Inverter power consumption

5 comments started 2022-05-12 last 2022-05-13
GivEnergy Products
#1 Hellipad

Does anyone know how much energy a 5kw inverter should use when discharging to the grid, we have a 5kw inverter and two 8.4 khw batteries, when discharging the house consumption go’s up by around 500w, just wondering if this is the norm.

#2 THALL

Not heard of that issue before. It should not be consuming 500w to empty to the grid.

#3 hoggy

You measuring the consumption by the app in local (10 seconds) or the portal (5 mins)?
Does the portal one match what your expecting by any chance?

#4 Hellipad

using the phone app so every 10 seconds, not checked the portal yet but will do this evening

#5 Hellipad

Looks like it's the app reporting incorrectly, just started a discharge and the phone app says the house is using 695w, the portal says 118w, so i guess ill just ignore the phone app going forward (or at least until an update to the app is released).