Zappi charge points

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You should have the Zappi set to Eco+ mode with a scheduled boost from 23.15 with a duration of 8 hours.

You can't do sub hour increments in the planner that I can see so 7.15 or 8.15 is the closest you can get

Make sure you don't have any conflicting schedules that might cause it to run on, and check the time is correct on the Zappi

Do I just leave Eco+ selected and then hit the back arrow?

You'll want to go and check the charger itself, sometimes I've noticed it doesn't sync when I change the mode in the app

Also, on the Zappi itself see if you have preconditioning set. I think it's in the charge options menu. That'll allow your car to take one a few extra kWh from a certain time so it doesn't drain the battery while preheating

If I'm understanding you correctly, there is no what you're calling house consumption live. House consumption is the net of what comes into the house minus what the Zappi uses which are both known, plus the solar which it doesn't know about. But since the solar doesn't come through the mains tails or fuse it has no impact on your max import capacity.

You could get another clamp for the solar input but but that's only useful for seeing it in the app and doing smart things with charging, but it's not a safety issue.

Are you worried that the consumer unit limit might be exceeded? I guess it could if it was installed arseways and I'm out of my depth in this one but I know there are wiring schemes to ensure loads are distributed correctly.

Zappi knows what it is drawing itself.

It knows what is coming in from the grid via the CT clamp, which includes the Zappi's own draw.

Once the grid load measured via the CT clamp approaches the limit set within the Zappi then the Zappi knows to back off its own draw so as not to exceed the limit.

Quick question about my Zappi and Solar set up. Today is going to be a lovely day. At 8.15am my 5kw house battery is at 20% so almost empty and I will be leaving the house at 1pm. No one else home. The house battery currently being topped up by sun but I want the current surplus to go to car as house can top up after 1pm when I leave. If I select Eco on Zappi it draws 1.4kw from grid. Currently have granny cable plugged into car to utilize the surplus. Is this the only solution or is there some better solution. Thanks a million

The simple answer is you can’t limit the Zappi to solar only with a hybrid battery. The only way it knows there is excess is if you are exporting to the grid, which means your battery is full.

You could probably set something on the inverter to prevent drain while you charge, but you can’t do it from the Zappi app.

Set the Zappi to Eco+ and set the export limit to 150W with a 15s startup timer and 60s stop timer

The Zappi will start when the house is exporting 1.55kW and will maintain 150W export. This stops the house battery from being drained

The timers will stop the charger stopping if a small cloud rolls over and blocks the sun for a minute. They default to 30s each but I found the charger was switching off a lot

Using the "Device Limit" and FAST, this allows you to drain the battery too, allowing it to refill / recharge after the car has gone

I don’t think they want to drain the house battery. my reading is they want to charge the car from the solar (pause the house battery) and continue to top it up when they leave. I’d love this too, but with a hybrid inverter it’s not possible.

Fair play. I'll try this tmrw. Plugging in the granny charger works a treat but obviously is a pain in the arse.