Hello everyone, I’m an installer and as you can see from the screenshot I have a system that has both SmartSolar MPPT and an external inverter (SolarEdge SE6000). This inverter was read by victron by means of IP address as it uses Sunspec protocol.
My question is: can I create an algorithm that gives total priority to loads, then charging the battery and at the end, ONLY the SolarEdge will export its solar production?
ESS configuration with energy meter and lithium battery works well, all I need is this order of priority.
Thanks
For exporting, the system treats AC and DC exporting separately, so if you only enable AC export the MPPT will not export.
By default, above min SOC, all solar goes to loads, only surplus charges. Exporting only occurs when batteries are charged.
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This is how it is setup now. Fact is that during a beautiful day with full battery the SolarEdge produces enough to sustain the loads and exports a bit… the SmartSolar reduces its production to basically zero. This makes no sense, right? Why shoud the SmartSolar stop? Can’t it sustain the loads while leaving the SolarEdge in full export?
Thanks
No idea. It should work as described, some times it does not, and working out why can be a challenge.
PV inverters add another variable and some tinkering can be required.
Some times enabling DC export and setting the limit to 0 can help.
More complex systems are difficult, sight unseen, to triage online. Could be any number of causes, but it is designed to operate in the way you want.
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I’ll check it out in the next days and do some changes to see what happens.. thanks 