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RE: British Gas vs Octopus Energy vs Heat Geek vs EDF vs Aira

@stevettweed Try British Gas. For me they were by far the most thorough, professional and flexible company ( even compared to Heat Geek). They'll...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@majordennisbloodnok   Thanks. I was pleasantly surprised that the Solis dongle itself has an in-built network port hidden under the screw...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@batpred Thanks. Hardware wise, you just used a standard network cable from the dongle to a router/switch? We have a mesh wifi box right next to ...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@batpred Thanks. Well I didn't know the Solis dongle had an RJ45 port. I've just noticed the base cap and upon unscrewing it there is the RJ45 port...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@majordennisbloodnok   This sounds like it could be a similar project to getting data from our soon to be installed Daikin HP! In an ideal...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@batpred   Well that sounds positive. When you say modbus sensors, what does that mean? How did you set this up, what equipment did you bu...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@majordennisbloodnok   Yes polling is the issue with Solis inverters, they only do it every 5 minutes. I (like a lot of Solis owners) was ...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@batpred   Cell voltage is of no value, it doesn't provide any meaningful information as it won't show when the inverter hits its discharge ...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@batpred   It should be easy to see in HA if it's real time as you will see the inverter/battery discharge rate changing frequently, certain...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@batpred I want to see in real time how much the inverter is discharging our battery banks.   The overall 5 minutes view is ok for a quick...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@betpred If you are using the Solis data in HA through the Solis dongle, as far as I can tell it is still only updating every 5 minutes, unless you ...

5 months ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far

@batpred   I'm after real time usage data. This only updates every 5 minutes on Solis Cloud.

5 months ago
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