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Also a Sunsynk 5kW yes. I have an ESP32 which sends all the inverter info to Home Assistant. That same ESP32 is attached to PWM pins of the fans. The ESP32 talks to Home Assistant to get the AC temp and works with that number as its base i.e. you set the low and high temp thresholds ( you make it anything that suits you ), the fans spin slower at lower temps, and ramp up as the inverter temp increases. ESP32 powered by a 5V adapter Fans powered by a 12V adapter ( which also powers a Wi-Fi access point, so it was there already ) Grounds of both power supplies are tied together via the ESP32 ( very NB ) To be clear, you can make something like this a standalone by adding a local temperature probe instead of getting the info from the inverter. I have such a setup cooling some other kit in a tight space

You in Cape Town ? Hehe. You describe what being in CT has been like the last few weeks. Feels like Durbs ! I also do fan assisted cooling via 3x 80mm PWM ( fan speed varies based on temp taken from the inverter itself ) at the bottom of the inverter, as the garage where the inverter lives turns oven-like in summer. Current temps are : DC 71.6, AC 52, Battery 29. So to my mind at least, yes, your temps are reasonable

Before loadshedding, I had a Kaco Powador 5kW hybrid inverter ( long story ). What I didn't have was a battery. Enter full-on loadshedding and I had to make a plan. So, changed to a Sunsynk 5kW to facilitate a battery but made no changes to my existing panels other than splitting them from one string to two. From my experience, the Sunksynk is getting as much ( read : maximum ) out of the panels as the Kaco did. So 100% it's not a straightforward Sunsynk vs. Victron comparison.

Apparently the Gree integration is worth a shot : https://community.home-assistant.io/t/jetair-or-jet-air-airconditioners/857136

@Reiniervd Completely normal. See here As @Sidewinder stated, it's the result of dirty power coming into the house and the inverter not liking it When left alone, it should reconnect when the power is clean enough again

City of Cape Town Rates Calculator - https://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/residential-property-and-houses/private-properties/rates-and-tariffs-calculator It shows what you're currently paying vs. what you will be paying under the new proposed rates, which are currently being reviewed due to ( warranted ) public pushback

I don't use Solar Assistant. So shooting blind here. If I look at their documentation, specifically the broker setup : Under the "configuration" tab, enable customization. This will make the MQTT server (mosquitto) look for config files under /share/mosquitto for customization config. So the config file path should be /share/mosquitto/solar_assistant.conf as reflected in their log file. Looking at your log file, your setup appears to be pulling file /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf which is a default location and default file. Unless you've edited this file to include the Solar Assistant MQTT bridge code, the broker will have no knowledge of the Solar Assistant host To my mind you have two choices : Within Home Assistant, start again with the steps listed for broker setup ( preferred for Home Assistant users ) to include the bridge code If you're feeling adventurous, edit /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf to include the Solar Assistant code Use it, don't use it :)

Sweeeeet. At least they're coming :) They will load up the new meter with the same amount of units

Email [email protected] and ask them for a time and date. They likely won't respond on email. But your phone will mysteriously ring a few days later with someone asking when it's convenient to swing by. I had to mail them 3 times before this happened

They don't make them like they used to ;)

Worth a watch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn03N3b0-lE

I fully understand that this is one of those " your mileage may vary " sceanrio's ( the science is not negotiable ). But the output from my CBI Astute running a bog standard Speck Pump Porpoise 750W shows that even on startup the pump hovers well below 3.5A. But that's me The Astute ( a smart breaker ) needs to be in conjunction. i.e. currently your wiring in your pool sub-DB is likely : Mains -> Pool pump breaker -> Old timer -> Pump. It would need to be Mains -> Pool pump breaker -> CBI Astute -> Pump This sums up how it would look : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5d54jyDpBY from about the 1:45 mark In short, you can't replace the pool pump breaker with a smart breaker. Both need to be there Note I'm not a sparky

The API key is an easy fix. Here's an example : # Enable Home Assistant API api: encryption: key: "KVhNQiXuNb4nQ6MmR/FknD4RVwJHv790RtCqhVa7xX4=" This is a good page to hold on to. Under Configuration Variables section, you'll see a randomly generated API key. If you refresh the page, it generates a new key. Nifty for future ESP projects if you see the same issue To Home Assistant. What you're seeing in HA is the sensors, entities and sliders that have been created on the ESP by the code. So they will always show up regardless. But the ESP clearly isn't able to read/write values ( all the Unknown's you're seeing ) from/to the inverter. If you check the ESP log in ESPHome, you'll see that too. So it might be the cabling I also followed Scoobs video when I first setup. Note that there are two different cable colouring standards when it comes to Ethernet cables. Despite checking and swearing that I had the correct standard for my cable, orange and white/orange never worked for me. I had to use brown and white/brown. I also removed the R7 resistor on the RS485 board ( can't 100% make out from your pic - but it looks like you have removed it ) Note that I have a Sunsynk 5k. So your mileage may vary. But at this point, it's worth a shot

That's odd. Below is screenshot from my CBI Isolator. Worth asking - Is the firmware up to date ? If so, I'm wondering if it's a hardware version issue ( I know there are two versions of the CBI ASC for example )

An option you could try to test if it's something on the Deco is to turn your phone into a WiFi access point. Connect the ASC to the phone access point and run a timer based automation. Bit of a mission. But you'll at least be able to eliminate / prove the networking variable I too run 4x Astute's using Smart Life. But they're only added to Smart Life so that I can easily pull them into Home Assistant which triggers the automations locally ( using Tuya Local ) and doesn't rely on the cloud functionality at all