How to get the most out of your Enphase Energy System: System owner webinar series

[@speedymini998]

I use the app to track my solar production throughout the year and switch my pool equipment timer to ensure that it’s aligned. A pool pump is can chug through a lot of electricity. The app is well designed and the UI is fairly easy to understand.

[@billhaley8873]

I would like to have a way to produce a visual cue for my family (who are not willing to log into the Enphase app) to know that enough solar is being produced to start the dishwasher or electric dryer for example. Something as simple a green light that comes on near the dryer when the excess solar is above a threshold I can set. Is this possible? Thank you for this series it is very helpful.

[@davidcottee2808]

It is possible. Depends how good you are with computers. Home Assistant is a home automation setup which can extract the data from the Envoy and from there you can set up triggers for various actions. I have setup a Raspberry Pi running a programme called EnphaseCollector, which gives a webpage interface that can be accessed from anywhere on your network, e.g. continuously on a tablet. It has a useful dial format showing production and consumption. It can also be run on a Mac. Unfortunately there is no integration with Google Home or Alexa. There is a way to extract the data yourself from the envoy, but requires programming skills with python or similar.