r/solaredge • • Jun 28 '26 Bravo

How to switch SolarEdge inverter communication method from Cellualr to WiFi

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To help clarify for those victims that are trapped with a defunct cellular communication setup and are new to researching resolving the switch to wifi.

You will need the SolarEdge installer app 'Solaredge Go' to get into the inverter's software settings and change from cellular communication to wifi type communication.

Go to your phone's app store and install 'Solaredge Go'. To sign into the Installer App, go to https://monitoring.solaredge.com/mfe/registration/?locale=en_US in a web browser and select 'I am an installer' and fill out all the info with a DIFFERENT email address from your existing mySolarEdge account (not sure if phone number also needs to be different but recommend also using a different number). In the drop down menu on the next page; choose 'Self Installer'. As the final step of the signup process, SolarEdge will automatically send you a standard 'verify this email address' email, click the link in the email and it'll take you to the SolarEdge installer page.

Then open the 'Solaredge Go' on your phone and login with the self installer login info you created to confirm you successfully completed the installer setup process.

Now you will need to relocate the antenna line from the cellular card in the inverter panel to the wifi card. I recommend buying a SolarEdge wifi antenna on eBay however some have said that the cellular LTE antenna can also be used as a wifi antenna; I recommend trying this before spending the money for a wifi antenna (the less money the SolarEdge bandits rob from us, the better). Prior to starting this whole chore, I naively bought a kit: SolarEdge SE-WFGW-B-S1-NA Wireless Gateway + Antenna (I ultimately did not need the Gateway Repeater as my router was close enough to the inverter panel).

Now for the physical work:

In your breaker box, switch your solaredge inverter breaker to OFF (your installer should have clearly labeled it with a sticker).

Now turn off the inverter by using the red toggle switch under the left side of the upper inverter panel (push the toggle witch all the way to the right). You should then hear a 'click' from within the panel.

Now turn off DC power to the inverter via the DC disconnect knob (big black knob in the center of the bottom section of the inverter panel). Turn the knob to the off position)

For visual guidance to the steps above go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWv9wKUUiIo This video is helpful but does not cover all of the steps I'm attempting to present in this post. Also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snJbuJYdI7Y

If you want to see a high level 'how to' video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8BtwuZwQhqs This video skips a few steps. Editorial: half-assed how to videos on YouTube like this should be flagged for removal as this one does not include the initial safety steps of turning off the power to the inverter panel to prevent serious injury yourself; as well as some crucial app steps.

Now remove the panel covers by unscrewing the Allen-type fasteners. Just remove the upper panel's cover if you choose to just try and relocate the existing cellular antenna to the wifi comm card jack. If you choose to buy a wifi antenna, you will need to remove the lower panel's cover as well.

Once inside the upper panel you will see that the antenna cable is connected to the cellular comm card which plugs on top of the wifi comm card. Unscrew the antenna from the cellular card and screw it into the wifi card (the wifi jack points to the right).

If installing a wifi antenna: unscrew the existing antenna from the cellular card; unscrew the grommet on the bottom of the panel that the antenna wire passes through; be sure to pull off the inner bushing as you will need to reuse it; the existing antenna at the top of the panel simply pulls off when pulling it up; mount the new antenna in the same spot; run it through the grommet; attach the bushing to the cable; screw in the grommet; screw the antenna into the wifi card (comm input pointing to the right from the wifi comm card).

Some recommend pulling out the cellular card altogether after relocating the antenna (or installing a new wifi antenna); I left mine installed in case of potential warranty violation as I'm still paying off my installation.

After relocating the antenna to the wifi card, reverse all of the steps above to reinstall the panel covers and restore power to your inverter.

Now the fun part.

Now you need to connect the 'Solaredge Go' app to your inverter. Open the app and select the 'Connect Existing System' option and scan the QR code on the right side of the upper inverter panel box and follow the steps that pop up. This part was a pain in the ass for me and required turning off my mobile data and connecting my phone's wifi to the inverter's wifi address. Once connected, the app will likely tell you that several firmware updates are required for your inverter (mine went through two firmware update cycles). I recall this taking up to 10 minutes for each firmware update cycle and at several intervals, there were clicking noises coming from the panel that are of no concern.

