Did you know you can prioritize solar over the grid with the Deye inverter? Follow me as I show you how. I also run 2 AC, my Air Fryer and I pull over 11.4 kwh from my panels.
I am head over heels in love with it. It has all the functionality of the Victron at a fraction of the price. Aims does low frequency inverter manufactured by Yiyen. They were a step up but had too many deficiencies. I am sure they have upped their game since. thanks for watching and commenting
Hey Burton thank you for watching. So far it has outperformed all my other inverters. I am in love. I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy
Very impressed with the functionality of this inverter. Can I suggest you get a sort of tripod stand for your camera so that it does not shake so much? That way you can go ahead with your presentation. Thank you.
@Michael Douglas. glad you like the inverter. Thanks for the suggestion. I have a few tripods and Gimbles but the space I shoot in makes them difficult to use. I will try to use them more. Please don't forget to subscribe
Thanks for these great educational posts. I learned a lot from you and actually got convinced to install a deye system. I'm on 5Kw Deye, 2 X US3000 pylons, and 14 X 410w poly panels(east-west orientation form longer stretch of solar power). The system works very well, I'm still adjusting to it. It is grid tied, so when I deplete my batteries at night, it then switches to the grid. I can also export to grid side of the inverter(export to CT). So during the day when the batteries are fully charged and there isn't any other usage, I use the power from panels and batteries to heat up the geyser(3kw element for 150L) or cook using induction stove/oven/insta-pot. At the rate I'm going, my electricity bill is down to about 25%, and it could go down further with more optimizations. So thank you very much.
Hi Melvin. I am in Limpopo and connected my east-west orientation to an almost identical system, just having one US3000C at the moment. Also grid tie, to save on electricity bill. I opted for a solar geyser when we built our house 5 years ago. i am still learning about the optimal settings from Doctor's videos.
One thing noted here on time of use, your setting in the afternoon is 80%, which means the inverter will use the battery up to 80% state of charge if there isn't enough solar power. I have mine at 30% throughout day and night to shave off the electricity bill as much as possible (our power outages are not as problematic anymore, so never been out of utility power for months now). Also, if you have a bi-directional meter, you could benefit from exporting excess power to the grid whenever it is available. The bi-directional meter will run in reverse, therefore giving you kWh credits. So even if the utility does not buy from you, you actually get to benefit from the kWh units anyway, so nothing to lose there.
It will only use 20% before it charges. Soc will not fall below 80. Thank you for watching and commenting. I am off the grid. My customers don't have smart meters sadly
We had a system installed today. 2 Inverter. 12 kw each. 24 kw for both 23kw solar panels. Battery 36.08kw We are From Laos . Hope you have a great day love your content keep it up @@drsolar
Sorry to bother you but I am confused in one thing If I don't click ( the ✓) for grid charge for 2 am to 5 am battery 60%. If my battery drop more than 60% st 3am what will happen? Will it use battery? Or no power for the house? @@drsolar
In the manual it says 13 + 13 Amps max for the PV power. 8 panels in one string looks fine, but you can also put 5 + 5 panels in two strings to PV 1 and 2. Another option is to overpanel the inverter more than the rated Wattage. In case of full sunshine and 12 panels 550w each the energy over the rated inverter Wattage shall be clipped and can't be used. But this happens only at rare situations. But pls. confirm this with the manufacturer and your contractor installing the system.
I have a Deye 12kW Single phase inverter and 25kWh Lithium batteries. I also have 30 x 555w Panels with 48v (VOC) and 41.9v (VMP). The inverter specifies max input as 425v per MPPT. Can I connect 10 pannels per MPPT so that I have a total of 30. ???
Thanks for the educative post. Well I am using the deye as purely an Inverter charger. Do I set it to Battery first or should I set to to Load first? Somehow I failed to interpret the modes. Basically am using batteries and Grid.
From what I could gather reading the system work mode you basically grid charging the batteries from the grid during 0 sunlight hours and when the sun is out you have "de selected " the grid check box making the solar work to charge the batteries. Have I made an accurate assessment? Looking forward to any feedback from you
Thank you for watching and commenting. You are correct. Using the time of use settings the battery soc also plays a role in when it allows the grid to charge. Those are parameters that you can set too. I hope this helped.
