How to charge an electric car on a small solar power system — without accidentally using Eskom

I recently charged an electric vehicle using only energy from an entry-level solar power system and added about 30km of range in a day.

My plan was to charge the EX30’s battery using only solar power while we continued using electricity as usual. During this period, our home’s consumption climbed to a prolonged 3.42kW of usage, leaving only 1.58kW that the inverter could use from the solar panels and batteries for other purposes.In addition, I aimed to have the battery at 100% by the time the solar production tapered off.

Taking all of the aforementioned into account, I figured it would be best to only charge between 09:00 and 15:00, which would provide enough solar output to supply the car and home and sufficiently top up the battery with any excess energy. Coupled with a gradual reduction in solar capacity, it reduced the excess energy going into the home’s battery.

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