Understanding FoxESS reporting and answering "Why am I exporting, Why am I using the grid" 

Two years later and it is still a very useful video. Thank you.

Just had a Foxess inverter fitted, waiting for the batteries. I'm so pleased you're share thus stuff. It's fascinating although I'm on a v steep learning curve.

Just found your channel!!! I am having a PV with Fox inverter and Battery’s on the 19th august and this channel has the most useable info! Thank you

Thank you for the video, i have just had two 2.5 kwt batteries fitted, the fitter had no understanding of the fox cloud app,and was unable to explain to me any of the strange readings it was displaying . I am total none savvy with modern technology, excellent video thanks.

Thanks for this explanation cleared up all my questions

Fabulous, I feel lucky to have stumbled on this, now a subscriber, as it answered many questions definitively. No system walkthrough from my installers. The Yield figures on my system conflates battery output and solar output as one, is there a way of obtaining a daily solar yield only?

Home Assistant is great. Is it available to us Joe Public interested parties?

You are a superb explainer but thought you'd walk us through the Fox app as I really don't get the negative values thing and their labelling is confusing.

Aside from the main subject of this video, could you explain why your output power shown on the lower graph is showing as a minus. I ask this because I get the same issue when my SoC setting gets to the set 20% value where it remains for less than 2 hrs and then it will drop to 15%. At that point it charges from the grid even though the software settings do not tell it to. This results in the same pattern you have with increased grid consumption which could be at peak rate (after 7am), until the SOC setting is back at 20%.

Is there any configuration for the internal Residual Current Device? In the manual they state it can be lowered mA to prevent external RCD trips, but no instructions on how/where to do it. 🤔

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Could you do a vid of what the words mean. Total Yield, Load Yield etc. As my data differs from the the app to the desktop.

Great video. Would appreciate if you could show the modbus box. I'm thinking about to use a rs-485 usb stick on the raspi / home assistant or to go with the usr-10 wifi box. Would be greate if you could share your setup / thoughts!

Thanks for this video, it is very useful. I have my system installed, however, I see Output power and Feed-in-power increase and decreasing at the same time when sun is up. And my battery doesn't discharge when I use the dishwasher and washing machine in the evening. For some reason the inverter doesn't see the load and it always use the grid. Any suggestion?

Do you have a video or link on how you customise HA with the double gauges and the graphs?

Hi recently had Fox 5Kw Inverter and Fox 8.64Kwh Battery storage....I don't think I am understanding the battery usage correctly as we seem to go from 100 percent battery mid afternoon and then in the morning it will be 20 percent,...our daily usage is nowhere close to 8Kwh so I don't understand why the batteries are discharging....the only thing I can find is the LED status light on the slave beneath the Master battery is showing 'green light on half a second then LED light goes off for 3-4 seconds then green light on for half a second".....There's nothing in the manual to explain this LED status, only that normal battery LED status should be 'LED green light on for half a second, LED light off for half a second'...........any ideas please ?

Hi Ian, your videos are very helpful. I have what appears to be an issue or incorrect setting. I am using a Fox ESS 5kw hybrid with about 8 kw cube batteries. I have taken a snap shot of my app which shows the following data: PV supply: 2.343kw, to battery 0.720kw, to house 0.346kw and to grid 1.175kw. I have the inverter set to self use, I.E. feed house, battery, grid. Why am i showing a large grid export when my batteries are only showing about 35% charged? Any advice appreciated.

I am on fox ess system hybrid inverter is it possible to force discharge ,I am on octopus flux and I would like to discharge now and then to get the extra pennies?

how many batteries are in this setup?

Just had a FoxEss 6.0 hybrid inverter fitted with s solar panels,downloaded app for my desktop which works fine but cant get my head around the power graphs i.e.feed in power, discharge power etc. Any advice would be appreciated.Thank you.

Hi new to this and I don’t understand something. I have brought a 6kW system 1 month ago but the max is showing on the graphics is 3.6 kW. Is this normal not to reach higher values ?

Hello I have recently installed Fox ess 4.1 kw solar syatem with 2 batteries .but still my meter reading are same as before why ?

Et comment fait on quand les données ne sont pas remontées ? Alors que le dongle WiFi est bien reconnu ! Le SAV visiblement aux abonnés absents, sauf pour le pipotage. Très déçu !