Home Assistant : Q&A, Tips & Tricks, Your Configs

[Muttley]

Looks amazing, mind sharing the time, charge % card code?

Also what are you using to measure your water tanks?

Thanks!

Here's the write up I did on the Jojo Tank Measuring

Here's a github gist with all the deets for the dashboard

 

[acidrain]

I really need to get around to this too, my home screen is so neglected and looks like complete ass.

like many of us.

50% of the stuff on my home screen now doesn't even work nevermind it looking like ass

 

[ipodmusicman]

Hi folks,

And it is happening! Home Assistant Community Day on Saturday 7th November in Cape Town!!

Please register to attend at the link below.

Cape Town Home Assistant Community Meetup · Luma​

It’s time Cape Town joined the Home Assistant / Open Home Foundation Community Day party! I know there are plenty of us here using Home Assistant, ESPHome and…

luma.com

Looking forward to mingling and chatting all things HA.

 

[TedLasso]

Is there a Joburg version?

 

[ipodmusicman]

Is there a Joburg version?

Nope but you are more than welcome to organise one. . There was one in Joburg last year.

 

[Muttley]

Hi folks,

And it is happening! Home Assistant Community Day on Saturday 7th November in Cape Town!!

Please register to attend at the link below.

Cape Town Home Assistant Community Meetup · Luma​

It’s time Cape Town joined the Home Assistant / Open Home Foundation Community Day party! I know there are plenty of us here using Home Assistant, ESPHome and…

luma.com

Looking forward to mingling and chatting all things HA.

Is the location shared in the secrets.yaml folder?

 

[ipodmusicman]

Is the location shared in the secrets.yaml folder?

the reason why the venue location isn’t shared if you’re not registered is because organizers of these events don’t want a situation whereby more people pitch up than those who registered. Venues have max capacity allowed and we don’t want that exceeded 10 fold. That could be a disaster and won’t sit well with the venue itself. I’m sure you understand.

 

[TedLasso]

I see 2026.10 has native Sunsynk integration and can even do auto discovery.

I guess we need to be careful .. especially for those of us who already have it connected..

 

[hilt_ctn]

Had a chuckle when I saw this on Facebook :

 

[SauRoNZA]

I see 2026.10 has native Sunsynk integration and can even do auto discovery.

I guess we need to be careful .. especially for those of us who already have it connected..

Interesting. I’m guessing this talks directly to the dongle?


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Aaah cloud-based.

Sunsynk

Instructions on how to integrate Sunsynk inverters within Home Assistant.

www.home-assistant.io

 

[RoganDawes]

Interesting. I’m guessing this talks directly to the dongle?


****
Aaah cloud-based.

Sunsynk

Instructions on how to integrate Sunsynk inverters within Home Assistant.

www.home-assistant.io

There was mention of it identifying the dongle on your network, but I have no idea what it does after that!

Home Assistant can find the Sunsynk data logger on your network. The data logger has the hostname e-linter. When it is found, Home Assistant shows a Sunsynk discovery card.

 

[SauRoNZA]

There was mention of it identifying the dongle on your network, but I have no idea what it does after that!

Probably just surfaces the integration and then it’s Cloud from there on out.

 

[PhireSide]

I put together a little combined dashboard/control panel for a Kindle Fire that I got here from @AlpineLemming60 a while ago. Still fiddling, but as it lives on my office desk it allows me to control some NB controls and see my power stats at a glance.

 

[AlpineLemming60]

I put together a little combined dashboard/control panel for a Kindle Fire that I got here from @AlpineLemming60 a while ago. Still fiddling, but as it lives on my office desk it allows me to control some NB controls and see my power stats at a glance.

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Very nice @PhireSide - glad you got some use from it !

 

[dabbler]

My LuxPower 6.5K inverter working well now on Home Assistant.

 

[RoganDawes]

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My LuxPower 6.5K inverter working well now on Home Assistant.

Curious how you are exporting so much energy to the grid. Do you have a smart meter, and how much do you get in return?

 

[dabbler]

Curious how you are exporting so much energy to the grid. Do you have a smart meter, and how much do you get in return?

Today was an unusual day. Not much load at home.
Yesterday:
Once solar starts dropping the battery takes over until discharged. Starts charging again the next day.
The Battery charging power adds onto the regular 6.6kW to the house. See below.

 

[dabbler]

October-so-far:

 

[RoganDawes]

Today was an unusual day. Not much load at home.
Yesterday:
Once solar starts dropping the battery takes over until discharged. Starts charging again the next day.
The Battery charging power adds onto the regular 6.6kW to the house. See below.

What I really meant was: which municipality is allowing feed-in? Does the feed-in tariff make it worth while doing, rather than having more battery capacity?

 

[dabbler]

What I really meant was: which municipality is allowing feed-in? Does the feed-in tariff make it worth while doing, rather than having more battery capacity?

Don't really know. This whole solar thing is very new to me. I suppose I'll find out soon enough.