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  1. Sunsynk has this feature where it will change the generator input to an output (if a generator is not connected). You can then set a value of "additional capacity" where it will start outputting on this line once it reached the value set. For example, if you set the value to 1000W above current generation and your usage is let's say 1200W, it will then check if there is additional generation capacity available and once it hits the 2200W mark it will make the output available. They call it "Smart" or "Aux" output. I'm not sure how it works though, I would think that the inducing a fictitious load somehow which will only pull from the panels. Here is a link I just found on the subject explained in detail by "GreenFields" I was thinking of running a load load every 20 minutes or so to check what the current output is, but that seems counter productive. I would rather want to tap into that signal, as you can clearly see on the display when the "Smart" function is enabled...it is actually quite interesting to watch on a cloudy day, as it will appear and disappear as the clouds move.
  2. Good day all, I have a Sunsynk inverter with the "Smart" output. I am not currently using the output for anything, but I do have a use case for it. But I thought without running cables to it to possibly integrate it to Home Assistant and switch smart switches when there are excess generation. I currently so have a feed from SolarAssistant to Home Assistant via MQTT. I do not see an entity that pertains to the smart output or anything relating to excess power generation (I might be looking for the wrong stuff as there are a lot of entities). My question, If the entity doesn't exist, is it possible to calculate excess generation to trigger events where smart switches can switch on or off? Thanks
  3. Yes, this is what I am doing now. Also busy creating graphs by the second to see exactly what I am up against. At this point I am not too sure what the impact on Eskom really is, but it must be minimal. My best guess is around the 5kWh mark per month, I know it is insignificant, but it's an eyesore
  4. Well this is the sad thing. I don't have enough data to support my finding. But I do believe it is intermitted, it definitely does it when large power draws happens, i.e. geyser switches off. The bigger concern is that it will last for about 5 minutes or so. Not sure if it is something to worry about, its just frustrating giving Eskom money when it's not necessary.
  5. Good day all, I have a 5Kw Deye Hybrid Inverter and lately I am noticing something strange when it allocates power. I had it for just over a year now, but only realising now as I am pulling stats on it on a more regular basis for a HomeAssitant Dashboard. In this example there is more than 2Kw of power available from the panels and the battery is fully charged. The current Load consumption in the house is 482W, Battery is pulling 222W (which in a way makes sense due to trickle charging). The panels supply 599W and then for some strange reason there is a pull of 139W from the Grid. The "Zero export power" is set to 40W. I would expect to see n Grid pull of 40W and all the rest coming from the panels as there's way more than enough to provide the 702W required. Please see screenshot below. Thanks Kind Regards Jeremy
  6. Apparently the Cape Town meters works differently to the rest of the country. (Don't ask me how or why). What I ended up doing was to set my inverter to always draw 40W from the mains. This way it is guaranteed to never push back or draw 0 from the meter. The setting on my Deye inverter is "Zero-export power" which is set to "040"
  7. Perfect, that was my assumption. But I just needed the confirmation, thanks so much for your assistance.
  8. Awesome! thank you so much. Just to confirm, what you are saying is I can run 425V on the North side and 425V on the West side?
  9. Hi All, I have a stupid question, but need confirmation. I have a 5kw Deye Hybrid Inverter which has been running for just over a year now. I have 12 x 430W panels in total, 5 facing North and 7 facing West. I recently extended my North facing roof and would like to add a 6th panel to that roof and reduce west from 7 to 6. While we were building I had to remove 2 of my North facing panels temporarily which left me with about 138V at peak sunlight, this seemed to be too low for the 1 MPPT and produced close to 0W. West were running just fine. My question; According to the manual the range is 124V to 425V, is this for a single MPPT or for both together? Best world scenario is that both strings produce at peak 576V which puts me over the threshold if the 425V applies to both MPPTs. I know in the real world North and West will not produce together at peak, but the risk is there. If the range is for each of the MPPTs then I am well under the threshold. So it basically leaves me with 2 Scenarios; 1. Assuming the range is for both strings put together: > Put 2 strings in parallel of 3 panels in series on each MPPT, this possibly leaves me with a situation where the voltage is too low. Which I really do not understand as the low end of the range is 124V and 3 panels should produce about 135V to 144V 2. Move the 7th panel from West to North, connect the 6 panels in series on both MPPTs which should produce 288V at peak My guess is that I can go with scenario 2 as this is basically how it's been running for about a year now. Please Help, I am stuck in my own brain. Thanks
  10. Hi All, I recently downloaded the latest flow from GitHub and when I import I get unrecognized flows "cycle" and "moment" Any ideas? Thanks
  11. Hi All, Complete Noob here. I want to build a nice dashboard in Home Assistant for my solar installation. I have a Deye inverter which is the base for Sunsynk. I have a Raspberry 3b+ and a USB to RS232 Cable. How would I get started to get the firmware on the Raspberry, connecting the raspberry and start playing with Node Red? Thanks Kind Regards Jeremy
  12. Yeah, I switched the position to after the meter. Punched in some coding, and this far no trips yet. Hopefully it's sorted now. Now I can get the COC done. Thanks for your replies, I really appreciate it
  13. So it turns out that the Conlog meters have some sort of programming to be done to disable a safety feature within it to allow "leakage" from the inverter that almost contently pushes about 20w of power through the meter. The second issue of the CT is that the when using a Deye inverter, the arrow on the CT should point to the DB and not to the grid as showed by the manual. So it seems like my issue has been resolved.
  14. Thanks Abeetude, Ah, make sense for the tripping issue. But why do you thing it will still "sell" back into the grid with the arrow pointing towards the grid?
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