Thank you for watching and subscribing. Please don't forget to subscribe and share. Battery Menu, page 2 or down arrow and you can set that info there. Battery start charge is how it is labeled. You can select for Grid and Gen
Hello. I did everything you mentioned. basically i want solar and battery to charge in Day and use Grid to charge the battery by night. I ticked it like your settings. Still the grid is charging the battery and load during the day.
Regarding the time of use settings, if for example you set your battery to 50% and Grid falls away while the battery is at 50% for that time period. Will the battery continue to discharge to its set minimum in the battery settings? If you have no PV at this point in time.
Dr. Sokar, i have a Deye 12kW single phase. I just acquired a secondhand 15kW generator (Perkins). Can i connect it directly to the Deye inverter without passing through an ATS ? I'd like the generator to self start when my solar output drops.
Thanks for sharing this info it has been very helpful i have the same 5kw inverter please can you tell me how to do the wiring connections to auto start genrator input.thanks P.s just subscribed
Hello Umar. How do you like it so far? Direct connection to the inverter input and then you enter the settings and set conditions and Presto. There is a video by Deye on RU-vid that will help
@@drsolar thanks for your reply the inverter has been working good so far my only compaint is with the user manual and settings which are both too complicated still have not been able to figure out where ats wires go for genrator auto start i know have already connected the input wires and enterd settings but the generator is still not starting automatically.any ideas??
@@umarraja8161 it is a very simple yet complicated piece of equipment. Does your gen have an auto start function? To test short circuit the wires and if it starts it does. Now the wires that start the gen go into the port labeled G-S. enable generator signal and generator charge in the battery menu. Indicate the battery percentage you want it to start the generator
In the system work mode setting at3:22 in the video. Does this mean the GRID will energize the load or the SOLAR energizing the load (WHEN YOU SELECT LOAD FIRST)? It's a little confusing
That is the default setting. Once the grid goes it switches to battery. Thank you for watching and commenting. Please subscribe and share with friends and family
Thank you for watching and commenting. So you want to change it to go down 10%. Go to your battery settings and change it there. You want to start grid charge at 10% if you have a reliable grid
Hello, I installed a Deye hybrid inverter today with solar panels and 10 kwh lithium battery. I have a question, in Time of Use mode, what does the battery percentage represent when Grid charge and Gen charge are unticked (in the video you set it to 80%).
Hello George welcome to the channel. Thank you for watching please don't forget to subscribe. If the two boxes are unchecked it means that it won't charge when the grid or generator is on. I am off the grid without a generator so my settings are meaningless.
Hi, I have installed a circuit breaker in my house with an lamp and alarm to tell me when the grid comes. I did it to choose manually if I need to charge (if no sun). Can you advise what Inverter settings I should have and where I can select the Amps to charge from the grid to control costs ie 10A, 20A or 30A
A BMS is a must. Use the recommendation from the manufacturer. each cell should be between 3 and 3.56 and set float to be 1 volt below your bulk and absorption voltage
Doctor Solar is it possible to connect 4 * 455w connected in series on PV1and another 3 *455W PV2 but I'm using a combiner box with 2 surge protectors for 4 panels in series and 3 panels in series?
Thank you for watching and commenting. Yes PV 1 and 2 don't have to have the same voltage or watts. As long as you meet the start up and operating voltage you are good. I personally would do all 7 on one string.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Install the CT and check zero export to load. Use the AC input port. Please don't forget to subscribe and share.
Will this work without a batter? Like would the inverter prioritize getting power from solar iver the grid? At the moment our set up takes around 70% solar during the day.
How do you set the priority as follows: 1. PV 2. Battery 3. Grid I don’t mind the battery draining, as long as the savings is there. I want to use PV and Battery as much as possible
The system automates that process. You can use time of use to pick when you want Otto charge with the grid. In additional settings you can prioritize load over battery. The pv will power loads first before it charges the batteries
It will limit the amount you can pull out of the battery but it might not prolong the use. You can prolong the use by limiting the load over a period of time
Hi good day, what is the main difference between zero export to load and zero export to ct? I have the ct sensor and not selling to the grid. I just want to have the batteries charged by solar to be used at night and when it reaches 20% charge it will automatically use grid. Thanks
Hi, i bought 5kw Deye and 4x405w jinko mono panels - no batteries. I mounted solar panels to a tiled roof and inverter in the house - the inverter supply my house with solar + grid (hybrid on high loads and solar only on small loads). The problem is when grid goes off the inverter gives error F47 - even though i connect small loads. Your answer will help a lot - currently budgeting to buy 1x3000C polytech.
