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Description
Feature request: configurable energy flow logic
My real system flow is:
- PV → battery
- battery → house
- grid → house
- house → grid (export if surplus)
- no direct PV → house
- no direct battery → grid
The battery always supplies the house first.
Only if the house does not need the available energy, the surplus flows from the house to the grid.
Example 1 (battery supplying the house):
The battery has sufficient charge and can dynamically provide power (e.g. controlled by a Shelly or similar device).
If the house currently needs 1800 W and the battery provides 800 W, then:
- 800 W come from battery → house
- 1000 W come from grid → house
Example 2 (battery full, PV surplus):
If the battery is already full and the PV produces 800 W while the house only needs 200 W, then:
- 200 W go to house
- 600 W go from house → grid
There is no direct PV → house connection and no direct battery → grid connection in this topology.
All energy always passes through the house node.
Currently the card always visualizes an implicit PV → house flow.
In my setup this is incorrect and cannot be represented.
Many real installations with a battery are wired this way:
PV is connected to the battery first, and the house is supplied from the battery.
However, most energy flow visualizations I tested — including the Home Assistant Energy Dashboard — assume a direct PV → house path and cannot represent this topology.
Request:
Option to disable PV → house and allow explicit flow definition:
- pv → battery
- battery → house
- grid → house
- house → grid
This would allow accurate visualization for systems where PV always charges the battery first and the house is supplied via the battery.