0 kWh?

[lkstaack]

I flipped the switch on my new 5.88 system a week ago. It was producing around 35 kWh a day until clouds started moving in two days ago. It was overcast all day today and the system output exactly 0 kWh as determined by my Solar Edge site. I knew that clouds would reduce production, but all the way down to 0? Is this normal?

[thejq]

No it does not sound right. What do you see on the inverter? If it's not zero your connection to the internet has some problem.

[bcroe]

I flipped the switch on my new 5.88 system a week ago. It was producing around 35 kWh a day until clouds started moving in two days ago. It was overcast all day today and the system output exactly 0 kWh as determined by my Solar Edge site. I knew that clouds would reduce production, but all the way down to 0? Is this normal?

If your system is capable of operating (and recording) at the 10-15% level, you should see
more than 0 KWH. I have never had a 0 KWH day, and that includes during the blizzard that
finished with half a foot of snow on the panels. Bruce Roe

[J.P.M.]

Something is amiss. Unless it's dark (night), you'll have production. I'd suspect you do, but it's not being monitored/recorded.

[lkstaack]

No it does not sound right. What do you see on the inverter? If it's not zero your connection to the internet has some problem.

I haven't seen anything on the inverter (SE6000) since I turned it on last week. The LCD showed some numbers that I didn't pay attention to at the time, and then went dark 5 minutes later. I don't see any buttons or switches except for the main on/off switch and the small energizer switch. How do I get the LCD to read?

[sensij]

I haven't seen anything on the inverter (SE6000) since I turned it on last week. The LCD showed some numbers that I didn't pay attention to at the time, and then went dark 5 minutes later. I don't see any buttons or switches except for the main on/off switch and the small energizer switch. How do I get the LCD to read?

There is a small button to activate the display in the area under the screen, next to the on / off toggle switch. You can also open the inverter and operate the screen that way to get more options, but you don't need to do that in this case. The screen won't do much right now except say "night mode".

Do you have a public page? Do you have an API key? With either of those, more diagnostic information would be available.

[lkstaack]

There is a small button to activate the display in the area under the screen, next to the on / off toggle switch. You can also open the inverter and operate the screen that way to get more options, but you don't need to do that in this case. The screen won't do much right now except say "night mode".

Do you have a public page? Do you have an API key? With either of those, more diagnostic information would be available.

Found the button; thanks. Here is my public page: http://tinyurl.com/pav2bn8 You can also find me on our team page @Colony.

[lkstaack]

Something is amiss. Unless it's dark (night), you'll have production. I'd suspect you do, but it's not being monitored/recorded.

Do you think it likely that my ZigBee is on the fritz?

[J.P.M.]

Do you think it likely that my ZigBee is on the fritz?

Can't say. I am absolutely, cluelessly and utterly ignorant about Zigbee.

[lkstaack]

Well, that's odd. I pulled my ZigBee out from the deep cabinet it's in to check the lights. Everything seemed fine. Then I checked my PVOutput and found a whole day's data just showed up.

[sensij]

Well, that's odd. I pulled my ZigBee out from the deep cabinet it's in to check the lights. Everything seemed fine. Then I checked my PVOutput and found a whole day's data just showed up.

Yep, sounds like the Zigbee dropped. It happened to me once in my first week too. PVOutput uploader is solid, as long as it reconnects the same day it will automatically backload all of the missing data.