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I am 2 years into my solar. 5 kW. I get 30kwh production per day usually. I use a "phocos solar inverter" which is pretty user hostile as their app is barebones
by 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
I am 2 years into my solar. 5 kW. I get 30kwh production per day usually. I use a "phocos solar inverter" which is pretty user hostile as their app is barebones and inverter does not easily allow data sharing with home assistant. There is a paid cloud option but meh.
I would definitely go all in and buy 5-10 kw panels because the juicy free energy is too exiting to pass up
- belter 5y agoDo you have the same issue mentioned in the video, at this point in time: https://youtu.be/PXk5AFH2LaY?t=1056 https://youtu.be/PXk5AFH2LaY?t=1056 Meaning, if the grid is down, due to security reasons your panels stop operating. So you also need a local battery?
- bradknowles 5y agoYou do have to make sure that you’re not generating electricity and pushing that out to the grid at the same time that workers might be trying to restore power lines. Otherwise, you risk killing the people who are trying to restore your power. So, yeah — that’s a thing.
- 2Gkashmiri 5y agoNaw. The inverter sits between the grid and home. I have no batteries but if the grid is down, the inverter only cycles energy between the inverter and home network.
- 2Gkashmiri 5y agoNah. I have 0 reporting. The inverter only uses a Bluetooth app which gives current live generation and no storage of data. There is a cloud add-on but that is paid and my installer hasn't got it yet so I am essentially blind. My point was that I needed somehow to use its rs-232 port to export data into home assistant compatible.