#ShinePhone

2025-02-11

Presently I manage my #growatt solar hybrid inverter and batteries through a combination of the #shinephone app, the #growatt web portal, and #homeassistant

This works fine for normal stuff, although I need to manually control battery charging times to match up with #OctopusEnergy tariff I'm on of #IntelligentOctopusGo

None of this is too difficult, but it is a bit annoying to have to remember to do all the right things in order to control the combination of kit and my #Myenergi #Zappi charger to ensure charger my #EV doesn't drain my solar batteries.

So I thought I would give #WonderWatt a trial and see if this helps automate and manage schedules and IOG charging correctly.

They offer a 14-day trial, which doesn't appear to be functionally limited, so I'm able to confirm if this does meet all my needs. A monthly subscription of around $6 (not sure what that is in £ for me in the UK) isn't too bad a deal if indeed it does simplify everything for me.

wonderwatt.com/

2023-11-18

Today I had additional #solar panels installed at home. The new inverter brand is #Growatt. In order to monitor data, it requires a mobile application called #ShinePhone.

Guess where the application starts submiting requests right after opening it up. Yes, all Chinese servers.

A screenshot of AdAway showing requests to Chinese servers.

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