Battery charging

8 comments started 2022-10-05 last 2022-10-05
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#1 Afroz

Hi hope someone will help me.
I need to fully charge my 9.5kwh battery using solar.
How would I do that.
Thanks in advance

#2 Cdent

Afroz stick the inverter into Eco Mode (My Inverter > Settings > Eco Mode) and this should only charge from solar and discharge to the house as needed

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#3 Afroz

Will it charge battery 100% ?
Sorry I new to this.

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#4 Zakalwe

Afroz
As long as the inverter is in Eco then it will supply the house and use any excess generation to charge the battery,
If there isn't enough excess then the battery will not be charged to 100%. It does this to reduce your overall costs.

What's the drive to charge to 100%?

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#5 Afroz

This is first time I am. Charging so want to how long it takes to charge and discharge full battery

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#7 Ra

Depends on what inverter you have and how much sun there is. You can't expect it to fully charge at full tilt using solar only if its cloudy for example.

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#8 Zakalwe

There's limits on the battery charging rate anyway. Is it about 3kW for a 9.5? Therefore it'd take, in perfect conditions, at least 3ish hours to charge from flat.

#9 pgbish

There are too many unknown factors to give you a straight answer. Like, your type of inverter and its charging capacity rate, your solar panels, how many/total wattage etc. being the main 2 factors.
If you only have only 1kw of solar panels then it would take at least 9.5 hours (with sunshine) but this would be de-rated by any system loss and any cloud that reduces the solar power.
The inverter also has limits to how much it can charge, which varies by model/make.