We may be signing up for a SunPower solar installation. I looked in the forums and only found one integration that looks to be way over my head. I found this on Github Is there anything there that could be used to maybe make a simpler integration? I have no clue how to do it, I'm just asking on the chance that maybe someone would want to tackle it.
@lcw731 - Did you ever get anything set up for SunPower. Looking to do this as well.
Nope. I havent been able to find anything.
Assuming you meant this thread:
I found one other how-to online while looking into this for my own system, and it used pretty much the same workaround.
The PVS6 is not an easy nut to crack.
The MySunPower app has some decent metrics for the user to look at, though.
That is what I was referring to, yes. Way over my head. Where mine is installed I cannot make the physical connection that is required,, not to mention I doubt a raspberry pie would stand up to being mounted on the side of the house baking in the Texas sun in the summer (currently hitting in the low 110’s).
Just a thought. If you have a Tesla Power wall, you can get pretty much (or at least most of) the same info from the Tesla app, and there are two or three community integrations for that.
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Thanks. Yeah... Almost pulled the trigger on PWs with my currently-happening solar expansion, but then the PW v3 announcement came out, so I decided to wait. I can't currently think of anything I would automate based on solar production (maybe some electricity time-of-use enhancements), so more of a curiosity for me being a control freak data geek.
When we signed up for our system Sunpower was supposed to be introducing their own battery in the next year or so. For me it didn't make sense to do solar without the battery. In addition to the tax credits were supposed to have sunsetted at the end of 2022. Because of the way it was structured as 2 separate projects we got the full taxcredit on both.
For me it is more idle curiosity. About the only thing I'm going to automate (when my ADD settles down enough to focus on it) is a rule to turn off the HVAC when the grid is out. That REALLY drains the battery fast. Otherwise, I can get close to a full day if the battery has a full charge if needed.
Yeah... I'll be able to do a separate battery project at another time and get the credit, so didn't hurt to wait. Plus the "EV Time-of-Use" off-peak pricing our electric company offers is only a few cent difference, so the PWs would mostly be for power outages. Funny enough, our SunPower dealer/installer only offered PWs and not SunPower's SunVault even though they are now out. Having Tesla cars, though, I would go with PW anyway.
We are on a flat rate, so the time of use doesn't really matter to us (Texas is an unregulated market, se we can choose our providers). In addition, our provider only pays about 3 cent per KWH, but we pay (I think) 19 cents per kwh, so it really doesn't matter to us if we send anything back. On average I think we are getting about $12 / month credits. Right now we have the powerwall set with a 25% reserve, and allow it to run and power the house once the sun goes down. currently it powers the whole house (including HVAC ) it carries us through until about 2200- 2300. Tesla Energy has an interesting plan, they monitor the markets and sell your stored power back at peak rates, and the credits roll over. We haven't signed up for it yet, but they have a thing in their app that tells you how much you would have paid if you were on Tesla vs your current provider. So far, it's pretty close, maybe about $10/ month less, but it's not enough to offset the cancellation cost on our current plan. When our current contract ends, or the cancellation charge makes sense we may switch to tesla.
When we signed up they knew the SunVault was coming, but they didn't know when so they only sold the PW. WE don't have any electric vehicles, so that really isn't a factor for us yet. If we end up going to an electric vehicle, we may need to consider adding a few more panels.
