Nick McGill

@nickmcg
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Not intentionally causing offence.

Easily distracted.

Home automation enthusiast/bore.
#HomeAssistant #Zigbee #Zigbee2Mqtt #nodered #tasmota and whatever else tickles my fancy this week.

#Opensource of course

I'm old enough to know better.

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@psfshr I bought one from aliexpress and it has been working for the last 18 months to 2 years without problems.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32747926428.html
XCY Fanless Mini PC Intel Core i7 4500U i5 4200U Gigabit Ethernet HDMI VGA Display 8x USB Ports Support WiFi Windows Linux - AliExpress 7

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aliexpress.
@devxvda I think it depends on your current controller - I used the CC version so that I didn't have to re pair all my devices when I migrated from a sonoff dongle. I am also using the M version (don't ask).
Both work well with ZB2MQTT.
@badambassador I bought some on AliExpress - cheap but take a while to arrive.

@jbond Where I am only the yellow banner stand a chance of beating the blue shits. Or maybe Tice's morons. That wouldn't surprise me.

That's Surrey for you

@bazcurtis I'm still feeling my way at the moment and my imports are minimal - less than 1kWh/day so chasing price fluctuations may not be worthwhile.
Until next winter ...

I'm using the power flow card too, as well as the full desktop from https://github.com/tomatensaus/DeyeSolarDesktop, although it's all Sunsynk-based it could probably be translated...

GitHub - tomatensaus/DeyeSolarDesktop: Home Assistant bootstrap for monitoring solar for Deye/Sunsynk/Sol-Ark

Home Assistant bootstrap for monitoring solar for Deye/Sunsynk/Sol-Ark - tomatensaus/DeyeSolarDesktop

GitHub
Is it OK to switch the central heating back on? #AskingForAFriend

@bazcurtis ok, I was wondering as I have a Sunsynk and (once Octopus get my meter sorted out so I can usFlux), I'm planning on implementing this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IktkBl3inTA

I'm already using his dongle to locally monitor my system.

@bazcurtis If it's not a rude question, what inverter are you using?