Yesterday I let my bot manage the inverter charging and discharging for the entire day. It did quite well! Our entire electricity demand was met for less than zero cost with solar and automated load shifting on the Octopus Agile tariff. #solar#renewables#solarpower
@bazcurtis I wrote this a couple of days ago. The battery levels are projections based on pricing and historical data. It just finished boosting the battery because it was cheap rates. If I’d screenshotted it half an hour ago it would have had a 🪫icon.
I am no developer, no judgement 😀. I am not quite clear what it is showing. Is it how much the battery would charge for that price? It takes 6 slots to fully charge my batteries.
@bazcurtis Battery level shown here is the forecasted charge level, simplified to an icon. If it shows the lightning bolt, it intends to charge at that time. It forecasts taking into account the price, expected demand, and a solar forecast based on weather and time of year/day. Then decides on a threshold price that it will charge at. Currently working on a 12 hour sliding window.
@bazcurtis Haven’t got a clue. It’s a Solax one. I’m quite happy with my own bit so far, as it has an idea of our own specific load profile, which I might make dynamic based on historical data.
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