# Residual Grid Consumption During Battery Charging with Victron Multiplus II

**URL:** <https://community.victronenergy.com/t/residual-grid-consumption-during-battery-charging-with-victron-multiplus-ii/50330>\
**Category:** Q&A and troubleshooting\
**Tags:** domestic, pv\_inverter, diy, multiplus\
**Created:** [17 December 2025 13:27 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/residual-grid-consumption-during-battery-charging-with-victron-multiplus-ii/50330 "2025-12-17T13:27:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baldric](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/user_avatar/community.victronenergy.com/baldric/32/41845_2.png) [@Baldric](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Baldric)\
**Post date:** [17 December 2025 13:27 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/residual-grid-consumption-during-battery-charging-with-victron-multiplus-ii/50330/1 "2025-12-17T13:27:11Z")

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I have a Victron Multiplus II 48/10000 together with a Color Control GX and a DIY 16 kWh LiFePO4 battery installed in a house using AC-Coupling. The system is configured to cover the needs of the house, store the extra energy in the battery, and once the battery reaches 100% send the extra energy to the grid.

The issue is that while the battery is charging, the system still draws a small amount of electricity from the grid, as shown in the attached image.

Is there a way to avoid this? Can the system be configured so that it always sends a small amount of energy to the grid and the grid consumption stays at 0, as long as I have enough production from the panels and the battery?

 ![Captura de pantalla 2025-12-17 142334](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/original/3X/a/4/a48a8db9cd80af1f0748f83ca814031e06752124.png)

PV Inverter : 2931W  
AC Loads: 344W  
Grid: 112W –\> This is really annoying

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**Author:** ![Radunre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@Radunre](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Radunre)\
**Post date:** [17 December 2025 17:54 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/residual-grid-consumption-during-battery-charging-with-victron-multiplus-ii/50330/2 "2025-12-17T17:54:00Z")

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Exactly zero is not possible due to a dynamic system.

What can be done is to always export, never import from grid, if battery have enough capacity when PV is missing.

In Remote Console → Settings → System Setup → ESS → Grid Setpoint

Test with setpoint -50W to -150W

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**Author:** ![Baldric](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/user_avatar/community.victronenergy.com/baldric/32/41845_2.png) [@Baldric](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Baldric)\
**Post date:** [21 December 2025 17:49 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/residual-grid-consumption-during-battery-charging-with-victron-multiplus-ii/50330/3 "2025-12-21T17:49:03Z")

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Thank you @Radunre . It works…

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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/original/1X/21a9a7b5db7c6339715f993568736a7053199995.png) [@system](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [4 January 2026 17:49 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/residual-grid-consumption-during-battery-charging-with-victron-multiplus-ii/50330/4 "2026-01-04T17:49:07Z")

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