JohanFourie

Thanks. I'll take a look at all the options on the app. It's not always super clear what each setting does. This will help a lot as starting point

Thanks for the clarity. All this helps to get the most out of the equipment you pay a lot of money for!

Awesome. I was hoping that was what I could do. I couldn't find anything on YouTube explaining that I can use it like that. Great to hear that is possible. Sure my BAttery will also be grateful

Hi all. I have a sunsynk 5kw inverter. How do I limit the feed from battery for non essentials like Geyser? During the day the inverter will use 50% solar and 50% from grid. But at night it uses 100% battery at 4200W, until the battery reaches the the set SOC level. Is there a setting to limit the battery to never feed, for example, at more than 2000W? I can't imagine that it is good for the battery to supply power at 4200W or more

Thanks for the reply. Sorry for only responding now. Tried to get the info on cables and costs for the rasberry pi etc. I’m going to give this a try in the new year. Hopefully there is a rasberry pi on special somewhere over black Friday

Hi. Thanks. I have sonof switches, the small ones: https://eiferer.co.za/products/sonoff-basicr3-wifi-diy-smart-switch?variant=29388736987180&currency=ZAR&utm_campaign=gs-2018-10-05&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqdjMkJrY5QIVBomyCh2yxwj1EAkYEiABEgIXkvD_BwE Are the strong enough? Someone told me that some of the units can’t handle high load like for example switching a geyser on and off. Is that true? And if so, will they be able to control my solar as well? If it will, where do I need to put it? I have a DB board that has 3 stages: solar, OFF, eskom...so if I need to put the sonof on that switch, then how will it work if the sonof only has a “on and off”? Or where should I put that device (if it is “strong” enough) Thanks for the reply

Hi I recently got a solar system installed. I've just now got the settings and everything good (I think) but I could only get the Inverter to switch from battery to grid either too early, for example as soon as it drops to below 70% or as soon as I switch on the kettle (even if battery is still on 80%+) OR it doesn't switch to grid at all until I either manually switch it, by using the toaster and the kettle at the same time or if the battery runs out... So I've left it now on the "close to never switch to grid" setting, and every night as soon as battery goes below 40% or if it's not close to 40% and we are going to bed, then I also "manually" switch to grid (by turning on toaster and kettle etc at the same time) . Is there a way to remotely do this (switch between battery and grid)? I'm looking for a solution, like maybe RaspberryPi connected to the Inverter and WiFi and then a mobile app, that can show me the current battery capacity (and other cool stats and info) and then either I can set on the app to switch when it goes below 40% OR I can switch it myself, with the app, instead of going to the battery to check the capacity level and if "low enough" then turn on appliances until it switches to grid. I also found few posts where people talk about firmware update...? How can I do that if I can't link/connect my inverter to the internet? If it's possible to do that with a RasPI and app as well, that would be awesome. Thanks so much for the help. My solar system details: Mecer Axpert 5kW Inverter 315 W panels (6) Leoch 5kWh Lithium Ion Battery