REDBACK BATTERY SCHEDULING
Lock in a peak export rate and save at other times by charging your battery when wholesale prices are low.
Redback solar battery scheduling & setup
This guide explains how to set your Redback Smart Hybrid system to discharge to the grid between 5:30pm and 9:30pm using a schedule in the MyRedback app (or the Redback Portal), so you make the most of Flow Power’s Happy Hour.
This setup is required if you’re participating in Flow Power’s Battery Happy Hour Electricity Plan.
Why choose Happy Hour?
- Keep full control of your solar and battery and earn a 30-35c/kWh feed-in rate between 5:30-9:30pm, every day.
- Our dynamic pricing rewards you for using energy when it’s cheaper and more renewable.
- Your home’s energy use is matched with 100% GreenPower from one of our renewable projects in your state.
- Better manage their energy use with the help of smart insights via the Flow Power app.
How to set up your battery
Step 1 –
Confirm your system and app access
You need a Redback Smart Hybrid system (for example the SH5000 or another Redback hybrid inverter with a battery). Download the MyRedback (Smart Energy Manager) app, or use the Redback Portal on your computer, and log in with your owner account.
Step 2 –
Open your battery schedule
In MyRedback, or the Redback Portal, go to your battery or schedule settings, where you set when the battery charges and discharges.
Step 3 –
Set the 5:30pm to 9:30pm discharge window
Set a discharge, or export, period from 17:30 to 21:30. This is what pushes the battery to discharge and sell back to the grid during Happy Hour.
Step 4 –
(Optional) charge when energy is cheaper
If you want to top the battery up from the grid at cheaper times, set a charge period outside Happy Hour, for example overnight, so the battery is full before 5:30pm.
Step 5-
Check your reserved State of Charge
Make sure your minimum, or reserved, State of Charge isn’t set so high that the battery stops discharging early. Around 10 to 20% leaves enough to discharge through the whole window.
Step 6-
Confirm export is enabled and you’re not on a conflicting VPP
Make sure export is enabled and within your network’s export limit (not zero-export). Battery-to-grid export won’t work if you’re signed up to another VPP that controls your battery.
Step 7-
Save and verify
Save your settings. Between 5:30 and 9:30pm, open MyRedback – you should see the battery discharging and power exporting to the grid.
Do I control my own exports?
Yes. You keep full control of your solar and battery system at all times.
Flow Power doesn’t remotely control your inverter or battery. Instead, we give you price signals and a clear export window, and you decide how to respond.
If you have a battery or smart inverter, you (or your installer) can set it up so you charge when energy is cheaper and export more during Happy Hour, but all those settings remain in your hands.
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