Node-Red dashboard to control the BYD PV storage battery behavior over Modbus TCP. Storm is coming and power failure is likely? No problem, force-charge the battery, including from grid, and put it on hold for emergency power backup purposes. Neat 🙂
Now that the BYD battery is here, I finished the automatic switchover box. It physically disconnects the house from the grid and instructs the inverter to start in island mode. Upon grid availability again, the inverter monitors its stability and switches back to grid-tie mode. First time building such a distribution box, I realize the…
Impressive PV production today considering it is November. Managed to squeeze out 25kWh or 86% of our consumption today is self-generated.
What is a reasonable Depth of Discharge % for my PV system’s BYD 7.7kW LFP battery,so to maximize its longevity? Should I keep SoC between 20%-80% e.g. 60% DoD?The inverter default battery SoC limit configuration is 5%-100%, but 95% DoD feels like it would be bad for the battery
The @BYD_BatteryBox HVS 7.7kW battery for my solar system arrived today, the order took five months. Installed it myself, that took less than two hours. Still need to put the cables into a channel. All worked right away, slightly surprised 🙂
Excellent PV production from my 6.4kWp installation, almost 22kWh for the day, including the EV range to cover my commute. #solar is great
@froniussolar please consider to add the possibility to put the Ohmpilot in BOOST mode from the solarweb app, now this is only possible via triple press of the physical button. A proper IoT solution supposes full remote control from anywhere:) Thank you !
The @froniussolar Ohmpilot working hard to divert every excess PV watt to a hot water tank on an averagely overcast day (reddish color on the below chart), impressive piece of engineering.
Received a @froniussolar Ohmpilot today. It diverts the available PV excess to a hot water tank (or any resistive load), in my case 0-2400W stepless regulation. Installation was trivial. The package did not include a PT1000 temp. sensor,ordering one separately for more control
Installed a DC side surge protection device to my @froniussolar GEN24 #solar inverter. It comes as retrofit option, installs in under 20 min. A lightning strike nearby can induce damaging voltages in the wires from the rooftop panels 30m away, this SPD takes care of such cases
July #solar stats: 69% of our consumption is self-generated. If we had the 7.7Kw BYD battery (on order) installed, that would have been an easy 100% self sufficiency.
The grim reality of buying anything PV related in 2022, see below the response to an inquiry about a order I made couple months ago. Other sites cite April 2023 for the same product, these guys preordered Nov 2021 and “are optimistic” to deliver this September.. crazy times
Charging an #EV 100% on #solar PV surplus, feels oddly satisfying. @froniussolar
The @froniussolar WattPilot EV charger just arrived. This is the 22kW model, we have single phase installation, so max 7.4KW would be available. Can be configured to only charge using PV surplus, and supposedly works with zero feed-in. I don’t own an EV yet,will rent one to test.
A week on #solar energy, 70% of our consumption is solar-generated. Battery (BYD HVS 7.7kW) is ordered but 6-8 months to deliver, which I am told is “the new normal” Export of energy has been set to 0%, the inverter regulates production to match consumption. It is underutilized for the moment, but things will change…
Quick and dirty dashboard update to show PV generation data from the Fronius #solar inverter API on our Raspberry Pi home automation status display
The @froniussolar #wolar inverter is now powered up and working as expected 🙂 Max load test , 6kW PV generation
The final #solar panels configuration, 18 Q-CELL 355W Not powerd yet, I will do that tomorrow. Hoping no magic blue smoke is generated
My 6kW @froniussolar GEN24 Primo hybrid solar inverter and the DIY automatic switchover box are mounted and wired. Planning on going #solar this weekend 🙂
Woohoo! My @froniussolar Primo GEN24 6.0 kW hybrid solar inverter just arrived 🙂 It took two and half months after the order, so global chip shortages and high demand are affecting this industry as well. If you try to order one today, delivery times are close to a year now.. crazy times
Mounted seven #solar panels on the roof today, 11 more to go 🙂
Components for my automatic #solar grid <> island mode switchover box are (almost) here. Now toying with placement and wiring options..
M10x200mm hanger bolts for roof mounting my 18 #solar panels
Decided to go for 18 #solar panels and a 6kW inverter instead of 14 panels and a 5kW inverted because the 14 panels I originally planned produce over the recommended MPPT voltage for the inverter,and don’t split well into 2 strings. Learning as I go, should’ve consulted better
Received the Fronius Smart Meter, it limits the power export of my yet-to-build solar roof installation. Exporting power here is a bureaucratic hell, I will not subject myself to it by zeroing on the export. The inverter itself, a @froniussolar Primo GEN24 5kW due in 3 months 🙁
Just ordered one of @jrsikken's Solar harvesting LiPo chargers, looks promising https://www.tindie.com/products/jaspersikken/solar-harvesting-into-li-ion-battery/
Added a power consumption to color indicator as a long distance visual reminder to reduce power usage. Quite effective by the way 🙂
My solar water heater (220l) reached 79*C yesterday #summeriscomming
A DIY solar heater for our 13m³ Bestway pool out of 16mm LDPE pipe – getting the water past the 25°C mark more days of the year.
405835 AC mains voltage measurements later – analyzing six months of logging the unusually high voltage at my house.
A smart IoT controller for my solar hot water tank – mode switching (manual/auto/anti-freeze) driven by an emonCMS feed.
Yet another power monitor – this one runs off a small dual-winding transformer that both powers the circuit and senses voltage.