Charging active when Amps below Min Workable Current

[vscfreire]

Hi,
I don't want to charge when Min Workable Current is below 5 Amps, so I set that option and set Min current to 0 Amps. The car effectively doesn't charge, because it sets the charging to 0 Amps, but it stays in Charging mode, which uses more energy than being in Sleep/Charging Stopped. Shouldn't this be the default? If Current is bellow Min Workable Current, shouldn't the Charging be stopped?
Thanks

[flashg1]

Hey @vscfreire

I don't want to charge when Min Workable Current is below 5 Amps

May I ask the reason why?

What kind of charger do you have? Do you have a single phase or 3 phase charger? Which API are you using?

Not sure if you have read the design page.

It is by design to switch on and off the charger only once per charge session to avoid wearing out the electrical contactor. There has been suggestion to only switch off after long period of low solar to minimise number of times switching on/off charger. I will need to think about how to incorporate that into the current logic.

Let me know if you are interested in testing a beta version that turns off charger if there is not enough solar.

[flashg1]

Please try v0.5.0 with following new feature,

Added "Power monitor duration" to turn off charger if average power in duration drops below "Min workable current". Requires "Min workable current" to be a non-zero value.