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Lucky lucky me !!!! 😁👍 https://homeseer.com/reolink-video-doorbell-integration/ I can check for dogs and cats - ‘cause I really need that feature !

Hmmm Dno says my max export is 8.6kw I take that as 3.6 pv + 5 pw Yet I’ve never got PW to export over 3.7 ! . I know the gateway effectively has a limiter ) - wonder if that’s set incorrectly ??

Is it worth changing the inverter ? I guess the real question is how often ( if ever ) will I get 5.7kw of pv ( as that’s the limit as you suggest ) . My pv array is split across 2 roofs ; so the array limit of 7kw would only ever be theoretical .

SE battery never set for “ self consumption “ because it can in certain circumstances steal from PowerWall ( that was the main problem in that original thread you linked too ) . So ! I do wonder why the installer didn’t put a larger ( thru put ) inverter in ? . I’m guessing cost wise ( for me ! ) not a great deal of difference? But as you say - as long as SE isn’t fully charged it can suck on 5k and potentially 2k to pw/home/grid

But shouldn’t SE charge before Tesla - as it’s dc ??

Oops ! I did forget . I am a lazy twat

Hence why the build takes so long

I’m away on a beach at the moment ( lying in the sun thinking about these things ) . Will sort photos Saturday ( of inverter etc. not beach 😎 )

Right ! Helpful thanks . I guess if I grab my inverter model number would help ?

Your diagram makes sense . I have no idea of my configuration. I will ask the installer - though at the moment they won’t speak to me . I only sent them 15 emails a few days ago …

Ermmmmm . You are an optimist yeah ? Schematic produced by whom ? 🫤

Glad you enjoyed our rubbish . So as you say what I ask is possible ? ( not interested in increasing export ) . I *suppose* having a DC battery mitigates the inverter limitations to some extent I.e it could charge at pv maximum generation . Would the DNO object in principle to g99 ( from g98 ) with a limiter imposed ? . After all I’m interested in my internal bottleneck only …

Exactly . I assumed I was being dumb ( yeah yeah ) . In my scenario as it stands if I didn’t have the SE battery but have a 7kw pv array I’d only ever get 3.66 generated . Where’s smarty bullocks @Nickfromwales when you need him !

I’m not touching anything ! Someone will chime in

Only 1 inverter ( ignore Tesla ) Need someone else’s input ! . Yes kwH whatever

Installer says … My SE DC battery can charge at the highest rate my pv can generate . ( it’s effectively a solar buffer ) So in theory an empty SE battery . Sunny day , pv generation at 7kw . Battery charges - great ! Then battery full . pv generation still 7kw . Yet only 3.66 will either go to house load and/or grid … Why ? Inverter limit of 3.66 applies to current “ going through it “ I.e not just exported but house load ????

Ok . Don’t worry about my non standard setup . pv array 10kw . Pv generation 10kw inverter export limit 3.66 Should 6.33kw go to house ? ( assuming there’s a load )

My setup is non standard . There are mis understandings on the installers part and mine . It works - but I’m confused by the inverter … Suppose you have a 10kw pv array and it is generating 10kw Inverter output is limited to 3.68 . My belief was in this scenario ( assume house load zero ) that 3.68 would go to the grid and rest “ lost “ If 10kw pv generated and a Tesla battery ( charge rate 3.66kw ) . Then shouldn’t 3.66 go to grid and 3.66 go to battery ? Is the inverter limit of 3.68 for *everytjing* I.e that’s the most it can deal with regardless of where it is going ? Hope that question makes sense !

Fibber

Nah . Don’t do that . Suspended ceiling means you can access all the f ups !

Ah right . My bathroom is finished yes ! - is yours ? 🤔

10 tubes of lube 🙄🙄🙄🙄

How does your cat get out ?

Define finished ….. 🙄🙄🙄🫤

@Thorfun you’re having suspended ceiling in basement yes ? ( sure you said that ) . So no worries about access if anything does f up . Also remember @Nickfromwales hadn’t built a (expletive deleted)ing house on his own and I have - so ; WORD !