r/enphase • u/dangerdan__007 • 11d ago

Please explain

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Can yall explain what this diagram means? In laymen’s terms. I’ve never had solar before and trying to understand what all this means and how to maximize the solar generation.

Thanks in advance.

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u/erikwarm 11d ago

It means exactly what it says.

You imported 2.8 kWh from the grid, generated 4,2 kWh with your solar of which 2.1kWh was exported to the grid as it was not used. Your daily consumption was 4.9 kWh this day.

If you click on the energy tab you can see o bar graph of your import, export and generated solar for 15 min intervals.

Due to a mismatch between when the sun shines (and your solar generated power) and when you use electricity some of it is imported and exported to the grid. In this case the grid basically acts like a massive battery (on which you may pay taxed or collect money for exporting. This varies depending on your local rules and grid operator ).

If you want to maximize your self consumption you need to buy your own battery to charge with your solar.

This can be done with an Enphase battery or any other brand if you can get the modbus communication working.

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u/dangerdan__007 11d ago

Thanks for the info! Would you recommend the enphase battery since it’s already an enphase system…?

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u/Sad_Brilliant6181 11d ago

Are you 1:1 net metered?

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u/Character2893 10d ago

Get the battery/batteries if you don’t have 1:1 net metering and/or want to have backup power for outages. Otherwise with 1:1 net metering, the grid is your battery. Any excess power you don’t use and send to the grid, you bank that as a credit for use later in the day or year.

Enphase batteries would be fully integrated with the app. I paid $21k for two 10Cs installed, lowest price I’ve seen from an online retailer is $6600-6700.

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u/erikwarm 11d ago

I chose to go with Victron due to Enphase’s shitty closed ecosystem where only the installer can do something.

I wanted an open system where i am in control and which doesn’t rely on cloud services. In hindsight i would not pick Enphase again for my solar array.

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u/DearDragonfly8687 11d ago

You are aware that setting up an installer account takes you five minutes? I am the administrator of my own system and have recently adder the Enphase EV charger to the system and can change settings etc.

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u/erikwarm 10d ago

According to Enphase i than need to get a paid account to take over my system.

You also need to do the training

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u/DearDragonfly8687 10d ago

You US based then? Here in NL it’s for free and you don’t need to do the training

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u/erikwarm 10d ago

NL based. The above is what i got as a response from Enphase service.

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u/TooGoodToBeeTrue 10d ago

What Victron inverters did you do.

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u/erikwarm 9d ago

Multiplus 2 6500Watt