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Solar panels have been fitted, and my worry was exported power could be charged for as imported power when one does not have a smart meter fitted. However there is a red lamps on steady, and it displays rEd which is seems means reverse energy detected so it seems I am not being charged for energy exported.
I don't see what the smart meter does if this is the case, my app shows what is going on how much imported/exported, how much the panel is producing, and battery state and how much that is charging/discharging it also says what voltage and the frequency, how that helps I don't know.
So it seems all is working as it should, but I stand to be corrected, I expect the guys back on Tuesday to work out what to do about the UPS, and looking at the app there seems to be some odd things going on, this at 8:41 am today shows the panel is producing 313 watts and house using 315 watts, but we are importing 90 watt and putting 56 watt into the battery, this seems wrong, 313 + 90 = 403 and 315 + 56 = 371 so they don't match, and also why is it charging the battery anyway?
I note the battery never goes lower than 10% I assume so some reserve for the UPS, but the UPS is not connected yet, and 35 kWh would not really run a freezer or central heating for long. OK once in daylight the panels will be giving power so 10% only for overnight UPS, but if there is some thing wrong want to know now, not after I have settled the bill.
I don't see what the smart meter does if this is the case, my app shows what is going on how much imported/exported, how much the panel is producing, and battery state and how much that is charging/discharging it also says what voltage and the frequency, how that helps I don't know.
So it seems all is working as it should, but I stand to be corrected, I expect the guys back on Tuesday to work out what to do about the UPS, and looking at the app there seems to be some odd things going on, this at 8:41 am today shows the panel is producing 313 watts and house using 315 watts, but we are importing 90 watt and putting 56 watt into the battery, this seems wrong, 313 + 90 = 403 and 315 + 56 = 371 so they don't match, and also why is it charging the battery anyway?
I note the battery never goes lower than 10% I assume so some reserve for the UPS, but the UPS is not connected yet, and 35 kWh would not really run a freezer or central heating for long. OK once in daylight the panels will be giving power so 10% only for overnight UPS, but if there is some thing wrong want to know now, not after I have settled the bill.