Charging profile scenarios for home backup
I have the Yeti PRO 4000 + Haven 10 + 3600 Passthrough cable installed for emergency home backup. I particularly wanted the automatic power switching (APS) in the event of a power outage while I am away for a few weeks at a time. The charging profile is set to Performance (min=0%, recharge=95%, max=100%). Two questions:
1) When experimenting, the recharge didn't start until well below 95%, more like 88-90%. Why?
2) What circumstances or benefits might there be to changing the charging profile to something else -- battery saver, balanced, or custom -- (remember that it's for home backup)? Would alternatives be for, e.g., -to save the battery for something else? -to keep it from discharging completely (is going to zero bad?)? -to do some best practice for storage (keep it plugged in, but at an 85% max charge because I'm home most of the time and it will just be sitting there idle? I'd top it off before going away.)??
We don't have Time-of-Use (TOU) electricity rates here.
It would be great to have some discussion, documentation, or webinar(?) to explain some of these settings. I have been looking at the documentation for other models on github, but would love some explanations targeted for the Yeti PRO 4000 and home backup scenarios.
Great product so far!!
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update re: #1 -- figured out that the AC Input Limit was set approximately at the minimum 360W and my home circuit needs exceeded that for a time. The Yeti favored discharge to my home circuits over recharging the battery. Once I experimented and increased the AC Input Limit to ~480W on the app, the 95% recharge point worked just fine for what I was running. Because I am using the 3600W passthrough cable and, hence, Power+, I would like to set the AC input higher, say towards the 3600W max, but I am timid about experimenting with that. I would be interested in other people's experiences or recommendations.