Hello everyone,
I am using a Victron MultiPlus II 5000 in combination with DESS. My grid connection is 1x35A, and peak shaving is set above 35A. The circuit breaker for the MultiPlus is 1x16A.
At night, I usually charge my electric car. I have noticed that, even when electricity is cheap, part of the charging energy comes from the battery instead of being drawn entirely from the grid. I would like to prevent this.
My question: Which (D)ESS settings can ensure that the battery does not discharge at night?
Any tips are welcome! Thanks in advance for your help.
Best regards,
Maykel
You can use a scheduled charge. You set the scheduled charge to a low SoC like 10% or at least lower than the battery SoC so it will not actually charge the battery. The battery is not allowed to discharge when on a scheduled charge so all consumption will be from the grid.
I often do the same as I have cheap-rate electricity at night so I have an automatic scheduled charge start at 10pm and end at 6am.
Thanks for the consideration, but this wasn’t the issue. I actually made a mistake with the DESS settings. I had set the max in and export power to 2.5kW instead of 8kW. Now everything is working as expected.
