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  • SuzeQStan
    SuzeQStan Posts: 1,675 Forumite
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    debitcardmayhem said:
    SuzeQStan said:
    Our battery / inverter seem to always play grab-@ss around sunset and won’t discharge for about half an hour - it even imports a small
    amount from the grid each day around sunset. So we didn’t export much at all - not through lack of trying! 😤😤
    Which battery/inverter do you have ?
    Growatt the both of them - have played around with discharging the battery when less full, starting discharge 10-15 minutes earlier than the session - it won’t play ball for a full half hour. 
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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 12,725 Forumite
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    SuzeQStan said:
    debitcardmayhem said:
    SuzeQStan said:
    Our battery / inverter seem to always play grab-@ss around sunset and won’t discharge for about half an hour - it even imports a small
    amount from the grid each day around sunset. So we didn’t export much at all - not through lack of trying! 😤😤
    Which battery/inverter do you have ?
    Growatt the both of them - have played around with discharging the battery when less full, starting discharge 10-15 minutes earlier than the session - it won’t play ball for a full half hour. 
    I am not familiar with growatt , sorry . I am sure someone who does may help you.
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
  • QrizB
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    Well done folk, I missed my chance - didn't get home and see the email until 1630, and then it was too late!
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  • debitcardmayhem
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    edited 22 January at 7:48PM
    SuzeQStan said:
    debitcardmayhem said:
    SuzeQStan said:
    Our battery / inverter seem to always play grab-@ss around sunset and won’t discharge for about half an hour - it even imports a small
    amount from the grid each day around sunset. So we didn’t export much at all - not through lack of trying! 😤😤
    Which battery/inverter do you have ?
    Growatt the both of them - have played around with discharging the battery when less full, starting discharge 10-15 minutes earlier than the session - it won’t play ball for a full half hour. 
    do you use the shine app or just the server ?
    I found this on t’internet https://electricianforum.co.uk/threads/system-limiting-output-growatt-shinephone-app-settings.56501/
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
  • SuzeQStan
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    Thanks @debitcardmayhem - we use the shine app - I’ve seen somewhere that growatt inverter struggles with dusk leakage 😳 🤣 we have had varying degrees of success with exporting to grid over the last couple years - but the dusk issue is a problem we haven’t been able to solve.  Sunset seems to cycle the inverter in a weird way!
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  • Spoonie_Turtle
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    Well that's annoying, I was asleep until gone 6 so didn't know about it.  Doubt we would have saved much (I still can't get in the heat pump cupboard by myself) but all the pennies add up.  Oh well.
  • debitcardmayhem
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    rejected at 300 
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  • victor2
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    Results are in from last saving session...

    So far you've earned 128 Octopoints (or £0.16) over 2 Saving Sessions

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  • MikeyPGT
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    victor2 said:
    Results are in from last saving session...

    So far you've earned 128 Octopoints (or £0.16) over 2 Saving Sessions
    And I thought I was doing well ...

    'So far you've earned 120 Octopoints (or £0.15) over 4 Saving Sessions'
    Debt Free Wannabe by 1 December 2027

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    11p over 3 here - but allowing that we've not done anything special at all for any of them, I'll take that! 
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