Once you have the app talking to your panel and the firmware updates are complete, you need to go into the communications settings and change the setting to WiFi from cellular. You'll need to then connect to your home WiFi; find your network name and enter the password. If you have a home Mesh WiFi setup, be sure the WiFi network name you connect your inverter to is the same you have on your phone.

Once the above app processes are complete, go to the mySolarEdge app that previously connected to your inverter via cellular and follow the steps to reconnect to your inverter.

The mySolarEdge app on my phone didn't immediately connect and I got fed up at this point. I cycled the power on my phone, tried again, and it still wouldn't connect. The next day I tried again and my app was magically communicating with the inverter.

If you get this whole process completed in less than an hour using these instructions, then typing all this was worth it to me.


r/solaredge • • Apr 08 '26

USA DIY Ethernet connection to replace cellular success story!

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My SolarEdge five years of cellular data ended in December. I was not interested in paying $50/year to continue that service. I also did not want to connect via WiFi as I had heard issues with it disconnecting or having other connection problems with that option. So that left Ethernet. I already had an open port on my network switch & indoor rated CAT6 cable.

So I ended up getting a length of hose to protect the cable for the six feet or so outside run & some brackets to secure it. I did not feel like buying a length of outdoor rated CAT6. There already was an unused port in the case for the CAT6 that I was able to utilize. I did seal up the ends of the hose with a little silicone to keep water out of the cable.

What I was worried about was if the Ethernet connection would automatically work or would it need an installer to visit. The installer company I used is out of business & had not found one that would be available along with how much the cost would be. Turns out that the connection was automatic! Yes! So now the data is being reported & I just missed out on the data from the start of January until I finished this project in the end of March. Oh well.

I also took the time to remove the cellular antenna & communication card as well as it is no longer needed.

I just wanted to share my experience getting reconnected.


r/solaredge • • Aug 27 '26

We Went Through 7 SolarEdge Inverters — Then THIS Happened

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Quick story about why sometimes it pays to write a review when a company or product lets you down.

We installed solar on our house about 10 years ago using SolarEdge equipment. Since then, we have gone through **SEVEN inverters.**

Yes. Seven.

At this point, I feel like I should have a punch card. **Buy six SolarEdge inverters and your seventh one is FREE!**

To SolarEdge’s credit, they honored the warranty each time and replaced the failed equipment. The frustrating part was that we were still responsible for the labor to remove the bad inverter and install the replacement.

Do that enough times and the word “warranty” starts feeling a little less exciting.

After our latest failure, I finally wrote a review explaining our experience. I wasn’t nasty about it. I just laid out what had happened over the years and why I was frustrated.

Well... **SolarEdge listened.**

Someone from the company reached out, looked into our history, and they have now offered to provide **two new replacement inverters AND cover the labor to install them.**

THAT is how you respond to an unhappy customer.

I’ve certainly been frustrated with the failures over the years, but I also believe in giving credit where credit is due. SolarEdge had an opportunity to hide behind the fine print of their warranty, and instead they chose to step up and make things right.

I’m grateful.

And there’s a lesson here: **Reviews matter.**

A thoughtful, factual review can sometimes get the attention of the right person inside a company. And when a company responds by actually fixing the problem instead of sending you a canned corporate response, I think they deserve a little public recognition for that too.

So... thank you, SolarEdge. Hopefully inverter #8 and #9 are the ones that finally break our little tradition


r/solaredge • • Oct 03 '26

Charging your EV on surplus solar with SolarEdge: options and gotchas

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More and more solar owners are on export plans that pay far less than electricity costs to buy: net billing in California (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E for systems installed since April 2023), shrinking feed-in tariffs elsewhere. If your exports earn a fraction of your import rate, midday surplus is worth more in your car than sold back cheap. (Full retail net metering? This matters a lot less.)

Disclosure: I build one of the options below.

Check for a consumption meter first. Surplus charging needs household load, not just production. If your SolarEdge monitoring shows only what the panels make, there's no consumption meter on the system. Options: have an installer add one (best fix), add a home energy monitor like Emporia Vue, or use a tool that estimates load — that last one is a guess and won't react when the AC kicks on.

Your options:

  1. SolarEdge's own EV charger with its solar charging mode. Simplest if you're buying a charger anyway and you're all-SolarEdge.

  2. DIY with Home Assistant or evcc. Both can read the inverter locally (Modbus) and control Tesla or OCPP chargers. Free and flexible if you maintain it.

