u/vedz69

Hi Brains Trust,

I am fairly new to all of this!

For those on the Globird Zero Hero plan and have an EV that you can't charge during 11am-2pm (work, life commitments), how do you optimise your plan and gain credits whilst charging your EV? I have scheduled my EV to charge from 12am-6am (to avoid peak consumption rate), I don't feel this is optimising my plan efficiently. Does anyone else have any ideas? I have looked at the other Globird plans but I feel Zero Hero may be better for my situation holistically.

I trialled out charging my car between 12am-6am (to avoid the peak consumption rate) but found my usage was very high for that day.

FoxESS operator recommended to change Grid Compensation to -80 to export more during scheduled Forced Discharge 6PM - 9PM to earn $1 credit and the 15c kWh. Would this help? Should I decrease the forced discharge to 7000W?

My current set up:

- FoxESS 48kW battery with 10kW inverter installed a week ago

- Have 6.6kW solar panels

- EV with 80kWh battery capacity

- Hot Tub 10A

Attached - App schedules and current plan rates

Hi Brains Trust,

Recently installed in Victoria.

- FoxESS 48kW battery with 10kW inverter

- Have had 6.6kW solar panels for 3 years

- Have just seen poor reviews on Amber by other redditers, I prefer a quality of life and not baby sitting an app all day.

- Have an EV with a max 32A fast charger installed

- Hot tub max 10A, kept on sleep/economic mode when not used standard mode when being heated up

- Demand for electricity is relatively quite high, sitting at around 22kWh per day

- Looking for lowest fees/supply rates

- Have seen a lot of reviews with receiving higher credits, I am looking to lower electricity bill/maximise credits

- Have seen optimisation schedules: 11am-3pm Charge battery (depending on free solar period)/Heat up Hot tub

3pm-9pm Use battery

9pm-12am Minimise overall electricity use

12am-6am Charge EV

6am-11am Use grid to charge the battery

Installer reccommended Ovo as they personally use them currently for the free 3 hours day time solar charge.

Are there better options out there for my circumstance? Let me know what energy company you reccomend.

Thanks in advance!

EV and Zero Hero plan