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Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 9:31 am
by markuspa14
Hi,
I got a H3G2 11kW Inverter and the full stack of ECS4300 batteries. My main house connection has a 50A main breaker (SLS in german) So, there is plenty of space for charging a car AND charging battery AND household.
I'm trying to charge my battery (mode scheduler) and my car at night. I mentioned that when the cars charges(11kw), the battery will not charge. I tried several setups What I found out was. The battery only charges if the load is under 11kw. So lets say, if I set the car to charge with 7kW, the battery was charging with almost 3 kW. When I raise the charging power of the car, the battery charge drops. When I stop the charging of the car. The inverter starts to charge the battery with 9-10kW. What ever i set, the load sticks at 11kW.
For me It seems there is a "hidden" settings in my inverter. On the panel I already set the MaxImportCurrent to 50A. But nothing changed. There is no "MaxImportPwr" on the panel. I phoned the FoxESS Hotline but they could not help me, because they could not find a setting wich would fix the behaviour.
My FW version is:
Version_Master:1.28
Version_Slave:1.00
Version_ARM:1.16
Any help is appreciated.
Regards
Markus
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:09 pm
by Dave Foster
It may be your inverter is throttling do to an import limit, check your inverter Settings at the panel in On-Grid, Export Control, ImportLimitPwr should be at least 30,000, and ImportLimitCur is 100A.
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 3:21 pm
by markuspa14
Hi Dave,
thanks for your reply. Yes that's exactly what it looks like. A throotling to keep a hidden limit.
I tried to find the setting. But on the panel there is no ImportLimitPwr under the Export Control menu. There is only the ImportLimitCur.
Is it possible that this setting is only visible after a full power-off cycle? The firmware was updated 3 months ago.
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 6:26 pm
by Dave Foster
It may be that Fox haven’t added it to the H3G2 as they have with the KH, it was always strange that they had both power and current limits when it only needed one of them.
Is your ImportLimitCur set to 100A ?
I am seeing latest Master as 1.33 and ARM as 1.22, as these are quite new inverters so I think it is worth getting the firmware updated.
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 10:51 am
by markuspa14
Hi Dave,
Yes ImportLimitCur set to 100A. But the throttling still exists. The support told me that the newer FW version is only for UK not for Germany.
It seems i have to open a ticket at the FoxESS Support. Do you have a contact at FoxESS to ask about this throttling behavior / missing setting in the inverter.
Thank you.
Markus
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 4:42 pm
by markuspa14
Now i found it.
The Import Power Limit set to 10kW
and the "Grid Point Power Limit" is set to 12kW
I'll set it correctly via HA dev tools.
Thank you very much! Great community here. Found a fix for my issue. Vendor and Installer failed to do so.
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 5:14 pm
by markuspa14
Sadly the issue is not fixed.

Today i tried to set both registers to 0,22000 but nothing changed. As soon as i start to charge the car with 11kW, the inverter throttles / stops charging the battery. The hidden threshold (10.5kW) is still there. Any suggestions?
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 12:32 am
by viperose
hi @markupsa14, I have been battling with this exact issue. I've got modbus/HA configured with my H3 Smart and even though my ImportLimitCur was set to 100A, it would only ever pull 10kW from the grid which means charging the battery and EV at the same time is not possible.
What finally fixed the issue for me was getting Foxess to upgrade the master firmware to 1.36 (latest). It now respects the value set in ImportLimitCur and I'm able to charge the battery at 10kW while also charging the EV at 10kW.
I was on firmware version 1.30 (I can see that you are on 1.28), so it's definitely worth getting the firmware upgraded asap. Hopefully it fixes your issue like it did mine.
[SOLVED] Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2025 7:11 am
by markuspa14
@viperose YES. Thank you for the hint! I kindly asked the FOX ESS Support to update, which they did really fast. Now I'm on following versions:
Version_Master:1.36
Version_ARM:1.23
Manager 2.06
Version_BMS:2.007
Thank you FOX Support. Now it's working like it meant to.

