Reply With QuoteGraeme, do you have some sort of switching that allows you to take "a little from the grid"?
Swaggie
In overcast conditions I allow my HWS to use a little from the grid to avoid having to run it totally from the grid overnight.
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Swaggie
Graeme, do you have some sort of switching that allows you to take "a little from the grid"?
Swaggie
We have a Fronius inverter with a load meter on the grid supply. Included load management software that runs under Windows has a parameter to switch on the load and another to switch it off. My normal non-summer on/off values are feed-in 4000W / feed-in 500W but on cloudy days I change those to feed-in 3000 / consumption 500 or occasionally feed-in 2500 / consumption 1000, thus allowing use of some grid power. Summer values are feed-in 5000 / feed-in 1500 to delay switching on so as to maximise early feed-in, considering that we're limited to 5000W.
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Geez that sounds complicated for me. We have a button to be pushed once for one hour grid boost up to 3 times for 3 hours.Originally Posted by Graeme
Swaggie
The on/off limits are only juggled for successive days of overcast weather, left alone at other times. The tool also has the option for a minimum daily on time prior to midnight to switch on for a catch-up, which I occasionally set. I also have a seperate time switch to turn on in off-peak time but its not used, only there as a backup in case the inverter fails.
MY21.5 L405 D350 Vogue SE with 19s. Produce LLAMS for LR/RR, Jeep GC/Dodge Ram
VK2HFG and APRS W1 digi, RTK base station using LoRa
ForumSage
more than happy with AGL Solarsavers plan
I have 2kw on house and 3kw on shed with 2 inverters, one faces NE other NW . makes most of morning through to afternoon sun.
To maximise solar FIT I recently started to use washing machine / dryer and charge Landy at night.
The Pool bloke dosen't like the idea but I also switched the pool pump from filtering during the day to night.
Even last month with all the crap weather the solar gave us a credit , this includes daily driving the EV Landy.
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Swaggie
AGL only gives me $0.12 on their Solarsaver plan not $0.70 so my Oct 590 kWh feed-in only earnt $71.
MY21.5 L405 D350 Vogue SE with 19s. Produce LLAMS for LR/RR, Jeep GC/Dodge Ram
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ForumSage
Why is that, I don't know why we are getting $0.70 but I'll take it.
I also voluntarily pay the 'Carbon Neutral Contribution', probably a scam but I feel I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't
If I only got $0.12 I'd install batteries & switch to an off peak plan.
Swaggie
Possibly NSW vs Vic, but more likely your quite early original agreement.
$70-$100 a month is just enough to prevent me from stopping feed-in altogether so that they have to buy it at normal supply rates. I wouldn't change to their lowest charge rate plan unless I stopped feed-in because I'd get almost nothing for feed-in, not that I get much now.
$20K to add a battery would take a long time to recoup.
MY21.5 L405 D350 Vogue SE with 19s. Produce LLAMS for LR/RR, Jeep GC/Dodge Ram
VK2HFG and APRS W1 digi, RTK base station using LoRa
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