How far in advance does SunShift plan for possible outages?

How far in advance does SunShift plan for possible outages?

SunShift monitors the current Eskom (National Grid) loadshedding status every half hour. Upon receiving loadshedding times, SunShift immediately starts to optimize battery usage. If your batteries do not have enough charge, SunShift will charge them using the least grid power possible. If there is enough solar available, it will use that. It calculates how much to charge based on your load prediction (historical data), ensuring it only charges the minimum needed. If there is no solar or grid energy available, battery optimization will only start once it becomes available with the condition that there is an imminent next loadshedding timeframe.

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