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Better still to use a hybrid inverter plus battery with an open API which you do not allow access to the 'net, instead accessing the things through a proxy like OpenHAB or HA. Isolate all your IoT equipment on a network which is blocked from accessing the 'net and use proxy applications for control and data visualisation.

I'm using a Fronius Symo GEN24 in this way, I can access all features through the API, it can not suddenly update itself without my knowledge or consent. I do not have a battery attached yet since these are too expensive still and I can sell any excess power at market rates for the coming 5 years. After that time I expect battery prices to have gone down so I'll probably get a set of batteries which should enable us to be mostly energy independent from spring to autumn.

No third parties are involved in any way, no data is exchanged with "the cloud".

Edit: I'm also rate limited for some reason, a common occurrence [1]. No idea whether this is related to flagging, my UID being throttled by default or some other cause. It does not seem to be related to downvoted posts since I have been rate limited many times without any visible downvotes.

[1] documented in my profile at https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=the_third_wave



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