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Continuing my journey with DIY Solar And Energy Data Visualization
I eventually gave up on Grafana - Free community edition not powerful enough to do exactly what I wanted.
So after some more research I have setup a fully self hosted thingsboard server and found almost everything I needed using just the free community edition.

End goal is to have all my solar and energy data on easy to read and understand dashboards.
And most of all it must be available online to view from anywhere that I have an internet connection.
Further integration into an app will be the next part of this journey, who does not like a good app
Thingsboard has a very robust and easy to understand API, so the app should be a breeze to do.
 
Progress to date

Screen 1 (Almost Completed) - Home Page, Provide a full easy to read overview of ALL The Data.
From there I can drill down to individual datasets for further analysis or viewing
Environment Info (Solar irradience, temperatures, humidity, sky conditions, cloud-cover etc) Overview dials for Eskom Data Overview dials for Solar Data Overview dials for Battery Data Eskom usage cost per hour at any given time Sensor types and software versions Over the air sensor software updates Screen 2 (not completed) - Eskom Monitoring - Currently tracking/measuring:
Total Usage Geyser Stove Highest power draw per day Cost and units used per day Average usage per hour per day Screen 3 - Not completed yet - Battery Monitoring
Screen 4 - Not Completed yet - Solar Monitoring
Still To Do/Add - Suggestions Welcomed
Drop by and let me know your thoughts, suggestions, recommendations and or questions
https://things.diysolarsa.com/dashboard/721dec10-453c-11eb-98cf-bbe9b2be0448?publicId=1b882610-430f-11eb-a274-371723afc4e6
 

Here's mine. Unistrut connected with stainless steel angle brackets. I had the brackets lasercut and bended. Sikaflex in-between everything.

Panels secured with standard mounting hardware, but I've added stainless steel angles and ball-bearings in the heads of the cap-screws to prevent easy removal of the panels - the allen key won't go into the head of the cap-screw and if you try to use pliers or a vice-grip around the head of the cap-screw, you won't be able to turn it.