Trefor Southwell, the creator of PredBat was kind enough to give me some of his time to discuss the capability and how it can help people automate their home battery management locally and in a very clever way.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:38 Introduction to Trefor
2:48 PredBat & how it works
4:12 Working with tracker tariffs
5:49 UK or worldwide?
7:19 Equipment compatibility
8:57 How to get started
12:01 How to get support
12:58 Can it handle clipping?
15:43 PredBat under the hood!
17:35 Benefits of local control
19:48 Why don't the energy companies provide PredBat?
21:22 Summary
22:21 Buy Trefor a beer!

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