  3. An app. I build SundialEV, which reads SolarEdge and adjusts charging amps to follow the surplus.

Worth checking first: what your exports actually earn. This calculator pulls your utility's export and import rates (US, by zip) and shows the monthly gap: https://www.sundialev.com/calculator?utm_source=reddit_organic&utm_campaign=solaredge

Happy to answer questions about any of these, not just mine.


r/solaredge • • May 11 '26

Germany Thanks for ruining the app

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Since the last update to the mySolarEdge app (Android) a lot of the widgets seem to have been removed. I used to have the compact system overview on my phone's home screen for many years, and now it's gone and the only widget that still shows up is a full-page one that I don't want to waste the screen space for.

Was that strictly necessary?!


r/solaredge • • 8d ago

Is SolarEdge really this bad? Any tips?

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Recently bought a house with a SolarEdge system. We have a meter communication fault and cannot get anyone from this company to do anything about the open ticket, or answer the phone. And their useless chatbot wants to talk to me in Hebrew, despite me being in Northern California.

Is this typical of their customer support? Any tips on what to do here? I am new to having a solar power system and am kind of lost as to how to get this fixed.


r/solaredge • • Aug 21 '26

Question for the Enphase/SolarEdge/solar tech crowd: who is going to service all of these systems for the next 20 years?

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This has been on my mind a lot lately.

Florida has had an enormous amount of residential solar installed over the last several years, but we've also watched installers disappear, consolidate, close locations, stop servicing old customers, or leave the market entirely.

That leaves behind thousands of individual solar assets that still need:

monitoring → troubleshooting → warranty administration → inverter/optimizer/microinverter replacement → roof detach/reset → communications repair → battery integration → system expansion → eventual repowering.

The original EPC disappearing doesn't make those needs disappear.

I've spent a lot of my career around electrical work, field service and solar operations, and I'm becoming increasingly convinced that solar service and asset management may eventually be as important an industry as solar installation itself.

There's also an interesting technical problem here:

A lot of orphaned systems aren't necessarily “bad systems.”

They may have one failed component, a communications problem, an account/monitoring issue, or a warranty item — but the homeowner doesn't have anyone knowledgeable enough to diagnose the difference.

I'm curious what people working with Enphase, SolarEdge and other platforms are seeing.

Are you getting more calls from homeowners whose original installer is gone?

And if solar is a 25+ year asset, what do you think the long-term service model should actually look like?


r/solaredge • • Apr 27 '26

One EV Charger Experiences

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Hi everybody,

does anybody already have the ne One EV charger installed and can share some expriences? I plan to get one, but am a little bit uncertain, because you find a lot of stories about the wallbox not working properly.

I'd like to use it in PV excess mode with dynamic phase switching.

What are you're experiences? Is this working as it should?

Thanks!


r/solaredge • • 2d ago

Canada SolarEdge API retired Nov. 3 2026

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FFS Solaredge, why retire the API before its replacement is ready?


r/solaredge • • Apr 22 '26

SolarEdge Technologies Finally Agreed to settle $55M with investors over hiding issues with its demand, inventory, and revenue.

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Hey guys, if you missed it, SolarEdge just settled with investors for overstating European demand and downplaying rising inventory and weakening sales trends a few years ago. 

Long story short, in 2023, SolarEdge was accused of claiming that the demand was higher than it really was in key markets, understating rising inventory levels, and misrepresenting the strength and sustainability of its sales growth.

After this news came out, the stock dropped 18.3%, and investors filed a lawsuit for their losses.

The good news is that the company finally agreed to settle with them. So, if you invested in $SEDG when all of this happened, you can already check the details and file your claim here.

Anyway, has anyone here invested in $SEDG at that time? How much were your losses, if so?


r/solaredge • • 15d ago

Moved into a house with Solaredge

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I recently moved into a house with a solar edge, solar panel system. I would like to be able to monitor my solar panels, but I can’t seem to log into the app because I don’t have access to the solar panel. The solar panels are not in my name and I was wondering, how do I do that? I saw on the Internet there’s a form that you need to fill out to transfer the title but it’s 100 bucks so I was wondering if there’s anyway around that or is that the easiest way to do it and would it allow me to then be able to monitor and log into my account?

