Bringing the EV Charger Inside: OCPP, Home Assistant, and Off-Grid Load Visibility

How I integrated my EV charger into Home Assistant via OCPP, the debugging it took, and why separating EV load from household load changed my sizing analysis.

April 22, 2026 · 8 min · Josh

How Much Solar Is Enough? The Data I Wasn't Collecting

Why naive solar sizing rules fail, how clipping hides real array capacity, and building a data foundation in Home Assistant.

April 20, 2026 · 6 min · Josh