All things Sunsynk (Deye, Inge, etc...)

Grieta Thanburg said:
Your installer will most probably use solarman to make remote config changes if needed? At least that's what the installer told my parents with their Deye.

I have the Sunsynk dongle running alongside solar assistant on mine. My installer doesn't have access to solar assistant, and it's not useful for him either, but he gave me access to the Sunsynk dongle in read-only mode.
I got solar assistant as I'm a software developer and I like to tinker. It's a hobby. I plan on making some dashboards (not in home assistant) and solar assistant would be easier to do that with.

Solar assistant is also near real time, so I can log in quickly at night before bed to make sure I didn't forget anything on, based on the near realtime power usage at that point.

Unless you want to tinker, just get solarman, set and forget. If you want to tinker, solar assistant will be better.
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I do plan to tinker. I am still waiting for quotes, but my intention is to hit the Solcast API and ESP API and try to predict whether I'd need to charge from grid or whether I can hang on and wait for solar (based on my usage profiles which I've been modelling for the last few weeks with an Efergy).

So it sounds like Solar Assistant is the one to splurge for. The pricing is reasonable considering the value it adds. Thanks for the input.
 
newby_investor said:
I do plan to tinker. I am still waiting for quotes, but my intention is to hit the Solcast API and ESP API and try to predict whether I'd need to charge from grid or whether I can hang on and wait for solar (based on my usage profiles which I've been modelling for the last few weeks with an Efergy).

So it sounds like Solar Assistant is the one to splurge for. The pricing is reasonable considering the value it adds. Thanks for the input.
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Sunsynk was in Jo'burg some weeks ago, doing a presentation on current and future products and enhancements.
They are busy porting the Synsynk app to the ESP app.
From about 34:25 (or more specifically, 44:18)
 
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So now that I have two Hubbles installed. When drawing more than 5Kw from the battery , the graph is maxed. Where the heck do I set the battery capacity to be 11kw (5.5x2)

Ta in advance.

Loving the second battery. Normally won't need to use Eskom at all at night (just need to clean up my automations and settings a bit) and then to use the available battery capacity to heat the bath geyser (which is what the pic is showing with wife starting washing machine too) before the day starts.

Geyser turns off automatically when battery SoC reaches 36% just in case Eskom doesn't come back at 6am if it is load shedding.

Pic 2:
After wife and got back from our respective abroad trips noticed a burning electronic smell from the scullery area when I was passing through a few days ago . Decided to check that last night. OMG. The plug for the dishwasher was burning itself out and I think it started taking the sonoff with it too. Wires in sonoff were getting fused together .Both sonoff and plug sockets are fixed so no movement of them . Wondering if the sonoff caused it or the dishwasher plug.

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Does solarman work with Sunsynk? Is there special permission / Hardware needed to get it to work?
 
swakop_toe said:
Sunsynk was in Jo'burg some weeks ago, doing a presentation on current and future products and enhancements.
They are busy porting the Synsynk app to the ESP app.
From about 34:25 (or more specifically, 44:18)
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I love this, but also, that's a bit disappointing because it means there'll be less tinkering for me to do.

Oh well. Probably for the best.
 
Chris_SA said:
Does solarman work with Sunsynk? Is there special permission / Hardware needed to get it to work?
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Yes it does. SunSynk originally shipped with Solarman dongles up to about 18 months ago when they started using their own. You'll need to find a Solarman dongle if you don't have one.
 
Speedster said:
Yes it does. SunSynk originally shipped with Solarman dongles up to about 18 months ago when they started using their own. You'll need to find a Solarman dongle if you don't have one.
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Can Deye inverters work with the SunSynk app?
 
Speedster said:
Has this been confirmed? I know the speculation from the start has been that it won't work, but I'm not sure if anyone has actually tried plugging a SunSynk inverter in to a Deye yet.
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actually you are right, lol - i jumped the gun here. but id assume because of the different firmware there would be incompatibilities - whereas solarman is a standard api?
 
Mzezman said:
actually you are right, lol - i jumped the gun here. but id assume because of the different firmware there would be incompatibilities - whereas solarman is a standard api?
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I think you are right - was just wondering if this has actually been tested.
 
Sorry if this has been covered, but not finding anything obvious.

I have Sunsynk 5Kw inverter + Hubble AM2 5kw.

Today during the tail end of a 4 hour load shedding session (+-13:30pm), my battery hit 20% (The configured shutdown %), and obviously we lost power (my pool pump was running for 3 hours, with a few kettle boils)

I wanted to then see how long it takes to get back to 100%, but when I just checked at about 15:30, I noticed that the battery was on 18%.

Why did it not charge?

I found this thread - https://powerforum.co.za/topic/1595...grid-when-battery-has-reached-shutdown-level/ - so I went and set the shutdown to 15%, and this seems to have done the trick.


Is this expected behaviour, or is there something else at play here?

I would expect that even though it shut down, it would at least automatically start charging against once the power return.
 
_kabal_ said:
Sorry if this has been covered, but not finding anything obvious.

I have Sunsynk 5Kw inverter + Hubble AM2 5kw.

Today during the tail end of a 4 hour load shedding session (+-13:30pm), my battery hit 20% (The configured shutdown %), and obviously we lost power (my pool pump was running for 3 hours, with a few kettle boils)

I wanted to then see how long it takes to get back to 100%, but when I just checked at about 15:30, I noticed that the battery was on 18%.

Why did it not charge?

I found this thread - https://powerforum.co.za/topic/1595...grid-when-battery-has-reached-shutdown-level/ - so I went and set the shutdown to 15%, and this seems to have done the trick.


Is this expected behaviour, or is there something else at play here?

I would expect that even though it shut down, it would at least automatically start charging against once the power return.
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Please post your system work mode screen
 
_kabal_ said:
Sorry if this has been covered, but not finding anything obvious.

I have Sunsynk 5Kw inverter + Hubble AM2 5kw.

Today during the tail end of a 4 hour load shedding session (+-13:30pm), my battery hit 20% (The configured shutdown %), and obviously we lost power (my pool pump was running for 3 hours, with a few kettle boils)

I wanted to then see how long it takes to get back to 100%, but when I just checked at about 15:30, I noticed that the battery was on 18%.

Why did it not charge?

I found this thread - https://powerforum.co.za/topic/1595...grid-when-battery-has-reached-shutdown-level/ - so I went and set the shutdown to 15%, and this seems to have done the trick.


Is this expected behaviour, or is there something else at play here?

I would expect that even though it shut down, it would at least automatically start charging against once the power return.
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A slight digression, but what value do others have this set to? Isn't 20 percent quite high (having said that I need to go check what mine is set at)
 
Speedster said:
It'll only charge from the grid if grid is selected

Also, since you don't have panels, you may as well set the SOC to 100% across the board.
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That entire screen doesn't do anything unless "Use Timer" is selected.

With it set up like that it's essentially just acting like a UPS and I would think it should always charge from grid, but I'm not 100% sure.
 
Speedster said:
It'll only charge from the grid if grid is selected

Also, since you don't have panels, you may as well set the SOC to 100% across the board.
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I’m not sure I understand

I have been running for a year like this?
 
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