Hardware from Trade Depot

    Installer

    • TEKO SOLAR NZ CO., LIMITED - Alan

    Monitoring

    • Deye Cloud - Monitor your solar system remotely via the Deye Cloud platform. Provides real-time data on energy production, consumption, and battery status.
      • Unforunately Deye Cloud does not support NZ spot pricing market yet, which means the automatic features are not available!!
      • Viewing the UI on mobile could be better as the writing is very small and hard to read.
    • Solar Assistant - Modern, real-time solar monitoring and control from a Raspberry Pi Get the most out of your solar investment with our sleek, modern, robust and powerful platform. Take full control: SolarAssistant runs locally on your own device. Your monitoring and automations don’t depend on a cloud service or internet connection.

    Other Monitoring

    • evcc - Open source electric vehicle charging controller. It allows you to manage and optimize your EV charging based on solar production, grid prices, and other factors.
    • Home Assistant - Open source home automation platform that can integrate with various smart devices, including solar inverters and battery systems. It allows you to create custom automations and dashboards for monitoring your solar system.

    Electricity Provider

    • ecosmart - Ecosmart is a New Zealand electricity retailer and solar installation company.

    Technical details

    evcc configuration

    github discussion

    meters:
    - name: pv
      type: custom
      power: # Solar Leistung (W)
        source: mqtt
        topic: solar_assistant/inverter_1/pv_power/state
        scale: 1
    - name: grid
      type: custom
      power: # Grid Leistung (W)
        source: mqtt
        topic: solar_assistant/inverter_1/grid_power/state
        scale: 1
    - name: battery
      type: custom
      power: # Battery Leistung (W)
        source: mqtt
        topic: solar_assistant/total/battery_power/state
        scale: -1
      soc: # Batterie SOC (%)
        source: mqtt
        topic: solar_assistant/total/battery_state_of_charge/state
        scale: 1
      capacity: 12 #Batterie Kapazität (kWh)
    

    mqtt:
      broker: SolarAssistantIP:1883

    evcc configuration yaml

    #site describes the EVU connection, PV and home battery
    site:
      title: Side # display name for UI
      meters:
        grid: grid # grid meter
        pv:
          - pv # list of pv inverters/ meters
        battery:
          - battery # list of battery meters
      residualPower: 100 # additional household usage margin
      #maxGridSupplyWhileBatteryCharging: 0 # ignore battery charging if AC consumption is above this value
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