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Hi, we’re trying to reduce the noise from members who haven’t first tried to help themselves, it does have a habit of chasing away other members. Its the old teach a man to fish philosophy, so I do bang on about it in the hopes that all the work that goes into educational resources is used.

But enough about that.

In this case the OP needs to limit grid usage (i have the same issue at home with a cheaper, lower rated supply).

So you need to cap grid usage.

For a fixed install just set it in the inverter and be done with it. In mobile/variable applications, then it makes better sense to set it via the gx (making sure remote override is set on the inverter).

An ESS by default will always pull from batts first (unless you’ve hit minima or are scheduled charging etc).

When you hit battery/inverter limits the system will top up from grid to the maximum of the set grid limit up to the rating of the transfer switch (defined in both the model name and spec sheet).

In this case there is also a PV inverter which is adding to the AC output.

The system is very flexible, and I get all the available info can be a tad daunting.

(Guys videos at professional.victronenergy.com are well worth watching when starting down this path, it helps us all have a common reference language and makes it so much easier to help).

Thanks a lot, seems to work quite well. As @Johnone mentions, maybe I was confused and did not want to limiting my full AC load, since my PV capacity is a bit higher than my grid limit (7.6 vs 4.5).