@@drsolar tomorrow I'm getting the US3000C battery - do I really have to buy a 100A fuse and holder? The battery bms protects it very well + deye is compatible with polytech batteries. I can save some money if the system can protect itself. Please advise
@@nicomoloi936 get protection. You don't buy insurance because you plan to crash you car. Get a heavy duty breaker. We had failures in the standard breakers
Thank you for watching and commenting. Make sure that you add protections as well. It is a bit more complex than what you describe. You have your incoming and outgoing.
Hello, nice video. Is it possible to use the Deye invereter in off-grid withou batteries? I mean, to power for example a fridge a few hours only with PV power. Thank you.
Thk u, In my country, the Voltage's grid is not stable. So i want to supply load from battery to obtain a stable AC voltage on the output of the inverter. But in the same time i would like to charge the battery from the grid. Can i do that? If yes, how? Regards
Thank you for watching and commenting. The inverter would charge from the grid if qualified power is available. In your battery settings tick the grid charge.
Nice tutorial! Good evening. I just bought DEYE 5KW Hybrid inverter my question is as per manual / schematic the grid and load should be separate connections. Is it the grid connection is only the input side and the output is the load? If I am going to connect External ATS is it necessary? Thank you.
Good day Michael, welcome to the channel. The input is the grid and the output is the load. There are two inputs. Gen and Grid. No need for an external ATS, the inverter does the transfer automatically between grid and UPS. Good luck with your new inverter
good day Micheal and Dr. Solar, If you have the grid connected then the grid input can also act as an out for exporting power back to the grid. This feature is nice since you can connect higher power loads ( beyond rating of the inverter) on the grid side so that they can be powered with solar power if available. You can limit the actual export to the utility by installing the CT (shipped with the inverter) passed the distribution point where you've connected your 'big load' and activating zero export. That way the big load will run with a mix of both solar and grid minimizing your bill.
Hi sir, I installed a 12kw 3P Hybrid inverter with 2 of 3.5kwh Pylontech batteries. can you please advice if it is correct for me to set the AH to be 146 as this is a 48V system? Thank you
Thank you for watching and commenting. The 146 to 150 would be fine. The battery is too small for the inverter. The BMS max is 72 amps. Your 12 kw can charge and discharge at way beyond double the BMS max. Add more batteries please.
What if 12pm to 3pm grid charge is enabled at 30% in time of use. Will batt charge from Solar(PV) if excess is available or it will drop down to 30% and charge from grid only?
Sir when my hybrid deye inverter is connected to grid at daytime, even at Zero Export to Load setting why there is still a 1.2 Amps on my ammeter reading at grid side?
Hi sir, I installed a 10kW 3P Hybrid inverter without battery and load connection. I wanted it to function just like normal grid inverter which is only sell the power generation to the grid. Can the inverter function in such ways? If can, what settings that need to be done?
I have very limited experience with the 3 phase Inverters, on the standards go into the system work mode and select solar sell. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hey man, enable "Time of Use" and unselect all the options for "Grid Charge". If you unselect "Time of Use", it will always Grid Charge to 100% capacity, so enable it and just unselect all the Grid Charge options. This will cause the batteries to drop to your discharge threshold, so be careful. Lastly, set your preferred operating setting to "battery first", not "load first".
I recently installed a Deye 5K inverter with solar panels. I also installed a CT. Somehow I still get between 0,02 and 0,2 coming in from the grid even though my demand in the house is lower than the output of the solar. This even happen when I am the batteries. How can I get the flow from the grid to become 0,00?
Thank you for watching and commenting. Congrats on your new acquisition. I personally think it is a quirk of the Deye inverter. I have not figured out how to make that number 0 yet. I will ask the tech team at Deye
@@drsolar thank you for the videos and the response. So yours is doing the same? It is not a lot of watts going through but it all adds up. Looking forward to hearing if you got a solution
Hi Dr. Solar. I have installed. Deye Hybrid inverter 5 KW and using a CT to enable zero export to Grid. My question is what will be my settings in the work mode? Zero export to load or zero export to CT? Any other settings that I need to change?
