Growatt Battery First

Officer_Dibble

Yes, I should imagine integration with Growatt won't be the easiest. Have you tried the latest Beta software? It's hugely better for SPH inverters.

SuzeQStan

@Netexporter - just wanted to add about our 75% charging power - it seems to work pretty well with our 6.5kWh battery charged in less than 2 hours nightly and we just let the EV charge the full period every night as well which thankfully keeps us topped up due to short commutes.

we looked into getting a fast charger but £1k ROI massively put us off.

powerful_Rogue

SuzeQStan said:

@Netexporter - just wanted to add about our 75% charging power - it seems to work pretty well with our 6.5kWh battery charged in less than 2 hours nightly and we just let the EV charge the full period every night as well which thankfully keeps us topped up due to short commutes.

we looked into getting a fast charger but £1k ROI massively put us off.

I'm getting a fast charger installed in 10 days. Opens up Intelligent Octopus, 7.5p per kWh for 6 hours. Plus adhoc times when you plug the car in.

SuzeQStan

What’s your ROI tho - from what I’ve read they never pay you back.  It’s more a convenience / necessary evil thing - but that doesn’t make it a bad thing of course.  Just not a MSE thing

powerful_Rogue

SuzeQStan said:

What’s your ROI tho - from what I’ve read they never pay you back.  It’s more a convenience / necessary evil thing - but that doesn’t make it a bad thing of course.  Just not a MSE thing

Haven't worked it out, but imagine a few years plus. Being able to charge the car and house on cheap rate plus the adhoc extra charging sessions will come in handy during the winter to add some extra charge to the house batteries.

ecraig

Officer_Dibble said:

Yes, I should imagine integration with Growatt won't be the easiest. Have you tried the latest Beta software? It's hugely better for SPH inverters.

How do you obtain the beta software please?