One of the issues with an Off grid setup is knowing what your loads are so that you can most efficiently make use of your solar/inverter and battery resources. Load management in other words. There are some folks that are experimenting with automation now rather than having to manually switch things about, turn on or off, use more while PV production is high and less when low. But it is a bit cludgy at the moment
Reading an account on a recent breakthrough in Quantum computers it makes me wonder if a truly smart Off grid PV controller could be devised. This would monitor all loads in your home, incoming PV, State of charge and capacity of your batteries and turn on or off loads to maximize your solar and storage setup. One example would be heating water when excess solar is available but shutting it off if a higher precedent load turned on. Or running the dish washer through its cycle and not allowing another load to cycle on and overpower the inverter.
My thought is a Smart AIO. it would communicate with every load (WiFi?) and have ability to change operation based on all of it and also allowing user override when necessary.
Scenario: I go to use the Microwave to heat up a cup of coffee. The smart AIO detects that this would overload the system based on too many other items running so it tells the MW not to start until another item switches off.
"Turn on the MW Hal",
"I can't do that."
At any rate Quantum computers are going to change things I bet.
Reading an account on a recent breakthrough in Quantum computers it makes me wonder if a truly smart Off grid PV controller could be devised. This would monitor all loads in your home, incoming PV, State of charge and capacity of your batteries and turn on or off loads to maximize your solar and storage setup. One example would be heating water when excess solar is available but shutting it off if a higher precedent load turned on. Or running the dish washer through its cycle and not allowing another load to cycle on and overpower the inverter.
My thought is a Smart AIO. it would communicate with every load (WiFi?) and have ability to change operation based on all of it and also allowing user override when necessary.
Scenario: I go to use the Microwave to heat up a cup of coffee. The smart AIO detects that this would overload the system based on too many other items running so it tells the MW not to start until another item switches off.
"Turn on the MW Hal",
"I can't do that."
At any rate Quantum computers are going to change things I bet.