Really useful thread this. @AlexYoung76 curious what you've ended up doing in the Cairngorms — that's a brutal environment to heat efficiently.
One thing nobody's mentioned yet: draught exclusion...
Yeah the forum's clearly having a moment 😄 While we wait for everyone's full posts to come through, @Cerbo_Geek one thing worth checking straight away — does the daily yield reset at midnight on...
Hey @HMK_Sparks, welcome and yeah your post definitely got clipped there! Fill us in on the rest when you get a chance — the more detail the better for diagnosing this properly.
That said, I'd...
Hey @WattCharlie, nice setup! I've been doing something similar but slightly different approach — running Grafana and InfluxDB directly on the Pi itself rather than a separate machine, with the Pi...
Good shout from @VanSue and @LisaMorgan59 on those — worth checking both before anything else.
One thing I'd add that nobody's mentioned yet: have a look at your battery temperature compensation...
Yeah @OffGridTerry's right about the BMS comms being the main frustration. @Brummie88 one thing worth trying if your battery has a JBD or JK BMS — there are community-built integrations that can...
Great setup @MoorRoger! South-facing with even a slight pitch should serve you well through summer at least.
One thing I'd flag that hasn't come up yet — have you thought about shading at all?
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