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ronnie_94 said:
Thanks so we do not have non-essentials, currently we are two places on one property with one meter and we use the export option to feed excess solar to the other house.

In this case would you suggest it be connected correctly?
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Hmm interesting setup.
My suggestions were assuming you weren't exporting.
I would say you should rather have your ct connected properly.

What happens if the other unit doesn't draw electricity, does your solar get exported beyond your meter?

If you arent wanting to export beyond your meter then in theory that other house would be your non essentials and you should measure the ct correctly.
Also should have the correct settings on inverter so the house displays and picks up on their usage so only the correct amount of electricity is exported.
 
ronnie_94 said:
Thanks so we do not have non-essentials, currently we are two places on one property with one meter and we use the export option to feed excess solar to the other house.

In this case would you suggest it be connected correctly?
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If you have no non-essentials the CT serves no purpose
 
Fcon_Vpro said:
Hmm interesting setup.
My suggestions were assuming you weren't exporting.
I would say you should rather have your ct connected properly.

What happens if the other unit doesn't draw electricity, does your solar get exported beyond your meter?

If you arent wanting to export beyond your meter then in theory that other house would be your non essentials and you should measure the ct correctly.
Also should have the correct settings on inverter so the house displays and picks up on their usage so only the correct amount of electricity is exported.
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Interesting, I would say that it seems like more solar is exported than what the other house actually consumes but the solar that is exported does not run the main meter up as such

We have our own meter that measures our eskom usage next to the inverter and then compare that with the main meter to work out what the other house consumes

What I can say though is since I have enabled the export of excess solar their usage has dropped between 2-3kw a day
 
Fcon_Vpro said:
Hmm interesting setup.
My suggestions were assuming you weren't exporting.
I would say you should rather have your ct connected properly.

What happens if the other unit doesn't draw electricity, does your solar get exported beyond your meter?

If you arent wanting to export beyond your meter then in theory that other house would be your non essentials and you should measure the ct correctly.
Also should have the correct settings on inverter so the house displays and picks up on their usage so only the correct amount of electricity is exported.
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I have asked the installer the questions and just waiting for them to get back to me about that, I see the system mode setting is set as zero-export + limit to load only which then pushes out all excess solar.

When I change it to limited to home on the app (untick limit to load only on the inverter) the house and the ct coil displays on the flow chart.
 

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ronnie_94 said:
I have asked the installer the questions and just waiting for them to get back to me about that, I see the system mode setting is set as zero-export + limit to load only which then pushes out all excess solar.

When I change it to limited to home on the app (untick limit to load only on the inverter) the house and the ct coil displays on the flow chart.
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That image looks correct for a non essentials setup.

Although I dont understand your first line cos my understanding is that zero export + limit to load, there should be no export of solar then.

Zero Export - Use CT Coil to control bidirectional flow
Solar Export - Export excess solar to the grid
Limit to load - Limit solar to only your ups output (No non essentials)
Prioritize load - Solar goes to load before going to battery charging
 
Fcon_Vpro said:
That image looks correct for a non essentials setup.

Although I dont understand your first line cos my understanding is that zero export + limit to load, there should be no export of solar then.

Zero Export - Use CT Coil to control bidirectional flow
Solar Export - Export excess solar to the grid
Limit to load - Limit solar to only your ups output (No non essentials)
Prioritize load - Solar goes to load before going to battery charging
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Getting the S/O to check if I am correct on the settings which has me confused as to why it would be exporting then.
 
Hi everyone - if I have the choice between two pvgreencard installers, one in town but only does Deye inverter/batteries, and the other one not in town but services the entire country and does Sunsynk inverter/batteries - which would be the better choice? I know Deye and Sunsynk are very similar, but are there any reasons to prefer the one above the other in this case?
If I understand it correctly I'd be getting 10 year warranties in either case?
 
Praeses said:
Hi everyone - if I have the choice between two pvgreencard installers, one in town but only does Deye inverter/batteries, and the other one not in town but services the entire country and does Sunsynk inverter/batteries - which would be the better choice? I know Deye and Sunsynk are very similar, but are there any reasons to prefer the one above the other in this case?
If I understand it correctly I'd be getting 10 year warranties in either case?
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I can't speak for the batteries but the inverters are the same, made by deye, with slightly different firmware on them. I think you may be better off with the local guy as he will be able to assist more easily if you need support. Someone who services throughout the country will be hard to get to "little old" you.
 
