Suggestion for additional features
Hi,
I have an 8KW inverter and think its awesome. I am using the app however I would like to request the following features be included:
- On the Overview screen, you only show 4 boxes i.e. PV, Battery, Load and Grid. Can I suggest that you include an additional box to show how much power the Grid is using and also how much power is being exported to the grid (possibly with arrows also)? It is shown on the screen on the inverter itself, would like just it to be consistent. This is the scenario when a CT coil is installed and you have excess power generated by PV and its flowing back to grid (but stopping before Utility provider).
- On the reporting / statistics, please can you include the amount of power drawn by the grid and also how much power is exported to the grid by the inverter?
Thanks
It is already there, i just used my image to indicate that the house in your picture is equivalent to my image "Non Essental" and that the UPS is equivalent to my image "Essental". If you do your calculations based on your image, your house - non-Essential, is using 26Watt from Solar and 42Watt from the grid. You need to understand that the Inverter also consumes power, this is not shown on the readings. In this instance the inverter is consuming about 101Watt. Total power - solar 843W + Grid 42W = 885W Loads - Battery 107W + Essential (UPS) 609W + non-Essential (House) 68W = 784 Supply - Load = 885 - 784 = 101 (Inverter load) The -26 you see is the power you are "Exporting" to your non-Essential load. 26W + 42W = 68W - non-Essential load - your "House" image Everything is there.
P.S. Note that the app is NOT Realtime... It only update every 5min. from what i could read on the forum. If you want Realtime data, look at the screen on the inverter or you can use a 3rd party application to poll your inverter for the values. I use Home assistant with Node Red on a RPI to get Realtime values.