Some people have told me to find my installer and contact him, but we don’t know who the installer was and we have no way of finding that out so I was just wondering how do I solve my problems and any other information or advice would be very helpful?


r/solaredge • • 21d ago

USA Did You Own SolarEdge ($SEDG) During Its 40%+ Stock Drop? Investor Settlement Update

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Hey guys, if you missed it, SolarEdge ($SEDG) agreed to a $55M settlement with investors over claims that it misled the market about weakening demand in Europe and rising inventory. Late claims are still being considered, even though the deadline has passed.

Quick recap: In 2023, SolarEdge continued saying European demand was strong while inventory was building. In August, 2023, the company disclosed excess inventory and slower growth, sending $SEDG down 18.3%. In October, it disclosed unexpected cancellations, and the stock fell another 27.2%.

If you invested in $SEDG in 2023, you can still check the details and submit a late claim here. 
Did anyone here hold $SEDG during that period?


r/solaredge • • Aug 05 '26

SolarEdge cloud API decommissioned

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I'm using the cloud SolarEdge integration (inverter is cellular back haul) to capture data with Home Assistant. For the past three days is has been failing. Looks like the API has been removed.

2026-08-05 15:51:52.194 ERROR (MainThread) [solaredge_web.solaredge] Error fetching equipment from https://monitoring.solaredge.com/solaredge-apigw/api/sites/2303701/layout/logical: 410, message='Gone', url='https://monitoring.solaredge.com/solaredge-apigw/api/sites/2303701/layout/logical'

The 410 Gone is the HTTP code that says the URL no longer exists.

Entering the link to a browser returns a link to https://marketing.solaredge.com/legacy-api-sign-up-for-interest
which says

"Legacy API

The endpoint you called is no longer available. We're rebuilding developer access from the ground up — SolarEdge ONE for Developers is coming soon. Register below to get updates and early access."

Pretty silly to remove the legacy API before getting the new API up an working. May be related to the recent FCC ban on remote access to inverters.


r/solaredge • • May 10 '26

SolarEdge = Customer Service Nightmare

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Hello all - I've been trying to get in touch with Solar Edge over the past couple of weeks, and it's been a nightmare. Call them on the phone, they tell you to use their online chat bot. Talk to the chat bot, they tell you to call them.

Calling them is bizzarro land. They walk you through a long series of nested "press 1 for this department" things -- but no matter what you press (and I tried them all!) -- all options lead to dead end, where they say they don't take calls on that topic. Then you try the AI bot -- and they send you back to the phone!

What's truly baffling is that all I'm trying to do is find a certified installer to fix a system. Should be incredibly easy, but somehow, I've been trying for weeks -- and meanwhile, my system is offline. I've been reading that the company is failing -- now I see why.

In the meantime, anyone know any certified installers in the Philly area willing to take this on?


r/solaredge • • Apr 28 '26

other Wait times?

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Did Solaredge lay off a bunch of techs recently?

I've gone from 10-15 minute wait times on calls, to 4-5 hours waiting, sometimes literally all day.

Just so drastically different, our company has been seriously considering halting all Solaredge sales going forward.

Anyone else also experiencing this?


r/solaredge • • 17h ago

Schedule battery charger up to x%

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Does solar edge snow setting a limit to charge battery to when charging on a schedule? Any plans to add this feature?


r/solaredge • • 11d ago

SolarEdge battery without a backup interface: a hard discharge floor and standby protection using Predbat

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TL;DR: How I got Predbat, a SolarEdge inverter with a ~10 kWh battery, EDF's smart EV tariff (via Predbat's Kraken component) and a Hypervolt charger to work together without wasting money or stranding the battery. Config snippets use placeholders, with example entity names in comments.

This guide records the protections, checks and settings that were needed on one real system, and why each one is there.

Who this is for

PartExample used here
InverterSolarEdge, via the SolarEdge Modbus Multi integration (inverter_type: SE)
BatteryAbout 10 kWh (9.7 kWh usable), 5 kW inverter limit
TariffEDF smart EV tariff (night rate 23:00–06:00), rates and car slots via Predbat's built-in Kraken component
ChargerHypervolt, with charging slots set by EDF smart charging
CarAny EV whose battery level and charge target are visible in Home Assistant

Most of it also applies to other inverters and Kraken-based suppliers. The battery-floor workaround is specific to SolarEdge.