Hi! Two months ago I got installed a solar systems, two 5KW inverters and two 20KW batteries. The installer left the batteries as backup only. However my preference is to deplete the batteries to a certain percentage before using the grid in order to significantly reduce the bill. I live in the Caribbean where there is a lot of sun everyday. What would be the best time of use recommendation you have for my goal? Thanks for your help!
Congratulations on your system. 40kwh in batteries. That is huge. Enable time of use. During the day don't allow grid charge. or you can set the percentage you want it to charge to. Go to the battery settings and select the % you want the grid to start to charge. I hope that was helpful
@@robertomurillo2775 I usually follow the recommendations of the manufacturer. Don't allow grid charge, you can save on your electric bill and discharge to about 25%.
Hi Doctor, hope you are fine. I am having the situation that my inverters are displaying very few solar energy generated even with a lot of sun. If a I turned off the grid with the main breaker, then the inverters show a lot of generated energy. Do you have an idea of how this can be solved?
it won't charge my battery (lithium) from grid although i set priority to grid charging to 100%. Sometimes it charges after a time lapse of grid time , and stops after suddenly from grid charging. Whats the problem? Battery mode is on lithium
You are indeed the first? Did you see that I had 2 AC and my air fryer on? Yes you can. You can set your low battery cut off and the voltage at which you cut off charge. My current battery is a 14 or 15S and it works fine
hello! id like to clarify that if you turn on the AC breaker (linked to Grid), it prioritizes the grid instead of the battery? we want the battery to still be consumption priority while the grid is on standby. in other words, i dont need to manually turn the breakers on and off for this my setups a deye inverter 5kw, 10kw lith ion batts, and 3k solars
Thank you for watching and commenting. Please subscribe if you have not. Go into your time of use and adjust the setting to match what you want to accomplish
@@drsolar thank you! setting up the time of use made it easier to manage the battery priority speaking of which, is there a cap to how much the grid can charge? or does it only try to charge as much as possible in the given timeframe?
@@neoncaasix4570 in your battery settings you can specify the % to start and the current to use during the charge process. Please don't forget to subscribe
@@drsolar thanks once more! this may or may not be my last question. turning on AC grid will add more volts to our house supply, from 230V to roughly 250-255v. will these be fine? if not, is it recommended to turn on AC breaker only if needed?
Hi bro. I also have a Deye but the agm varta battery was installed. the inverter and batteries work great but there is one setting that is not clear. how can I do it during the day when there is a solar panel. charge the battery to a maximum of 90% or 95% so as not to load the battery. when the energy is more than enough from the solar panel, then the battery is charged to the maximum, but I do not want to change this setting if there is one. die with it
What I experienced is that the higher you set your time-of-use (%), the more you will utilize from the grid when it is overcast or when you are struggling to generate solar. I've found the best settings on my setup is to set the time-of-use to 10% for all time periods, then it forces higher solar usage (I also prioritize load before battery), but I have a sizable battery bank, and the bank rarely goes below 40% (unless it's overcast 2 or 3 days in a row).
I have a grid tied inverter (not hybrid) with older panels. Due to regulations I cannot do much changes to this system. However I want my new deye 12kw 3phase hybrid, to be able to charge it's batteries from the existing panels/inverter, as well as charge the batteries from grid when/if necessary. How would I go about doing that? The deye will be set to zero export, as I am not allowed to sell more than the old panels/inverter can produce. I plan on adding new panels to the deye, so essentially i will have two systems connected. With only one of them exporting to grid
Thanks for watching and commenting. I don't know the electrical regs where you live so take my advise with caution. The grid tied goes into the Deye Gen port and then the grid goes into your Deye AC in Port
@@drsolar thank you so much for replying so quickly. I'm aware of the difference in location, I'm in Denmark 230V 50hz grid My main issue is that I want the old grid tied inverter to still have the opportunity to sell to the grid, when the deye is not calling for power to either the house or batteries. At the same time i want the deye to be fed by the grid, when the old inverter /panels isn't producing.
Sir, I have a question. Lets say I set it 1pm-5pm discharge power of 100w. Then the grid is interrupted and EPS mode is activated during that time. Will the time of use settings be ignored? Say the load is 200w in EPS. Will the inverter give 200w for the load or will it shutdown because the set power is 100w?
