Home Battery Control Documentation
Open-source battery control for Home Assistant & Node-RED. Control your home batteries exactly how you want, without vendor lock-ins.
Quick Navigation
🚀 Getting Started
- Installation Guide - Step-by-step setup instructions
- Battery connection - Connect your batteries to Home Assistant
⚡ Control Strategies
- Strategy Overview - Compare all available strategies
- Self-Consumption Setup - PID controller tuning guide
- Solar Forecast Setup - Charge using solar predictions
- Dynamic Strategy Setup - Price-based automation
- 🧪 Dynamic Strategy v2 - Lab feature — per-interval price matching
🔧 Advanced Topics
- Advanced Features - EV trigger, multi-battery, 3-phase
- Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions
🔄 Updating
- How to Update - Update HA config, dashboard and Node-RED flows
About This Project
Home Battery Control provides ready-to-use Node-RED flows and Home Assistant configurations for:
- Multiple control strategies - Self-consumption, timed, dynamic (+ v2 lab), charge, sell, Charge PV, Zero import, Standby / peak shave, and more
- Advanced PID control - Fine-tuned battery management
- Easy customization - Adapt to your specific hardware and needs
- Community-driven - Open source and actively maintained