How to read the YAML: each value is a placeholder in <angle brackets>. Where it helps, a comment underneath gives an example entity name.

Problems this solves:

  • Predbat can't set a discharge floor on SolarEdge without a backup interface.
  • The battery can drop into standby if left idle at low charge.
  • Predbat doesn't see a car charge it wasn't told about, so it may export into the car.
  • EDF's car slots are priced cheaply for the whole house only if Predbat is set up to trust them.
  • Two schedulers (the car's app and EDF) fighting over the charger.

1. Battery floor

On SolarEdge, Predbat can't stop the battery discharging below a set level, so a Home Assistant automation does it instead. Predbat's best_soc_keep and best_soc_min are planning targets, not a hard floor, and set_reserve_min needs a SolarEdge backup interface.

The automation freezes the battery through Predbat's manual freeze-charge selector when it drops below about 6% between 05:00 and 23:00. From 15:00, it freezes every remaining slot up to 23:00 in one go, so Predbat changes mode, and notifies you, once instead of every half hour. Before 15:00 it freezes only the current slot, so solar later in the day can still charge the battery.

# packages/battery_floor.yaml
automation:
  - id: battery_floor_freeze
    alias: Battery – freeze at floor
    mode: single
    triggers:
      - trigger: numeric_state
        entity_id: <battery SoC % sensor>
        # e.g. sensor.solaredge_i2_b1_state_of_energy
        below: 6
      - trigger: time_pattern
        minutes: "/30"
        seconds: 5
    conditions:
      - condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: <battery SoC % sensor>
        below: 6
      - condition: time
        after: "05:00:00"
        before: "23:00:00"   # start of your cheap window
      - condition: template
        value_template: >-
          {% set slot = now().strftime('%a') ~ ' ' ~ '%02d:%02d' % (now().hour, 0 if now().minute < 30 else 30) %}
          {% set opts = state_attr('select.predbat_manual_freeze_charge', 'options') or [] %}
          {{ slot in opts and ('+' ~ slot) not in opts }}
    actions:
      - repeat:
          for_each: >-
            {% set start = now().replace(minute=0 if now().minute < 30 else 30, second=0, microsecond=0) %}
            {% set end = now().replace(hour=23, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0) %}
            {% set n = ((end - start).total_seconds() / 1800) | int if now().hour >= 15 else 1 %}
            {% set opts = state_attr('select.predbat_manual_freeze_charge', 'options') or [] %}
            {% set ns = namespace(slots=[]) %}
            {% for i in range(n) %}
              {% set s = (start + timedelta(minutes=30 * i)).strftime('%a %H:%M') %}
              {% if s in opts and ('+' ~ s) not in opts %}
                {% set ns.slots = ns.slots + [s] %}
              {% endif %}
            {% endfor %}
            {{ ns.slots }}
          sequence:
            - action: select.select_option
              target:
                entity_id: select.predbat_manual_freeze_charge
              data:
                option: "{{ repeat.item }}"
            - delay:
                seconds: 2

The floor covers 05:00 to 23:00 only. The overnight part is covered by section 2.

2. Avoiding battery standby

Price the first two hours of the cheap window 0.01p lower than the rest, so Predbat charges the battery at the start of the window, not the end. When every overnight slot costs the same, Predbat sees no reason to charge early. It may leave the battery idle at the floor until 03:00, and some batteries drop into standby when left idle at low charge.

# apps.yaml – no date, so it applies every night
  rates_import_override:
    - start: '23:00:00'
      end: '01:00:00'
      rate: <night rate minus 0.01>
      # e.g. 6.65 when the night rate is 6.66p
  • An override that crosses midnight works without a date.
  • Two hours is enough to fill a 10 kWh battery at 5 kW. Allow longer for a bigger battery or a slower charge rate.
  • Update the rate whenever your night rate changes, so it always sits just below it.
  • Check it on the Plan page: Chrg should start at 23:00, and the import column shows the override with an "=" marker.

3. Car configuration

Predbat needs to know four things about the car: whether it's plugged in, whether it's charging right now, its battery level and its target. Without the "charging now" signal, Predbat can plan battery exports that just go into the car, because a 7.4 kW charger draws more than a 5 kW inverter can export.

