connect' mode. So what your seeing whenever you view the data is just a snapshot at that point in time and not realtime data. To see live info, you'd need to look at the lcd screen on the Lux but even then you'll still see some import or export at times as the Lux takes a few seconds to react to changes in your household consumption.
These inverters don't supply full power instantly, they gradually increase or decrease the power by a few hundred watts at a time. The Lux takes about 20-30 seconds to ramp up to full power in order to charge or discharge the batteries.

chamelion

EVandPV said:

newbuilder said:

Okay my understanding re the small import
the LUX does not respond immediately it cannot predict when you are about to put the kettle on or when it clicks off so it will take from grid until caught up.

if you are using the local access then you will see almost immediate results but on the web takes up to 15 minutes, something makes me think it can be as quick as 3.

Yeah the app or web portal will update every 2 minutes or so over the internet and the app will update every 10 seconds in 'local connect' mode. So what your seeing whenever you view the data is just a snapshot at that point in time and not realtime data. To see live info, you'd need to look at the lcd screen on the Lux but even then you'll still see some import or export at times as the Lux takes a few seconds to react to changes in your household consumption.
These inverters don't supply full power instantly, they gradually increase or decrease the power by a few hundred watts at a time. The Lux takes about 20-30 seconds to ramp up to full power in order to charge or discharge the batteries.

Wasn't aware of the 10 second update via local connect! Have you found any way to harness that data? I currently use the pic API which refreshes every couple of minutes - I'd love to be able to pull data straight from the local inverter with 10s intervals!

EVandPV

chamelion said:

EVandPV said:

newbuilder said:

Okay my understanding re the small import
the LUX does not respond immediately it cannot predict when you are about to put the kettle on or when it clicks off so it will take from grid until caught up.

if you are using the local access then you will see almost immediate results but on the web takes up to 15 minutes, something makes me think it can be as quick as 3.

Yeah the app or web portal will update every 2 minutes or so over the internet and the app will update every 10 seconds in 'local connect' mode. So what your seeing whenever you view the data is just a snapshot at that point in time and not realtime data. To see live info, you'd need to look at the lcd screen on the Lux but even then you'll still see some import or export at times as the Lux takes a few seconds to react to changes in your household consumption.
These inverters don't supply full power instantly, they gradually increase or decrease the power by a few hundred watts at a time. The Lux takes about 20-30 seconds to ramp up to full power in order to charge or discharge the batteries.

Wasn't aware of the 10 second update via local connect! Have you found any way to harness that data? I currently use the pic API which refreshes every couple of minutes - I'd love to be able to pull data straight from the local inverter with 10s intervals!

I haven't but there's code available to talk to the Lux via the Luxpower servers ..... https://github.com/celsworth/octolux

Wasn't aware of an api, do you have a link to any info ?

chamelion

EVandPV said:

chamelion said:

EVandPV said:

newbuilder said:

Okay my understanding re the small import
the LUX does not respond immediately it cannot predict when you are about to put the kettle on or when it clicks off so it will take from grid until caught up.

if you are using the local access then you will see almost immediate results but on the web takes up to 15 minutes, something makes me think it can be as quick as 3.

Yeah the app or web portal will update every 2 minutes or so over the internet and the app will update every 10 seconds in 'local connect' mode. So what your seeing whenever you view the data is just a snapshot at that point in time and not realtime data. To see live info, you'd need to look at the lcd screen on the Lux but even then you'll still see some import or export at times as the Lux takes a few seconds to react to changes in your household consumption.
These inverters don't supply full power instantly, they gradually increase or decrease the power by a few hundred watts at a time. The Lux takes about 20-30 seconds to ramp up to full power in order to charge or discharge the batteries.

Wasn't aware of the 10 second update via local connect! Have you found any way to harness that data? I currently use the pic API which refreshes every couple of minutes - I'd love to be able to pull data straight from the local inverter with 10s intervals!

I haven't but there's code available to talk to the Lux via the Luxpower servers ..... https://github.com/celsworth/octolux

Wasn't aware of an api, do you have a link to any info ?

Ah sorry that's what I meant, I'm using the above too.

mickyduck55

@newbuilder interesting that you have the LUX set from 20:30 to 23:59 then a second time of 00:00 to 01:30... I have mine set to 20:30 to 01:30.  I run a Pi to decide if I need charge or not so not the same configuration but did you find it did not work with just a single time slot?