- Screenshot Homeassistant charging Car and battery
Great community.
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2025 9:33 am
by MaterialBarracuda48
viperose wrote: ↑Fri Dec 19, 2025 12:32 am
I was on firmware version 1.30 (I can see that you are on 1.28), so it's definitely worth getting the firmware upgraded asap. Hopefully it fixes your issue like it did mine.
Thank you for providing a solution to the problem, hopefully others will see post now and know the fix.
Top work.
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2025 10:28 pm
by brunofabre
markuspa14 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 10, 2025 4:42 pm
Now i found it.
The Import Power Limit set to 10kW
and the "Grid Point Power Limit" is set to 12kW
I'll set it correctly via HA dev tools.
Thank you very much! Great community here. Found a fix for my issue. Vendor and Installer failed to do so.
Can you provide some more information on HA dev tools. I have a related problem trying to charge my battery at the maximun power. I have a KH10 inverter and EQ4800-L9 battery (42kWh). According to the KH10 specs the max AC input for Australia is 14.5kW but it is only using 10kW. Also the battery recommended max charge current is 30A operating at a nominal voltage of 403V, so should be able to charge at 12kW. The maximum charge current is 50A which is 20kW, not sure if this is just for protection from short burst or can be used for longer periods. When I have 4kW of solar I should be able to charge my battery at 18.5kW (14.5kW from grid and 4kW for solar) however it will only ever charge at 11kW (10kW from grid and 1kW from solar). I think there is a setting in the inverter limiting the AC input to 10kW and the total charge power to the battery of 11kW. These need to be changed to 14.5kW for max AC input and 20kW for the max charge power (or 50A). Depending on the recommended vs max charge current, the max charge power may need to be 12kW.
Support in Australia is non-existent. I have raised 5 support tickets and never had a response. The support number never answers. The installers updated the firmware after I hassled them enough.
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2025 12:31 pm
by Dave Foster
brunofabre wrote: ↑Tue Dec 23, 2025 10:28 pm
Can you provide some more information on HA dev tools. I have a related problem trying to charge my battery at the maximun power. I have a KH10 inverter and EQ4800-L9 battery (42kWh). According to the KH10 specs the max AC input for Australia is 14.5kW but it is only using 10kW. Also the battery recommended max charge current is 30A operating at a nominal voltage of 403V, so should be able to charge at 12kW. The maximum charge current is 50A which is 20kW, not sure if this is just for protection from short burst or can be used for longer periods. When I have 4kW of solar I should be able to charge my battery at 18.5kW (14.5kW from grid and 4kW for solar) however it will only ever charge at 11kW (10kW from grid and 1kW from solar). I think there is a setting in the inverter limiting the AC input to 10kW and the total charge power to the battery of 11kW. These need to be changed to 14.5kW for max AC input and 20kW for the max charge power (or 50A). Depending on the recommended vs max charge current, the max charge power may need to be 12kW.
Support in Australia is non-existent. I have raised 5 support tickets and never had a response. The support number never answers. The installers updated the firmware after I hassled them enough.
The maximum AC power a KH10 can charge your batteries at is 10kWh, the maximum AC input specification is where you have battery charging and EPS operational at the same time.
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2025 10:39 pm
by brunofabre
Dave Foster wrote: ↑Wed Dec 24, 2025 12:31 pm
brunofabre wrote: ↑Tue Dec 23, 2025 10:28 pm
Can you provide some more information on HA dev tools. I have a related problem trying to charge my battery at the maximun power. I have a KH10 inverter and EQ4800-L9 battery (42kWh). According to the KH10 specs the max AC input for Australia is 14.5kW but it is only using 10kW. Also the battery recommended max charge current is 30A operating at a nominal voltage of 403V, so should be able to charge at 12kW. The maximum charge current is 50A which is 20kW, not sure if this is just for protection from short burst or can be used for longer periods. When I have 4kW of solar I should be able to charge my battery at 18.5kW (14.5kW from grid and 4kW for solar) however it will only ever charge at 11kW (10kW from grid and 1kW from solar). I think there is a setting in the inverter limiting the AC input to 10kW and the total charge power to the battery of 11kW. These need to be changed to 14.5kW for max AC input and 20kW for the max charge power (or 50A). Depending on the recommended vs max charge current, the max charge power may need to be 12kW.
Support in Australia is non-existent. I have raised 5 support tickets and never had a response. The support number never answers. The installers updated the firmware after I hassled them enough.
The maximum AC power a KH10 can charge your batteries at is 10kWh, the maximum AC input specification is where you have battery charging and EPS operational at the same time.
That does not make any sense if my understanding is correct. Does EPS mean Emergency Power Supply? If so EPS cannot be active while the grid is supplying AC input (otherwise it is not an emergency when there is no grid connection).

If the AC Input is at 14500VA How is this distributed?
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2025 8:43 am
by Dave Foster
If you have the EPS wired and the inverter is running in bypass (UPS) the grid is tied straight through to the EPS socket and the inverter will still take power from the grid to charge batteries. The inverter itself on it’s AC port cannot generate more (or charge the battery) at more than it’s maximum rating.
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2025 9:51 am
by brunofabre
Dave Foster wrote: ↑Thu Dec 25, 2025 8:43 am
If you have the EPS wired and the inverter is running in bypass (UPS) the grid is tied straight through to the EPS socket and the inverter will still take power from the grid to charge batteries. The inverter itself on it’s AC port cannot generate more (or charge the battery) at more than it’s maximum rating.
My inverter is not configured for EPS (There is nothing connected to the EPS port.). As a result it should not ever be in bypass. So no power from the AC input will ever be needed for EPS. Hence the max AC Input of the inverter in Australia, 14500W, should be able to be used to charge the battery. When the inverter is not configured for EPS operation, surely it should be able to be configured to charge the battery using the maximun AC Input power.
Re: Help me, Charge Battery + EV max input power at 11kW
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2025 9:56 am
by brunofabre
Further, why is only 1kW of PV power used to charge the battery when the grid is providing 10kW, so that the maximum power to the battery is only 11kW? Even if only 10kW of AC Input is used to charge the battery, when there is 2kW of PV, why can't all of it be used to charge the battery (total 12kW)?