Comment on Sol-Ark manufacturer reportedly disables all Deye inverters in the US

paperBark@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• sonori@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I just installed a sol ark system, and can confirm that they work just as well with a pi and Solar Assistant. Not open source, but integrates well with homeassistant and no need for internet connecting the equipment, just usb.

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• Chewie@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I like the MorningStar brand, but they aren’t cheap. I wrote a review here if you’re interested: www.gogreenit.net/index.php?page=morningstar-tris…

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  • perestroika@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    My preference has become Maximum Solar. They work well enough with button and LCD control.

    I reprogram them twice a year when transitioning between summer modes (hot, energy surplus, preserve batteries by not charging them fully) and winter modes (cold, energy deficit, fill batteries to the maximum). I’ve thought about automating that, but didn’t bother.

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    • Chewie@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Got a link? that name isn’t very unique :(

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      • perestroika@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Oh, indeed, that’s a common problem with them. :)

        You can find them here:

        maximumsolar.online

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• Securus777@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I have a sol-ark and like it though this is concerning. In this case it’s dyne on dyne branded and sol-ark has nothing to do with it, as far as we are aware.

  If you don’t care about the pretty graphs and data points and just want it to do it’s job, then getting whatever inverter you want and not connecting to the net solves this problem. Alternatively, locking down traffic to and from this device is something I’ll be looking at.

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