{"id":11973,"date":"2025-05-27T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monta.com\/uk\/?post_type=help-center&#038;p=11973"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:58:57","slug":"use-solarcharge-home","status":"publish","type":"help-center","link":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/help-center\/use-solarcharge-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use solar charging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Solar charging is a feature that enables private charge point owners who have solar panels to use the solar panels to power their charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/monta.com\/uk\/help-center\/set-up-solarcharge\/\" data-type=\"help-center\" data-id=\"14351\">read more about the set up here<\/a>. The way you set up solar charging depends on your charge points, panels and meter setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find Solar charging in Monta Charge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the Chargers page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the&nbsp;<strong>&#8230;<\/strong>&nbsp;button in the top right corner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on&nbsp;<strong>Home features<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select Solar charging<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"storylane\">\n  <script async src=\"https:\/\/js.storylane.io\/js\/v2\/storylane.js\"><\/script>\n  <div class=\"sl-embed\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:calc(216.41% + 0px);width:100%;height:0;transform:scale(1)\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sl-demo\" src=\"https:\/\/app.storylane.io\/demo\/yvkajolsylbg\" name=\"sl-embed\" title=\"Interactive product demo\" aria-label=\"Interactive product demo\" allow=\"fullscreen\" allowfullscreen style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%!important;height:100%!important;border:1px solid rgba(63,95,172,0.35);box-shadow: 0px 0px 18px rgba(26, 19, 72, 0.15);border-radius:10px;box-sizing:border-box;\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saveeye integration <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure the your Saveeye meter is already registered in your Saveeye account and connect to Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select Saveeye <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Either scan a QR code or enter the serial number manually<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wait for a success message<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"storylane\">\n  <script async src=\"https:\/\/js.storylane.io\/js\/v2\/storylane.js\"><\/script>\n  <div class=\"sl-embed\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:calc(216.41% + 0px);width:100%;height:0;transform:scale(1)\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sl-demo\" src=\"https:\/\/app.storylane.io\/demo\/q98d5p4jnb1c\" name=\"sl-embed\" title=\"Interactive product demo\" aria-label=\"Interactive product demo\" allow=\"fullscreen\" allowfullscreen style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%!important;height:100%!important;border:1px solid rgba(63,95,172,0.35);box-shadow: 0px 0px 18px rgba(26, 19, 72, 0.15);border-radius:10px;box-sizing:border-box;\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set up Solar Forecast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If Solar Forecast is available to you, you can set it up, based on the positioning of your panels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select <strong>Solar Forecast<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configure the position of your solar panels\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set the&nbsp;<strong>Peak Output<\/strong>&nbsp;in kW<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the angle of declination in degrees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set the Azimuth in degrees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See the calculated kW output and click to calibrate it if needed.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you have a display that shows you your current kW output, you can insert the number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the inputs and you are done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"storylane\">\n  <script async src=\"https:\/\/js.storylane.io\/js\/v2\/storylane.js\"><\/script>\n  <div class=\"sl-embed\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:calc(216.41% + 0px);width:100%;height:0;transform:scale(1)\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sl-demo\" src=\"https:\/\/app.storylane.io\/demo\/jyaybb3rieua\" name=\"sl-embed\" title=\"Interactive product demo\" aria-label=\"Interactive product demo\" allow=\"fullscreen\" allowfullscreen style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%!important;height:100%!important;border:1px solid rgba(63,95,172,0.35);box-shadow: 0px 0px 18px rgba(26, 19, 72, 0.15);border-radius:10px;box-sizing:border-box;\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Charge with solar charging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can currently use solar charging with Charge Now. The charge amount will be determined by the output of you solar panels and your car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>Chargers<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the charge point you have set up with solar charging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Charge now<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toggle on <strong>Solar charging<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slide to start charging right now<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"storylane\">\n        <script src=\"https:\/\/js.storylane.io\/js\/v1\/storylane.js\"><\/script>\n        <div class=\"sl-embed\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:calc(216.41% + 2px);width:100%;height:0;transform:scale(1)\">\n          <iframe class=\"sl-demo\" src=\"https:\/\/app.storylane.io\/demo\/ybybekuga4nx\" name=\"sl-embed\" title=\"Interactive product demo\" aria-label=\"Interactive product demo\" allow=\"fullscreen; camera; microphone\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:none;\"><\/iframe>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this guide you will learn how to set up and use SolarCharge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"help_cat":[326],"help_tags":[413],"class_list":["post-11973","help-center","type-help-center","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","help_cat-charge-home","help_tags-charge"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-center\/11973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-center"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/help-center"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"help_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help_cat?post=11973"},{"taxonomy":"help_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help_tags?post=11973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}