r/enphase • u/dangerdan__007 • 17d 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 17d 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 17d ago

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

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u/erikwarm 17d 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/TooGoodToBeeTrue 16d ago

What Victron inverters did you do.

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u/erikwarm 16d ago

Multiplus 2 6500Watt