Praeses said:
Hi everyone - if I have the choice between two pvgreencard installers, one in town but only does Deye inverter/batteries, and the other one not in town but services the entire country and does Sunsynk inverter/batteries - which would be the better choice? I know Deye and Sunsynk are very similar, but are there any reasons to prefer the one above the other in this case?
If I understand it correctly I'd be getting 10 year warranties in either case?
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Evaluate the installers based on their reputation. Ask for contactable referees, then ask the referees if they are willing to allow you to visit the site, to see what their work looks like for yourself. Also, ask them for sites in progress which you can visit, to verify exactly how they are working. The latter is first prize, you get to see more about the company and its people when they are actually busy on the job.
 
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ronnie_94 said:
Getting the S/O to check if I am correct on the settings which has me confused as to why it would be exporting then.
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Thanks for all your help @Fcon_Vpro I have got the installer to come have a look today to check the CT so we can see what is going wrong and then help with the correct settings with getting power to the second house on the property.
 
When I opened the sunsynk app this morning, it requested permissions to send notifications. So I think the latest app update has notifications restored. Waiting for next ac drop to know for sure
 
Fcon_Vpro said:
When I opened the sunsynk app this morning, it requested permissions to send notifications. So I think the latest app update has notifications restored. Waiting for next ac drop to know for sure
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Been meaning to post here since Wednesday.

Yes, the latest Android SS App finally fixes the grid notifications.
 
Tradezzz said:
Disconnect working but still no reconnect? On Android.
Though HA notifications work like a charm.
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I haven't done any HA yet

What is easiet to get this started?

Hopefully SA will get their notifications done by month end
 
Sunsynk app currently not updating correctly since around 17:30. Assuming linked to the migration email, though I am already on Region 2.
 
crawler said:
I haven't done any HA yet

What is easiet to get this started?

Hopefully SA will get their notifications done by month end
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It takes some scratching around but worth it imo.
There's a local YouTube channel, Solar Integrations. A good place to start, then it's just browsing forums and down the rabbit hole
I use an old Windows laptop, that can run a Virtual Machine, most prefer raspberry Pi's.
The HA website has all the instructions you need to get started.
 
Mzezman said:
something like this

YAML: 
alias: "[Notification] Load Shedding (Start)"
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.load_shedding_area_tshwane_3_garsfonteinext3
    to: "on"
    from: "off"
condition:
  - condition: not
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.load_shedding_stage_eskom
        state: Unknown
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.load_shedding_stage_eskom
        state: No Load Shedding
  - condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: time
        before: "21:00:00"
        after: "08:00:00"
      - condition: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.grid_available
        state: "off"
action:
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    data:
      volume_level: 0.11
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.whole_home
  - service: tts.google_translate_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.whole_home
      message: >-
        Load Shedding until {{
        (state_attr('sensor.load_shedding_area_tshwane_3_garsfonteinext3','end_time')
        | as_datetime | as_local).strftime('%H:%M') }} hours. This is a {{   
        (as_timestamp(state_attr("sensor.load_shedding_area_tshwane_3_garsfonteinext3",   
        "next_end_time")) -   
        as_timestamp(state_attr("sensor.load_shedding_area_tshwane_3_garsfonteinext3",   
        "next_start_time"))) / 3600}} hour slot
      cache: true
  - service: notify.lg_webos_tv_nano75vpa
    data:
      message: >-
        Load Shedding Until {{ 
        (state_attr('sensor.load_shedding_area_tshwane_3_garsfonteinext3','end_time') 
        | as_datetime | as_local).strftime('%H:%M') }} hours. This is a {{
        (as_timestamp(state_attr("sensor.load_shedding_area_tshwane_3_garsfonteinext3",
        "next_end_time")) -
        as_timestamp(state_attr("sensor.load_shedding_area_tshwane_3_garsfonteinext3",
        "next_start_time"))) / 3600}} hour slot
mode: restart
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Finally got round to loading this automation this weekend. Needed a few changes for Alex rather than Google Assistant.

Thanks for this. :)

Just thought about it, do you perhaps have one for the 1 hour notification as well? (i.e. 1 hour until LoadShedding like ESP)
 
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