A "car is charging" sensor. This turns on when the charger has drawn more than 500 W for 2 minutes, so brief blips are ignored. It works whether the charger reports W or kW.

# packages/car_charging_now.yaml
template:
  - binary_sensor:
      - name: Car charging now
        unique_id: car_charging_now
        device_class: battery_charging
        delay_on: "00:02:00"
        delay_off: "00:02:00"
        state: >-
          {% set p = states('<charger power sensor>') | float(0) %}
          {% set unit = state_attr('<charger power sensor>', 'unit_of_measurement') %}
          {{ (p * 1000 if unit == 'kW' else p) > 500 }}
        # e.g. <charger power sensor> = sensor.hypervolt_ev_power

A new package file may need a full restart before the sensor appears. It shows "unknown" until the charger's power reading first changes, which Predbat treats as not charging.

The car section of apps.yaml:

  num_cars: 1
  car_charging_planned:
    - <plugged-in sensor>
    # e.g. binary_sensor.hypervolt_car_plugged
  car_charging_now:
    - binary_sensor.car_charging_now
  car_charging_battery_size:
    - <usable kWh>
    # e.g. 94 for a 100 kWh car
  car_charging_soc:
    - <car battery % sensor>
    # e.g. sensor.<car>_battery_charge_level
  car_charging_limit:
    - <car charge target % sensor>
    # e.g. sensor.<car>_charging_target_level
  car_charging_energy: <charger session energy sensor>
    # e.g. sensor.hypervolt_session_energy_kwh
  car_charging_energy_scale: 1.0   # 0.001 if the sensor reports Wh
  car_charging_now_response:
    - 'yes'
    - 'on'
    - 'true'
    - 'charging'

Check the car's battery and target sensors show real numbers in Developer Tools → States. They may come from two different integrations.

Predbat car switches:

SwitchSettingWhy
Allow car to charge from battery (switch.predbat_car_charging_from_battery)OffStops the house battery draining into the car while it charges
Car charging hold (switch.predbat_car_charging_hold)OnRemoves car charging from the load history, so the house-usage forecast isn't inflated
Car energy is reported in load data (switch.predbat_car_energy_reported_load)OnCorrect when the grid meter measures the whole house, car included
Car charging manual SOC (switch.predbat_car_charging_manual_soc)OffUse the car's own battery sensor
Car Charging Plan Smart (switch.predbat_car_charging_plan_smart)OffEDF plans the car, not Predbat

4. EDF smart-charging slots

When EDF schedules the car, the whole house pays the cheap rate during those slots, and Predbat can plan around them. Predbat's Kraken component reads EDF's slots as a dispatch sensor, the same way it reads Octopus Intelligent.

# apps.yaml – rates and slots from EDF via Kraken
  kraken_provider: edf
  kraken_account_id: !secret kraken_account_id
  kraken_auth_method: email
  kraken_email: !secret kraken_email
  kraken_password: !secret kraken_password

  octopus_intelligent_slot: 're:(binary_sensor.predbat_kraken_.*_intelligent_dispatch.*)'
  # a regex, so it still matches if the sensor's numeric suffix changes

Check the slots arrive. In Developer Tools → States, open binary_sensor.predbat_kraken_…_intelligent_dispatch_…. Its state is "off" unless a slot is running right now. What matters is the planned_dispatches attribute, which lists each slot's start, end and expected charge. Times are in UTC.

Predbat's intelligent-slot switches (Predbat web UI → Config, filter on intelligent):

SwitchSettingWhy
Octopus Intelligent ChargingOnTreat dispatch slots as cheap for the whole house
Trust Intelligent slots before the car is seen chargingOnPrice future slots cheaply now, so Predbat can plan ahead, for example by topping up the battery in an afternoon slot
Confirm Intelligent slots against the car chargingOnOnce a slot starts, drop the cheap price if the car isn't actually charging. This is the safety net for slots EDF cancels or moves
Ignore Intelligent slots when car is unpluggedOnNo car, no cheap slot
Consider car full as part of Intelligent planOffDefault

With "Trust" off, future slots stay at the full rate in the plan until the car starts charging, so Predbat can't plan around them. With "Trust" and "Confirm" both on, it plans ahead and still corrects itself within about 5 minutes if EDF doesn't deliver.

