AIO Tripped

#1 Coys68 2026-01-09

I wonder if anyone knows a way of being notified when the AIO has tripped in the Gateway.

We had a very short power cut yesterday evening - it never occurred to me to go checking the portal but this morning it was showing no grid and only about 35w house load and battery discharge. It turned out that the AIO had tripped in the Gateway. Flicked this back on and all ok but is there a way of being notified if this happens?

Thanks in advance...... 😉

#2 Windy Miller 2026-01-09

You could try a smart switch connected to the circuit. My emporia smart switches continuously send their readings to the cloud and you can set the cloud to send a notification when they go offline. Independent of GE then (whose stuff never quite works as intended).

#3 mole 2026-01-09

Hi. Not aware of official notification, although if you look at notification history various events are recorded, but I don't think they ping you. There may be another way using an android device and the Inverter App from play store. There are a couple of notification settings "problem alert" and " outage" that may do what you want. It is limited to local usage, so no good if away from home. The free version should be all thats needed but for a tenner you get more functionality and control if givenergy servers go down, and helps the developer, who is very approachable for problem solving and help, to improve the App. Give it a go.

#4 DD 2026-01-09

Coys68 As it happens, RCD on my hybrid also tripped last night. I do have a notification mechanism, but it's a non-trivial - built out of lots of bits that were already in place.

I already have a pi monitoring the system over modbus. That reads the EPA register. Normally it is zero, sometimes reads 1 or 2. But when the RCD trips, it goes slightly higher.
A separate script monitors the various monitoring scripts, and checks for anomalies, such as a high EPA. It uses the free ntfy.sh service to send an alert to my smartphone. (Also detects if any of the scripts stops updating.)

(I don't let individual monitoring scripts use ntfy.sh - they want to concentrate on doing their own thing without getting blocked on externals. So the alerts are separated out to a dedicated process.)

So I double-checked with the inverter app, which was indeed reporting an OUTAGE, so I went out to the garage and restored the RCD.

https://github.com/divenal/sensors/blob/72b882421f43a03f4cee8f4461b7bedfe13e2f84/watch-sensors.py#L183

#5 Rubikcube 2026-01-09

As others have said, this Android app should be able to do what you want. To monitor your AIO and be alerted about outages you only need the free version.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.rubikcube.invertermonitor

However if an RCD trips, it indicates a wiring fault. The most common cause is incorrectly connected earth wiring. The second most common, is water ingress, but I digress ... What is actually happening when power is restored is some current that should be flowing in the neutral wire is finding a way to flow in the earth wires instead.

Many electricians have no real understanding of how electrical systems work, and just follows rules they were taught in college. If your installer has wired the system incorrectly, they are likely unaware that they made an error and therefore won't be able to correct it. Finding an electrical engineer that can understand why the RCD is tripping and what needs to be done to correct it will be a challenge.

#6 Coys68 2026-01-18

Thanks guys

Most if this is a bit beyond my capabilities but the android app looks like it might be worth a go. When I have more time I will look into it.

Thanks again 😉