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Difference between supplier grid consumption and inverter reported grid consumption

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2026 11:11 am
by sztupy
Hi there, just got a Hybrid system installed and I can see from the data that the Grid consumption it reports is generally 3-5% lower than what my electricity provider reports I used for the same period.

A couple examples:
Day #1 Fox would report 17.0kWh consumption for a day while my bill would say I used 17.6kWh on the same day.
Day #2 Fox would report 53.5kWh, but my bill would say I used 55.1kWh

While I accept some difference I'm not sure if this is in the expected range, or whether there is some calibration that could be done to get this value closer.

Re: Difference between supplier grid consumption and inverter reported grid consumption

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2026 3:28 pm
by Dave Foster
It’s fairly normal, a CT clamp will never be as accurate as your smart meter, it will typically range between 1-5% depending on length of CT cable, proximity to other CT’s (for EV etc..) and it is worse at low loads.

You can replace the CT clamp with a directly wired meter such as an Eastron or Chint which tend to be nearer 1% accurate.