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"Awaiting solar" status confusing

Open lebsd opened this issue 3 years ago • 1 comments

Unit set to PV Divert. Main windows Status shows "EV connected", "waiting for solar" (but with available current on the solar (>6A)). At 1st I thought there was something wrong with the unit starting from the solar, so I reset the WIFI, no changes. Since I have a sensor that monitors the grid power which feeds via node red the grid power, I checked it to ensure grid indicated power was correct and not stuck, reset my node red, no changes. Lastly, I checked the charge level on the car, it was indicating it was fully charged, explains the "EV connected" but not charging.

The "waiting for solar" is in a sense misleading: it required some troubleshooting but the reason is the car is fully charged. My recommendation is logic that says "if the car is connected and the solar amps > 6 Amps, then display status "ready to charge" (vs "awaiting solar"). Awaiting for solar for me means that there is not enough solar power to turn on charging.

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lebsd avatar Apr 27 '22 19:04 lebsd

Potential this may have been fixed by #431 will have to be tested.

jeremypoulter avatar Oct 05 '22 19:10 jeremypoulter