Recent content by JaseZA

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    Geyser timer solution for solar

    Yup, they're in parallel according to that drawing. So water runs through both geysers at the same time. So yes, the easiest solution is to block flow in or out of one of them and turn off that element. Unfortunately means crawling around to find a tap or if there isn't one, adding it. But if...
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    Geyser timer solution for solar

    Potentially the temperatures on the thermostats are slightly different? Or the water flows more easily through one so it supplies more of the hot water and has to reheat more frequently?
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    Geyser timer solution for solar

    Could they have piped them in parallel? Would make no sense but that's the only explanation I can think of. So it mixes water from both geysers... worth looking for a shut-off tap on one of them, closing it and turning that geyser element off.
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    Frigate is awesome

    Frigate 0.18 has released with a huge number of updates and improvements. Full GUI camera setup and the ability to make changes without restarting are some of the highlights. https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/releases/tag/v0.18.0
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    Monthly Solar Production - Show us yours

    By panels over the weekend or if I'm home early for some reason. Then use HA to discharge my batteries in the early hours to get batteries to min SOC I want to allow for more charging capacity the next day. Currently have around 5kwh excess capacity after the night is done.
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    Monthly Solar Production - Show us yours

    Also happy to be moving out of winter - EV effectively cost me about R150 to drive 1500km this month.
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    Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

    Enjoying the sunshine here in KZN - three 50kwh+ days in a row, solar nearly perfectly matching the calculated values. Just a bit of shading in the afternoon that will disappear soon as well! 4.5kwh/kwp efficiency.
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    Monthly Solar Production - Show us yours

    Got an EV at the beginning of the month so will be interesting to see what it actually costs me to run. This month was about R450 to do 2200km.
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    Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

    Website reckons peak of 595 W/m2 - I measured 530 W/m2. So close but definitely lower.
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    Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

    This is my Ambient Weather 2902C (Green) vs my total solar (Yellow) - you can see they track reasonably well. This is for Richards Bay yesterday. This is the same graph on the 9th of December 2025 (Solar in Red now...). Max Lux is more than double but the equivalent max Solar is only 33%...
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    Monthly Solar Production - Show us yours

    Happy with results considering the weather.
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    Monthly Solar Production - Show us yours

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    Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

    I have 2 x 5kwh, 1 x 10kwh, 1 x 14kwh and an old dodgy pouch cell DIY that used to be 10kwh all from different manufacturers and all in parallel. I just have comms to the 14kwh and the rest don't communicate. I haven't had a days trouble. I bought them knowing I wasn't going to get support from...
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    Home Assistant : Q&A, Tips & Tricks, Your Configs

    Smartpad do ESPhome ad Tasmota versions of the wall socket as well: https://store.smartpad.co.za/index.php/product/esphome-smart-socket-energy-monitoring/
  15. J

    Frigate is awesome

    Sounds good - I think I have my weekend project lined up. Thanks for the detailed reply!
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