I love your Deye videos! I have a question, Say I have 01:00 - 4:00 to drop battery to 60%, NO Charging, and I just want it to use the battery not grid to save bills. What if at 3:00 I already reached 60%? what will happen since i still got 1 hour to go? will the system shut down since I dont have charging enabled? or will it allow it to go lower? 1. I am guessing if I reached 60%, and I had GRID on, it would use grid and not shut down, correct? 2. If I did not have grid, and it reached 60%, and i still got 1 hour to go, no charging enabled what would it do? Any recommendation? thanks!
@@drsolar Thanks for replying! :) so if it reached 60%, and I still have 1 hour to go.. if there's Grid it would use grid, if there's no Grid it would keep discharging breaking the "Time of use" rules?
@@drsolar AWESOME THANK YOU!! 💖One final question is about BEHAVIOR: if I have it 1:00 - 5:00 30%, will it SLOWLY discharge till it reach 30% by 5, or is it possible that I reach 5 way before if I had big loads? And does it discharge the whole load to battery 100%, or will it split it Grid/Battery so it goes down slower? I'm trying to see if the system slowly drains it by splitting load, or if it completely throw the whole load to battery, which means it might reach 30% way before 5 for me!
Good Night I have another question. What if I have a parallel and system that’s two Deye inverters cascaded in parallel B-Parallel B but when one is buying from the grid the other is selling hence, the Slave is not mimicking the Master. How can I fix this?
Hello Tyrone thank you for watching and commenting. I do have pv 1 and 2. On one string I have 9 x 400 watts and 10 x 380 on the 2nd. I hope this answers you.
Sir..thank you for your video. My questions are: In case if I want grid enter to inverter to charge the batteries and just supply the house without selling (not allowed in my country) which mode should select (zero export to load or zero export to ct) ? And arrow point to grid or to inverter. Please advise. The arrow point of CT
There is no point putting CT if the mode is set as zero export to load .. . So that it will power the Backup load only .. am I ryt sir ? If you select Zero export to CT you will power your backup load as well home load so that it requires CT wiring ..
I am charging from the grid, no solar using 5kw Deye Inverter and 2X 5kw Volta Lifepo4 batteries. After 3 months my state of charge has started to drift quite substantially and all the information regarding that tells me to charge the batteries to 100% and then revert settings back to 80% to correct. That sounds fine except I cannot find any information on how to actually do that. When I go into the settings I can't seem to change anything which is just as well since I am not 100% sure what to do anyway.
@@drsolar All I have is the interface on the DEYE inverter, there is nothing on the batteries which are VOLTA brand, I was told by the installer to download an app called Solarman to monitor the system remotely if I want. I used the app but it basically gives me the same info as what is on the inverter screen.
Hi. Love your videos. I have a 8kW Deye inverter but it keeps beeping on F20 Fault (DC overcurrent) when I turn the solar on. I have 15 X 450W Panels installed. Please could you assist in telling me how can I resolve this? Is there a setting I need to select on the inverter to fix this problem? Thank you in advance
@@drsolar Hi thank you for your response. It is really appreciated. The solar panels are connected with 7 panels in one string and 8 in another string. Each panel has an open circuit voltage of 49.7V and short circuit current of 11.73A. The voltage at maximum power is 41.9V and the maximum current power is 10.98A of each panel
@@leeshanpillay1253 your string is fine. Turn both strings off and clear the error. Then turn on one. If the error appears turn of off and then try the other string. If it goes away I will double check my connections. That is where I would start
@@leeshanpillay1253 Turn all the input breakers off (PV and AC), then turn the inverter off the button on the side. Wait a few minutes and turn it back on.
Hello friend,with Deye inverter can i give user parameter to the battery,i hawe in moment uan Voltronic inverter and i use user parameter..thank you frend
Hi Sir I installed 12kv deye inverter two of them I connected them parallel before it was charging the batteries using solar panels but out of the sudden it is no longer charging. How can I do it to charge my batteries again?
