It's my first cold weather with the battery - according to ChatGPT the battery won't charge if it's below 0 degrees C. Is that correct? Mine is showing low voltage and no matter what I try it is just not charging or discharging and my solar it just dumping all its generation to the grid currently. I guess this makes sense I just wasn't aware.
mbridgett I think it should be able to discharge at low temperatures? It's really charging that's the issue. There is an option 'winter battery conditioning' in the app, which I assume forces some activity to keep it warm. I've not bothered - I have some insulating blocks around the battery in my garage, and that seems to keep it reasonably warm.
DD yeah thanks - I should have done a search before as well as I can see it's been answered a few times. It would have been nice if the installer had mentioned this at the time! Sounds like an little project to build a small box for mine is in order. I have since found the winter conditioning, just need the temperature to increase a little so it kicks in!
Is your battery so cold it cannot charge anymore? That's very unfortunate. 😐
Can you share screenshots from the app, and relevant tabs, how does it looks like?
I am keeping mine nice and warm, with external enclosure and small Bitcoin miner next to it.
Solar Power:
Power: 0 W (Voltage: 0 V)
Grid:
Power: -30 W (importing)
Voltage: 244.6 V
Current: 4.5 A
Frequency: 50.14 Hz
Battery:
Percentage: 32.0% (4.0% in reserve)
Power: 1180 W (discharging)
Will last until: past midnight (03:39 left)
Temperature: 16 °C
Inverter:
Temperature: 38.6 °C
Power: 1090 W (discharging battery)
Output Voltage: 244.6 V
Output Frequency: 50.14 Hz
Home consumption: 1053 W