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Hi Will, Thanks for the reply; I did wonder if that was the case, but StealthChesnut had a virtually identical system, ie 18 panels 5kW inverter + 2 HV2600 batteries, and you appeared to think there was a problem somewhere. So if I understand correctly, there is a limit to the peak power used to ...

I'm having the same problem today. Panels generating 5kW with an H1-5.0-E; house load 480w, battery 1.75kW, exporting 2.74kW even though the battery is only 67% charged. I'm also running homeassistant with modbus so can provide more data if required. (Can't work out how to attach screenshots to the ...

Thanks for your comments - as always, very helpful. As an aside I know that HomeAssistant is popular and very powerful (and has been very useful in debugging a few RS485 interface problems I had). A work colleague has done a lot with it, and raves about it. However I personally don't find it that ...

Thanks for the explanation of "clipping" and MPPT - very interesting. Regards the number of batteries, I agree that the ROI has to be weighed up in all of this. However my aim was to use the actual inverter data (hence the reason for hooking up the RS485 interface) to better predict a "sweet spot ...

Hi Will, Thanks for your detailed response. I'm intrigued by "clipping". I see that the inverter has a max power rating (in my case 5kW) which it can split between its "outputs", ie house load and/or batteries. In the (albeit unlikely) event that the solar panels are generating more than the ...

Morning all Firstly, thanks Will for setting up this forum, and also for the helpful YouTube videos about HomeAssistant! (I've managed to get the RS485 interface running using your instructions) This is a great place to discuss ideas, and it's not FaceBook! I have recently had a Hybrid installation ...