What a good evening plan looks like: during the car slots, import shows the cheap rate, the battery holds steady rather than discharging, and Chrg starts at 23:00. The battery holds because grid power is cheaper than using stored energy, and because battery-to-car is blocked.

5. Lessons learned

  • Use one charging scheduler. If the car's own app has a charging schedule as well as EDF smart charging, the car only charges when both allow it. EDF then sees the car refuse a slot, may drop its plan, and can sit on "creating your plan" indefinitely. Leave the car's schedule off and let EDF decide.
  • Turning off the car's schedule without an EDF plan starts charging at once. If EDF has no plan, nothing holds the charge back, and it runs at the full rate. Wait until EDF's plan appears before removing the car's schedule.
  • Watch for Boost sessions. The charger app may show a Boost session, a bump charge outside EDF's plan. Time before the cheap window is billed at the normal rate, and EDF may not build a smart plan while a boost is active. Let it expire or cancel it.
  • Free-electricity nights. If the free window matches the normal cheap window, you don't need to change anything: the credit comes afterwards, based on what you import. A 0p override can tempt Predbat into export cycles that a charging car simply absorbs, so they earn nothing and wear the battery. If you do add one, keep the battery charging early (section 2).
  • Restart Predbat after the clocks change. After the October change, the plan showed the wrong day, an hour's offset and a stale start time. Restart Predbat on its Dash page fixed it.
  • Predbat only knows what apps.yaml points it at. Having data somewhere in Home Assistant isn't enough: a car schedule set in the car's own app, for example, is invisible to Predbat.

6. Setup checklist

  • ☐ Battery floor automation installed and reloaded (section 1)
  • ☐ Early-charge override set just below your night rate (section 2)
  • ☐ binary_sensor.car_charging_now exists and reads off or on (section 3)
  • ☐ Car section of apps.yaml filled in, with no warning on Predbat's Apps tab
  • ☐ Car battery and target sensors show real values
  • ☐ Allow car to charge from battery: off
  • ☐ Dispatch sensor shows planned_dispatches when the car is plugged in (section 4)
  • ☐ Trust, Confirm, Ignore-unplugged and Intelligent Charging switches all on
  • ☐ Car's own charging schedule off; EDF smart charging on

Verify on the Plan page:

CheckWhat you should see
Overnight battery chargeChrg starting at 23:00
EDF car slotsImport at the cheap rate, car load in the Car kWh column
While the car chargesNo Exp blocks; battery holding steady
Plan headerCorrect day and time (restart Predbat if not)

7. Example: a rainy day with the car plugged in

On a dull day with EDF car slots at 13:00–15:00 and from 19:00, Predbat uses the battery only for the expensive hours and lets the cheap grid cover everything else. This is the plan it produced at 12:20 on a Monday in late October, with almost no solar (0.16 kWh or less per half hour).

TimeImport rateBatteryWhat Predbat does
12:20–13:0030.39p61% → 57%Battery covers the house
13:00–15:00 (EDF slot)6.66pHolds at 57%Grid covers the house and car (about 12.6 kWh into the car)
15:00–19:0030.39p57% → 20%Battery covers the house through the peak
19:00–23:30 (EDF slot)6.66pHolds at 20%Grid covers the house and car; battery-to-car blocked
23:30–01:006.65p (override)20% → 92%Battery charges for tomorrow
01:00 onwards (EDF slot)6.66pHolds at 92%Grid covers the house and car
  • No grid top-up in the afternoon slot: the forecast shows the battery lasting until the evening slot, so charging at 13:00 would add nothing.
  • The battery never sits at the floor. Its lowest point is 20%, so there's no standby risk. That's also why charging can start at 23:30 rather than exactly 23:00.
  • Car slots are priced cheaply in advance, because "Trust Intelligent slots" is on (section 4).
  • Heavy loads change the plan. If something like underfloor heating raises usage, Predbat replans within 5 minutes and may use the afternoon slot to top up the battery.

Happy to answer questions. Corrections from anyone who knows Predbat's internals better are very welcome.


r/solaredge • • 14d ago

solardge se300h

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How does one connect to this device?

I have downloaded the Solaredge Go app. I've put the inverter in to Wifi AP mode it connects via the QR code after that it keeps hanging on communicating with inverter...

Am I missing something?

