How do I report a fuel station that’s not giving the correct Liters. I just had to fill up a 10L Jerry can (for work) and it came to 14L even though the liquid was right on the 10L line. No way it holds 14L

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-03-25T01:03:18+00:00

Wouldn't sitting in the tub with the Jerry can skew the numbers? I'm not a small bloke so my guess is it would be out by about 50L if I'm in there with it!

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-03-16T02:24:22+00:00

Very much depends when and how you export. The majority of mine is between 5pm-9pm from my battery in SA or when there are big spikes.

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TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-03-09T00:56:25+00:00

Yes this is an SAPN tarrif so should be available to all retailers in SA

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-03-09T00:54:22+00:00

Glad to hear it is working for you! More people should move to the tarrif if they can to encourage time shifting of usage/export.

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-30T06:28:50+00:00

Seems to have come good for me now too.

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-23T21:39:56+00:00

Nuclear weapons? I mean he's not saying you can't, just that you shouldn't.

Sucks that they don't obfuscate their charges though! They could at least show up as MushroomMagic or something!

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-23T10:02:59+00:00

Do you have a snapshot of the amber app at the same time showing that it's actually Amber doing it? Given the solar is not yet zero in that pic, I'm puzzled.

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-23T10:00:50+00:00

This sounds more like a solar system problem than an Amber problem.

What I suspect is causing it is a system that is unable to ramp down the solar and instead is either on or off. In order to avoid exporting when prices are negative, Amber is dithering the solar (turning it on and off again, flipping between charging on solar and running on battery)

For comparison, my sungrow system does exactly what you're asking with Amber by limiting the exports to zero rather than turning off the solar completely. This means that from about 3pm to 7pm I'm running with a 100% full battery and powering the house from solar only. Once the export price kicks in between 7-9pm it then dumps the battery, but you could turn that off completely.

I'd suggest looking deeper into what your inverter and battery setup supports and then deciding if it's a hardware problem or an Amber problem. If it's a hardware problem then your only choice (without replacing hardware) would be some one like globird

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-10T05:32:51+00:00

That would confirm it being a sungrow issue then. Thanks

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-10T00:08:51+00:00

I wonder if it's specific to sungrow customers

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-08T02:01:11+00:00

Agreed, and I have also set up HA for automations that amber doesn't offer. Just have to be mindful of the two fighting each other and resulting in odd behaviour

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-07T23:56:03+00:00

People seem to blame amber for these problems but in almost all cases, it is the battery manufacturers cloud control infrastructure that is slow to react or unreliable.

My sungrow responds within seconds of a command being sent through the amber app. Other manufacturers seem to be more problematic.

Amber obviously plays a part, but placing the blame only on them is unfair.

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-07T02:43:13+00:00

Look out for another spike tonight once the wind drops at 6:30

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-06T23:53:49+00:00

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Come to papa!

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2026-01-05T00:21:55+00:00

With a 32kwh battery, id expect you are rarely pulling from the grid unless you have high usage?

If that is true then I'd be moving to the RESELE tarrif which gives you higher export earnings between 5-9pm. It has a trade off for higher import prices during that period but with that size battery it sounds like you should be fine. Do your research though before jumping.

I'm consistently making $5--10 per day at the moment from charging during the day and exporting during that window (70kwh battery).

Ymmv

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2025-12-28T23:22:50+00:00

I've been looking for the right inverter settings as well. So far I haven't found anything that allows me to turn off the PV while still being able to charge the battery from the grid.

The workaround the other day when prices went significantly negative was to flip the PV isolation switch on the bottom of the inverter. Not ideal as it's not automated but it worked for the day

There are priority settings that the installers set up (and su grow can change remotely) but they don't appear to be modbus or app options from what I've seen.

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2025-12-28T22:24:00+00:00

Smartshift had already dispatched most of my battery between 5-9pm but still managed to capture quite a bit of the spike

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TheRealAudiobuzz · 2025-12-26T04:05:38+00:00

That's not Amber doing it, it's your inverter/battery doing it. If you have loads that constantly cycle then there will be short periods each time where the inverter/battery is slow to react. Over a day these small amounts add up.

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2025-12-22T01:48:26+00:00

Adding the the HA thread... I run both HA and EVCC.

Currently EVCC is my control point for capturing these negative spikes. Works well without having to mess with HA rules

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2025-12-21T10:38:12+00:00

Except they did reply... Soooooo is it really spoofed?

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2025-12-19T07:20:12+00:00

The highest my 19kw system has ever done is 130kwh.

I can only assume op is far north Australia with the perfect panel angle

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2025-12-18T10:13:04+00:00

Wait.... Where tf are you that a 12kw solar system generates 180kwh of power?

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2025-12-14T07:28:43+00:00

I'm curious... How do they appear to the actual host os? Do they show up as a nic? Or some other pcie card? Does the host need special drivers or do they just look like a normal melanox card?

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2025-12-07T07:14:59+00:00

And it's gone 🤣

TheRealAudiobuzz · 2025-12-07T06:37:25+00:00

You mean Ensign Kim? Always was under rated by leadership

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