Tim Retout: Reading my solar inverter over RS485

For over ten years, the only way I have had of knowing what our solar panels are doing has been an impulse monitor on the generation meter, counting the flashes of its LED. It has always been a bit flaky due to battery changes or loose connections, and there has never been a way to see solar generation alongside the energy used by the rest of the house. This week I have fixed that, by building a small ESPHome sensor…

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