Solar Assistant Dashboard confusion

[Muskoka]

Hey folks, relatively new to SA, couple weeks. I'm confused with what I'm seeing on the Dashboard. In the provided pic you can see I have a 77w load on the system, I have 185w of solar coming in from the panels, yet the net battery wattage is only 33w to the good. Again, I'm new to SA, so I'm not sure how this Dashboard is doing it's math, but in my mind that doesn't add up?

 

[houseofancients]

inverter/system self consumption ?

 

[Muskoka]

Was thinking that might be it. Couldn't find anywhere that I might be able to configure that for my system in SA.

 

[houseofancients]

Was thinking that might be it. Couldn't find anywhere that I might be able to configure that for my system.

you can't as far as i know

 

[Muskoka]

Do you know what value/figure/percentage they're using? Been trying to find answers, not really seeing anything, other than a lot of Dashboards that look similar to mine, don't add up.

 

[Adam De Lay]

I don’t think it will ever add up and match 100%. Your always gonna have idle consumption as well as cable losses which will affect the values.

 

[Muskoka]

Understand, I'd just like to know how much they're assigning to my system losses, what percentage are they using in the calculation. It must be a fixed value somewhere.

 

[houseofancients]

Understand, I'd just like to know how much they're assigning to my system losses, what percentage are they using in the calculation. It must be a fixed value somewhere.

it's not a calculation ....
basically solar - self consumption = amps/watts added to battery

 

[Muskoka]

I'm also used to data coming from a Midnite Classic with a Whizbang Junior/Shunt for many years, which gave very accurate information. I do have a Victron Smart Shunt, and it is connected to SA. I was thinking the accuracy would be close to what I see from the Midnite/Whizbang setup.

No biggie really, this system is new to me. I'll get used to seeing the discrepancy and won't worry about it. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing, overlooking a setting somewhere, to get a more accurate value, reading.

 

[TomC4306]

Settings, battery.
Disconnect.
Advanced.
After making any changes in there don't forget to reconnect when exiting.

 

[Muskoka]

Done that, followed a good video for setting it up.

 

[fmeili1]

Hey folks, relatively new to SA, couple weeks. I'm confused with what I'm seeing on the Dashboard. In the provided pic you can see I have a 77w load on the system, I have 185w of solar coming in from the panels, yet the net battery wattage is only 33w to the good. Again, I'm new to SA, so I'm not sure how this Dashboard is doing it's math, but in my mind that doesn't add up?

I've tried to explain this in this post.