Thank you for watching and commenting. What are your battery settings? What is your time of use settings? Also can you give more information about your system
Thanks Doctor. I have a question .... let’s say house load is (say) 2 kw at a specific moment and my solar panels at that moment only delivers (say) 1.5 kw, I noticed that my grid then kicks in and delivers the shortfall of 0.5 kw, even though my batteries are fully charged. I would rather that the shortfall be drawn from my batteries until they are (say) 60pct discharged, and only THEN the grid must kick in. How do I set up my inverter for this ?
Good morning. Thank you for watching and commenting. Settings, system works mode, check time of use, then check grid charge and the batt % 60. You have constant grid you can make that % even lower. Let me know how it worked out. You can whatsapp me on +12018154132
Good day. I recently installed a Deye 5kw inverter with no battery. The problem I have is that the inverter only shows on when the sun is up. It there a way to see the grid use during the night. Thank you in advance.
@@drsolar no sure. It was installed by an installer. He is also trysing to sort it out. And yes it is grid tied. Is there a specific setting I should look out for? Not sure how to send pictures over youtube chat.
Mr I've installed my Deye inverter but I'm failing to get the floating settings I did all the Battery setting when I scroll down it stops on lithium mode Low battery Restart It doesn't go on the next page for floating, absorbtion Equalisation What could be the problem Shutdown
@@charlesmadongo2047 I also dont see float etc with my hubble battery, i think those are automatically configured when the inverter talks to the battery bms
On the 8 kw the breakers and firmware. The first two are IP65 the Sol-Ark is not. They also have a carry handle that is on the Sol-Ark and not on the Deye
@@drsolar Thank you for the reply. Anyway, what is a carry handle? Is it just a physical handle? So the solar functionality of these 3 inverter brands are entirely the same? But why do Deye doesn't have a physical manual when it came?
@@billbreaker1680 yes it is a physical handle on the side in lieu of an indentation. They are the same outside of that and the firmware. Deye provides you with a manual
@@billbreaker1680 same car but more options. Think an EClass with the 6 cylinder engine and 8 speed transmission but you take the cloth interior and not pay for the more expensive leather. The Deye is the E class without the leather interior. Same engine transmission body. I hope that explained it.
your inverter will see it as 1 large battery so for example if you have 2 50ah batteries it will equals to 100ah and discharge or charge parameter of lithium batteries are 50% so you should set them to 50
Hi, I have a 12kw deye inverter 3 phases First question : can I link grid input as generator? Second question: when the batteries are fully charged from the grid or the generator, I want to let the grid continues going to load and not disconnect. As bypass , is it possible? Please give me your help about this
Yes. It will see it as the grid and would charge and when the batteries are full will bypass. When you switch off the generator then UPS mode kicks in. Use the grid input
@@drsolar I have a trouble in entering to the program of felicity hybrid inverter 5kw joining to a lithium battery felicity 10kw. When I press Enter key for 3 seconds, the inverter does not respond and I can not enter the program page. Is there any help can you give me please ?
@@housseineltahan5582 thank you for watching and commenting. I am not familiar with the Felicity inverter. Sorry I can't help. Please like share and subscribe.
Hello Dr, I 8kva deye inverters, two parallely connected. Anytime the solar goes off, grid kicks in to the load. I want the battery to kick in instead. What do I do please?
AWPS Renewable Energy, LTD your using 8 kw hybrid, can you please give the exact model?also for the 5kw. checking the ali express but im bit confuse. Thnaks!
Hi there, I have done all the steps that you said we should take but the inverter is still pulling from the grid and the grid icon is still green. How do I set it that the grid is 0 and the icon is orange?
Hi, I have 8K model, I can t down grid power to 0KW , it stays at 0,01 to 0,02kw all night long, it down to 0Kw when PV send power to inverter.... Do you know what are values for 48V 1000Ah battery use? ( 24 x 2V1000Ah ). Thanks.
@@drsolar do you have whatsapp or email address, I need help for setup , I use battery at night , it is 100% 55,9v and morning, before sun wake up, it is 86% and 51V, but we have not use air conditionner or other, we have 250w load for 13 hours, and standard setup is to charge battery at 80% with grid....
@@drsolar thank you for response. How can i get it to run off grid? the solar panels do not produce any amps without the live grid connected. I have battery setup and it wont charge without grid either. thank you
In greece in order to sell power you need Net metering.If i dont want to feed PV to Grid without battery install or on idle with full charged battery does we have the option to block send to grid.Also were can i get this in EU?
