System Indicating False Solar Production when Battery is Discharging

6 comments started 2023-02-14 last 2023-02-16
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#1 Graham_Harrison

My System
2 x Solar Arrays
2 x GivEnergy 9.5kw Batteries (Gen2)
1 x AC3 Inverter (Gen1)
3 x EM115 Meters
My system is split with 2 solar arrays (actually 4) being monitored separately
GivEnergy PVV1 is my garage arrays & GivEnergy PPV2 is my house arrays.
When the battery is discharging my system shows a small amount of solar being produced which I know is false because it happens when its dark. The more that comes from the battery the higher the figure
Approx 1w of solar production is indicated @ 600w being drawn from the batteries and upto 13w when 3000w is being drawn from the batteries.
I suspected it was 1 of my EM115 meters / current clamps picking up interference somewhere so I have re-rooted some cables slightly but it hasn't made a difference.
Has anyone else suffered from a similar issue

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#2 cluelesscris

Graham_Harrison Just ignore it. You are right in that a clamp is just picking up stray flux. Most of us learn quite quickly to tollerate misleading small numbers any which way.

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#3 Graham_Harrison

Please don't be offended by my comment
I'm not prepared to tolerate it, in my opinion everything is fixable. If we all tolerate things that are wrong then nothing will get fixed.

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#4 Tim

Graham_Harrison Presumably the issue is that the CTs/EM115s monitoring the two solar arrays are the ones causing a problem with "interference"? The EM115s have CTs with two single cores - one black and one white. To reduce interference, you could try twisting the cores into a long helix. That should ensure that any stray flux is picked up by both cores and cancels each other out.

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#5 Graham_Harrison

Tim Thanks Tim, I'll give that a try tomorrow (at work on nights right now)

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#6 Graham_Harrison

I re-routed the 2 out of my 3 GivEnergy current clamp cables yesterday and twisted each pair together at the same time (as per Tim's suggestion) and I'm very pleased to say the problem looks to be resolved.
I've just given it the ultimate test by using my 10.5kw electric shower which pulled power from the battery at its max rate of 3.5 kw/hr and my solar production figure stayed at 0w as it should.
Prior to doing this cable re-routing my solar would have indicated approx 13w.
So folks if you have a problem DON'T live with it unless you absolutely have to.