Today is very cloudy and DESS plan again assumes PV to cover loads when the reality (based on actual pv and loads) is that it can’t, and so “idle” mode is again importing! As we move into autumn and winter this will be more of an issue than in the summer resulting in importing at expensive rate during the day.
Given this, I’ve made some adjustments to dynamicess.py and am currently testing them, so far though I’m seeing a significant improvement.
What I don’t know yet, is if/how things will adjust to a lower SoC than expected. i.e. if it will re-plan and adjust to the new reality, or want to charge back up to expected SoC.
@dfaber Please review and share your thoughts: Use self consume as part of idle strategy when actual pv and/or consu… by dfeist · Pull Request #10 · victronenergy/dbus-systemcalc-py · GitHub