Important Disclaimer ⚠️
While our products may work in some installations, Indra does not advertise or certify our chargers as compatible with home battery storage systems
We can provide recommendations for configurations that may deliver the desired results; however, it is the installer's responsibility to assess and confirm whether these recommendations are suitable for the specific installation.
Indra takes no responsibility for any negative effects caused by reconfiguring work done to the installation.
Solar & Battery Interaction 🔋☀️
Indra chargers cannot differentiate between solar export and battery export.
This means the charger can and will drain your home storage battery in certain circumstances—often not the desired behaviour.
Indra chargers cannot communicate directly with the home storage battery.
Ways to Mitigate This Issue
- Set the battery charging schedule to match the vehicle charging schedule. This way, the battery will be busy charging instead of discharging into the vehicle.
- Turn off the battery when the vehicle is charging.
- Configuring the installation so the battery does not discharge into the vehicle.
Configuring the Installation to Prevent Battery Drain 🔋🚫
These methods can only be used if the charger is supplied from its own consumer unit, fed directly from the main supply.
How to Configure:
Move the home storage battery CT to a position where it cannot detect the charger’s load -this prevents the battery from discharging into the EV charger.
(See examples below for recommended CT placement.)
Charger on its own consumer unit, house and solar/battery on another