So JCP&L couldn't ninja you like they did me lol. I looked through my security camera footage that day and it captured nothing lol.
At least you got to see the analog meter physically spin backwards. Thats way more satisfying than the digital display.
That must be quite a set of clip leads, wonder if they would handle 200A? The PoCo
gave me my old spinning disk meter (after I asked) and it now monitors PV energy reserve.
Spins up past 30 rpm when the sun shines, backs up when I heat the house. Bruce Roe
At least you got to see the analog meter physically spin backwards. That's way more satisfying than the digital display.
Unfortunately not.... my "old" meter was digital as well, just not bi-directional. That's it in the first picture above before being jumpered and pulled.
I think I remember there being an issue with it when we closed on the house about 5-years ago so the whole box, socket and meter were replaced at that time.
I emailed SolarEdge asking them how I can see the virtual device screen (under layout, click on the inverter and then click the i). They said only installer accounts can see it, and that if I want to see it, I can create my own installers account and take over, but I'd have to revoke access to my installer which of course I won't do. Is that really true?
yes. There are things you can do in there that can shut down the system. That was the point of my post is that installers have access beyond full/owner
flowing So I went home for lunch and just as I was about to leave guess who showed up.....JCP&L.
I took a few pics, before during and after, and as he explained they jumper the panel whenever possible to avoid any outage or surges. All went smooth and now we're up and counting on both meters.
full admin is for installers.
Owners should have full owner access which does show the "admin" tab but more limited.
You can set allerts, view graphs of all monitored spots.
Installer Admins can re-pair and view the online screen (interact with it actually and do anything through it can can do locally).
As well as change the layout and strings etc.
I emailed SolarEdge asking them how I can see the virtual device screen (under layout, click on the inverter and then click the i). They said only installer accounts can see it, and that if I want to see it, I can create my own installers account and take over, but I'd have to revoke access to my installer which of course I won't do. Is that really true?
Second, my detailed daily logs from PVoutput were not displaying inverter temperature or voltage which was corrected by enabling the appropriate options under the system settings.
flowing So I went home for lunch and just as I was about to leave guess who showed up.....JCP&L.
I took a few pics, before during and after, and as he explained they jumper the panel whenever possible to avoid any outage or surges. All went smooth and now we're up and counting on both meters.
NJTP, I tried adding you as a favorite on pvoutput, but your system isn't showing up in my favorites list
I got an email saying you did and I was able to add yours to my list with no issue. I think the first time I clicked "favorite" it kicked out to my old list, clicked it again and it's now saved.
Also, just got my API Key via SE chat and seems to be auto-uploading as is should.
What else can you do with the "full-admin" access?
full admin is for installers.
Owners should have full owner access which does show the "admin" tab but more limited.
You can set allerts, view graphs of all monitored spots.
Installer Admins can re-pair and view the online screen (interact with it actually and do anything through it can can do locally).
As well as change the layout and strings etc.
Just uploaded my partial day 9/4 production to PVoutput manually at my edited link below. Comes up fine for me, if anyone else can confirm that would be great.
I may have said already, but if you you're impatient like me and don't want to wait for full admin access, the solaredge support chat was able to generate the API key for me in just a few minutes.
I'll give that a shot, thanks!
Just uploaded my partial day 9/4 production to PVoutput manually at my edited link below. Comes up fine for me, if anyone else can confirm that would be great.
I may have said already, but if you you're impatient like me and don't want to wait for full admin access, the solaredge support chat was able to generate the API key for me in just a few minutes.
your pvoutput link is not right. That is the link for you to use. instead of having "userid=67749" on the end you want "sid=XXX" where XXX is your site ID
I assume you have a bit of a westerly facing array to be producing so late.
Thanks I'll look into that...still waiting on expanding my SE access to get the API key to feed PVoutput anyways.
About the meter swap, yeah I wouldn't waste my time or money fighting them, but it does seem shady....luckily as flowing just confirmed his was now swapped a day later, so we'll wait and see.
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