A UK homeowner rebuilt his solar system's dashboard with AI and tested its battery controls.
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An AI assistant tied to Home Assistant let one owner change the battery reserve in real time.
Hibbert says that, with no coding background, he used ChatGPT and a coding tool to build his own interface on top of the Home Assistant integration.
According to Hibbert, the system's AI looks at solar forecasts, energy prices and household use to decide when to buy electricity from the grid and when to sell it back.
During a grid outage on the first day, Hibbert says the system did not switch to battery power immediately.
Hibbert felt he did not fully own the system. Some controls were locked in the app, and he was told that only the installer could enable them.
Hibbert praised the Heatable team, from the surveyor who planned the layout to the scaffolders who worked around the rain and the people who fitted the panels.
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