@Danke , Emporia question for you: How are you measuring consumption, solar generation and battery charging? The problem is that the 2.5mm ports are not bi-directional. I asked Emporia and they said it's not a hardware limitation, it's a mere firmware setting and lack of software implementation.
So this is how I have mine setup:
Vue 1:
3.5mm port is on the incoming grid wire, measuring bi-directional flow (can't export to grid yet so I'm in load only mode)
2.5mm port is running two 3.5mm clamps in series measuring the grid side and the load side of the Sol-Ark and set as "solar" in Emporia. The problem is that when the Grid < Load it means solar generation, which is measured accurately. But when Grid > Load, it should be consumption as that would be energy flowing into the battery, but Emporia can't record that as consumption, it still measures it as production.
Vue 2:
3.5mm port: on the wire incoming to the main breaker panel which is the same as the load side of the Sol-Ark.
2.5mm ports: individual breakers inside the breaker.
So if I want to measure the battery charge consumption, I have to look at the grid input and the load output readings and if Grid > Load it means the "solar" measurement is actually negative and is data that should be logged as consumption (charging the battery + Sol-Ark overhead)
Mind you this is only a problem if you ever use grid to charge your batteries, if you only use solar to charge the battery then the "solar" will read correctly at all times, it's just "delayed stored solar" when it's coming from the battery. However, I am planning on switching to a free nights energy plan which means I will very much charge my battery from the grid as soon as the clock hits 9PM and I'll be sucking up that sweet free power so I will definitely have this problem. I guess I can fix it all in Excel but I was wondering how you solved this predicatment.
