Hi All,
I’m looking for some help with my Gen 3 AIO. I am currently using eco mode to only pull from grid as a last option and have it set to charge from 2am to 8 am. However I’m finding I have a full battery at 23:00hrs. If I could schedule the battery to discharge to the grid between 23:00 and 02:00 hrs I could benefit from the FIT.
I’ve tried to set this up on the IOS app and portal but have been unsuccessful as I still want the eco mode. Any ideas?
Elaine You've tagged this as "hybrid" but then referred to AIO - these are different products.
On gen-3 hybrid, you can use "timed discharge" mode - that remains in eco mode outside of the configured time window, but then (despite what the documentation says) discharges at full (or configured) power during the time window.
You probably want to avoid "timed export" since that disables eco mode.
(Out of interest, which tariff are you on? I wasn't aware of one that has cheap rate 2am to 8am.)
DD my bad for the error in the Tag. It’s definitely an AIO. I’m based in Rep or Ireland and am on a good enough Night Rate from 23:00 to 08:00. I also have a heat pump which kicks in at 23:00 hrs which is why I start the battery charge at 2am. I have a good FIT rate so want to dump the battery back to the grid but at all other times want the eco mode.
I think AIO probably also uses timed discharge, but I don't have one of those, so can't be sure.
If your heat pump runs at 23:00, perhaps you don't want to time your export for then, since the heat pump will consume the power, rather than have it exported to the grid. So probably better to time your export so that it finishes at 23:00 ?
But if your battery is on eco mode at 23:00 when the heat pump starts, it will still discharge to cover the heat pump load. (Unless your discharge has emptied it, of course.)
One option might be to use two charging slots: one from 23:00 to 02:00 with a charge target of 0% (which will effectively just pause the battery, so that it sits idle), and then a second from 02:00 to 08:00 with the actual charge target you want. (But again, this is how you could do it on a hybrid - it's probably the same on AIO.)