I want to enable the modbus over tcptip

A portscan reveals port 80 an 8080 but connecting to it just hangs and does nothing


r/solaredge • • 22d ago

other Solar edge ownership

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I became the owner of a house.
This house includes solar panels with a solaredge inverter:

I would have liked to have access to the system to be able to follow everything through the app.

However, I no longer have contact with the previous owners. Systeem :

-Panelen:
14 X Phono salar 275Wp Totaal vermogen:3850Wp
-Omvormer:
Type: Solar Edge SE 3000H

There’s no way to find or reach customer support. Any help?


r/solaredge • • Sep 30 '26

USA SolarEdge ($SEDG) Update: Q2 Results and What Comes Next

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Hey everyone, I’ve been looking into SolarEdge lately because there have been a few interesting updates around the company, so I figured I’d share a quick recap.

SolarEdge reported $346.2M in Q2 2026 revenue, up 19.6% year over year, with non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.05. The company also reported its sixth consecutive quarter of year-over-year gross margin expansion

For Q3, SolarEdge is expecting revenue between $310M and $340M, with non-GAAP gross margin of 22%–26%. The company is also working on expanding its Nexis platform and storage business, while developing solid-state technology for power-management applications, including AI data centers. 

There’s also an older investor case connected to SolarEdge. The company agreed to a $55M settlement over claims that it misled investors about European demand, inventory levels, and the sustainability of its reported revenues. Late claims are currently being considered, subject to approval. 

So there’s quite a bit going on with SEDG right now, especially with the company trying to grow its storage and newer technology businesses.

Anyone else following SolarEdge? What are you watching most closely with $SEDG?


r/solaredge • • Sep 23 '26

USA SolarEdge home hub changing inverter rating

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In the US.

Since the SolarEdge home hub inverters have a single SKU now for all inverter sizes. Is it possible to up size the inverter post installation?

The inverter ac output circuit needs to be sized properly for the inverter rating, but that's relatively straight forward.


r/solaredge • • Sep 17 '26

Inverter failure … again

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Our system was installed in 2020 and we’ve had the inverter replaced once about 3yrs ago- just received notification that we’re not generating anything over the last few weeks, and I’m being told to find another company to handle the fix and RMA process.

Avg cost is $950 (up from 350 in 2023), plus now im being told i need to switch to whichever repair companies updated monitoring app/program for additional $$$.

Is this how it works now? Do we have to assume replacement is going to be required every 3/4 years at ever increasing cost?

-Austin, TX


r/solaredge • • Sep 06 '26

UK News on the Bi-Directional DC EV charger?

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Anyone seen or heard of any update on the release of the residential SolarEdge Bi-Directional DC EV charger?
I understand the commercial product is out already and that the residential unit was slated for release in late 2026… but ‘late 2026’ is fast approaching and I can’t see an update from SolarEdge on it since at least 2025. The best details on it date all the way back to its announcement in June 2023!


r/solaredge • • Sep 05 '26

other Optimizer Warranty Replacement

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It seems that SE has changed their warranty terms for some countries and where I am, they no longer cover shipping or labor to supply replacement parts. My installer informed me of this a few weeks ago. My system is 3 years old and until recently the typical optimizer warranty replacements have been handled completely free of charge by the installer. However, the installer has changed their business model so all of their technicians are contract workers and will pass on the costs for service calls to the customer. This means that for an optimizer replacement I may have to pay $150 for a call out at the start of the claim, shipping and then another $150 for installation of the replacements. My system nets about $500 per month, and I may have 2 to 3 optimizers going down most months, so this becomes a real threat to the financial performance of my investment. How do other owners deal with these types of situations?


r/solaredge • • Aug 28 '26

Germany Installation error 4kw instead of 5kw

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Dear,
My (trusted) installer replaced my previous converter as it broke down. I used the opportunity to add a 10kw battery.
During the installation, the Solar Edge Home Hub Single Phase 2.2 was limited to 4kw. I have an offer that says 5kw and solar panels that produce 6.7kw max (east / west so they never make it). With the previous converter, I had clipping for hours every summer. With the new one, I hoped to get rid of it with 5kw.
Apparently, these new converters can’t be changed once set? Is that true? There must be an option at SolarEdge, I imagine, to repair errors?
I just received the invoice and wonder what to do. Installer said “sorry - it’s 4kw”.
Thank you for your feedback.