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Home Energy Management System Part 4: Characterising the Hypervolt Current Transformer

The Hypervolt EV Charge Point is a UK-manufactured 7kW single phase unit. It is one of the smartest looking EV chargers on the market. It has no controls on the unit and can only be controlled via a smartphone or similar via the cloud server. Continue reading

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Home Energy Management System Part 3: Planning the hardware

In order to meet my objectives without running wires from one part of my house to another, I will need at least the following WiFi-connected units for control and monitoring. Continue reading

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Home Energy Management System Part 2: Hacking the iBoost+ protocol

To monitor and control the iBoost+, one option would be to fake the sender current transformer input, and add a current transformer to measure the power being fed to the immersion heater. But if we can decode the RF protocols, it would be simpler to fake the sender RF transmission, and read the messages sent by the main unit to the Buddy. Continue reading

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Home Energy Management System Part 1: Objectives

This series will record my adventures in building a home Energy Management System, to monitor and control solar PV generation, battery storage, EV charging, hot water heating, and grid import/export. Continue reading

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