Solar panel production figures

bigmike20vt said:
thanks.... i will google at the weekend and see if i can work it out... am not that savvy however
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im not that tech savvy these days....so i bought a efergy hub and sensor, stores the data on efergy servers and then they push it out to pvoutput via an api token

I am looking at Home assistant, but it all still looks gobbly de gook to me and i dont have PC's in the house or rasberry PI's.....just little old ipads here.
 
Welshman said:
Think im going to move to St Hellier, it always looks sunny there according to the BBC......
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isnt that on the channel islands - Jersey iirc...... (my uncle was the natwest bank manager on Sark for a good few years back in the day). Beautiful place to live (any of the channel islands) but damn expensive - and Jersey the most expensive of the lot as unless its changed its a tax haven.
I used to watch people living their lives in France using my uncles telescope (i was only single digits in age). i had never been abroad at that point and it excited me that the people i was watching were in a different country. (sorry huge segue there!)
 
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bigmike20vt said:
thanks.... i will google at the weekend and see if i can work it out... am not that savvy however
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I have it set up with home assistant on my Solis inverter - if you need help just ping me, I can help you with it. Basically you just need to pull the data into home assistant and assign a few variables, then set up an automation to send it to pvoutput. Easier than it sounds! You can also pull solar forecasts into home assistant which will give you an easy way to view the data from solcast or similar.

One thing you’ll need to do is request API access from Solis (just submit a ticket) as that is how home assistant will grab the data. There are other more involved ways that allow you to directly control the inverter but that requires messing around with modbus and is a big step above… API will suffice if all you want is to bring data into home assistant.

Details here https://solis-service.solisinverter...ns/articles/44002212561-api-access-soliscloud

While you are at it you may want to submit another support ticket for remote control access from your phone - this lets you control all the inverter settings (such as charge/discharge periods and rates) from the phone rather than directly from the inverter itself.

Details - https://solis-service.solisinverter...002373796-inverter-remote-control-application
 
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Zeeflyboy said:
I have it set up with home assistant on my Solis inverter - if you need help just ping me, I can help you with it. Basically you just need to pull the data into home assistant and assign a few variables, then set up an automation to send it to pvoutput. Easier than it sounds! You can also pull solar forecasts into home assistant which will give you an easy way to view the data from solcast or similar.

One thing you’ll need to do is request API access from Solis (just submit a ticket) as that is how home assistant will grab the data. There are other more involved ways that allow you to directly control the inverter but that requires messing around with modbus and is a big step above… API will suffice if all you want is to bring data into home assistant.

Details here https://solis-service.solisinverter...ns/articles/44002212561-api-access-soliscloud

While you are at it you may want to submit another support ticket for remote control access from your phone - this lets you control all the inverter settings (such as charge/discharge periods and rates) from the phone rather than directly from the inverter itself.

Details - https://solis-service.solisinverter...002373796-inverter-remote-control-application
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mate this post is brilliant thanks. i assumed the reason i could not control the inverter on the app via my phone (and i have to go into the attic) was because the installers would not give me access whilst under warranty incase i do something.

but i will put in a ticket and get it unlocked - saves me going up in the attic.

edit, 2 more tickets put in... that is 3 in total now after yesterday asking them to update my inverter to the newest firmware... which they claim they have done already (alas i forgot to note what firmware version it was on before which was unfortunate..... it seems to be on

Model F2, version 4700B0 now (which i assume is the firmware)
 
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no worries!

Today it seems every single big puffy cloud in the sky has a homing beacon for my house.... amazing how low the generation goes with these thick fair weather cumulus, I've seen it drop down to 660w this afternoon even though its generally sunny, just because of a fat fluffy cloud in the way.

Looks to be clearing up a bit now though, so might get some late action in... suits me more this way round for the flux export rates I guess!
 
i am blessed with living in east anglia which seems good for generating power.

my max 5.1kw system (which never gets that high as panels on both sides of the roof and we only have one sun) is currently at 16.6kwh generated so far today and is still kicking out 1.74kw at 3:45pm.

almost all of this was exported (12kwh)...
 
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SoliD said:
Definitely, that hill is pesky and then I have south downs to the north of me, so in my own little weather valley!
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beaut of a part of the country tho. i would give up a few kwh of solar for that.

out of curiosity do you have much trouble with salt deposits from the air on your panels or does the rain keep them clear?
 
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SoliD said:
Blimey you must have had it all today! Only just broke 12 here so far!
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Yes it's been lovely today here on the Kent / Sussex border! :cool:

HungryHippos said:
You appear to be in a weather system all of your own! :D

Another 10 kWh day for me today, been pretty poor again.
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I swear where we are is always the opposite of what neighbouring towns have! :D

bigmike20vt said:
you must have a monster system... colour me jealous.
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It's modest, 6.4kW - but we're south facing and 31 degree roof, so we get a lot of sunshine during the day if the sun's out!
 
after seeing my system my father inlaw has recently had a lovelly system installed.

(the hardware is great the installers and support cant hold a candle to greenscape the guys who did mine). I was amazed how much panels have improved in just over 18 months.

he has 20x 420w panels compared to my 15 x 340w........ his system cost a bucket more than mine however ***(£12k vs £8.5k) and they failed to install the battery and keep fobbing him off and delaying his battery install date (his panels went on in november). His battery is also only 6kwh compared to my 7.2kwh

he is generating a lot however unlike greenscape with me, his installers have not given him the paperwork to allow him to export and have told him he needs to sort that out.... once he gets a battery i guess i will try to help him out as he needs to get on to Flux

**** actually when i do the maths , maybe not so much difference in cost considering he has an 8.4kwh generation potential compared to my 5.1kwh.... he also has 2 inverters, where as i only have one.
 
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