Hi from Somerset!
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2026 10:51 am
Hullo there, I'm Chez.
We've had a FoxESS system and an air source heat pump since March, installed on the grant system. The installers added batteries and an EPS box for us. We also have an EV. I am at the stage where I want to ditch the app and control it directly via Home Assistant, because the cloud seems to be down more than it's up. I am currently digging through everyone else's threads on getting up and running, to avoid asking questions that have already been answered
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I don't even have Home Assistant set up yet, so I'm rapidly upskilling--I am an old coder, but have been raising babies for twenty years and my skills are rusty. One of my broader goals is to de-google/amazon/microsoft, so Home Assistant was always on the cards once we ditched Alexa, this has just brought it all forward.
Nice to meet you all!
Chez
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EPS Box
16 x 480w Panels
2 x EP12 Batteries
FOX-ESS H1-6.0-E-G2-WL Inverter
Ohme Pod EV Charger & Peugeot 5008 EV
Octopus Intelligent GO & Agile Outgoing
We've had a FoxESS system and an air source heat pump since March, installed on the grant system. The installers added batteries and an EPS box for us. We also have an EV. I am at the stage where I want to ditch the app and control it directly via Home Assistant, because the cloud seems to be down more than it's up. I am currently digging through everyone else's threads on getting up and running, to avoid asking questions that have already been answered
. I don't even have Home Assistant set up yet, so I'm rapidly upskilling--I am an old coder, but have been raising babies for twenty years and my skills are rusty. One of my broader goals is to de-google/amazon/microsoft, so Home Assistant was always on the cards once we ditched Alexa, this has just brought it all forward.
Nice to meet you all!
Chez
--
EPS Box
16 x 480w Panels
2 x EP12 Batteries
FOX-ESS H1-6.0-E-G2-WL Inverter
Ohme Pod EV Charger & Peugeot 5008 EV
Octopus Intelligent GO & Agile Outgoing
the home assistant route gives the best (local) control, it’s quite the rabbit hole but if have you some coding experience it will be straight forward.