Solar Only Charging w Powerwall and Universal Wall Connector, but Non-Tesla EV
Hi all! As the title says, we are looking for a way to implement solar-only charging for our setup. We understand solar only charging would be available if we had a Tesla EV (controlled from the EV side) but that's not an option at the moment. We are only a few months in, but here is our setup:
Enphase brand inverters/solar system
Tesla Powerwall 3 + gateway
Tesla Wall Universal Wall Connector
Chevy Equinox EV
We have plenty of excess solar and would love to be able to charge the EV with it but not pull from the battery and drain it immediately. We also don't want to pull from the grid during the most expensive time-of-day rate where we live (no net metering here). Unfortunately the Chevy EV app is very limited and useless in this regard. Any suggestions for a solution -- something we already have under our noses but are overlooking, apps that work well to manage, etc? Swapping out the EV charger for one that allows solar only charging could be an option as well, so suggestions there are welcome too.