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So now that I have just about managed to get full control over my battery with Home Assistant, I had the invite to join Octopus Charge Pack 🙂 I swit...
@majordennisbloodnok Ive been thinking, and Im wondering if I have been a bit too simplististic. My automation below, just detects when the EV is char...
@majordennisbloodnok Just an update, all going well and have managed to stop battery discharging into EV I think. Will know for sure next time I nee...
@majordennisbloodnok No problem. I was glad of the help :-). Will just try and get my head around the syntax
@majordennisbloodnok Absolutely, I already know that I have an issue with EV charging outside of the IOG window that drains my home battery. FYI im a ...
@majordennisbloodnok Not quite, I havent done anything with the EV and charger yet. I got the script to work using the actions tab in the developer ...
@majordennisbloodnok Cracked it. Newer version of the integration required syntax change. Thanks for your help on this 🙂
@majordennisbloodnok Just chatted to GTP and it came back with this 🙂
@majordennisbloodnok Looks like its the target SOC thats causing it Log details (ERROR)Logger: homeassistant.components.automation.force_di...
Not so sure now 🙁 No errors but set this for 10:45 to 10:50
@majordennisbloodnok I think it worked, no errors reported, but the sun came out between 10:25 and 10:30 when I set it to run, so it was difficult to ...
@majordennisbloodnok I dont actually recall, sorry. Any way to check?
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