Smart Tarrif (Beta) - issues with charging slots

2 comments started 2024-11-23 last 2024-11-23
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#1 Solarnewbie

I am using the smart tariff beta feature but having issues with it. It only sometimes charges the battery and only some of the slots. I have redone the onboarding again but am getting the same results.

Also, if I select Tomorrow in the dashboard, it says , "No pricing data available yet, please check back later!"

Do you have any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

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#2 DD

Solarnewbie perhaps start by telling us what sort of system you have, what tariff you have (cosy, perhaps) and what behaviour you were hoping for.
The cosy pricing is straightforward - if you just want to fully charge your battery each time the price dips, and you have a sufficiently modern system, you don't really need any external agent to get involved. (By external I mean anything using the API to control the inverter.)

This feature is probably most useful for agile tariff, where next day prices are not available until the evening. Also useful for older inverters with only a single charging timer.