Dampening tied to sun elevation angle

[yaroslav-khomyak]

I would like to suggest adding support for dampening based on the sun’s elevation angle. Around my location, nearby buildings block sunlight in autumn when the sun is low, but the same buildings do not cause shading at the same time of day in summer. It would be very helpful if the system allowed defining dampening profiles depending on the sun’s altitude above the horizon, rather than relying only on fixed time-based dampening.

[autoSteve]

An initial knee-jerk reaction from me is, "No".

I considered this when building auto-dampening.

You want a different auto-dampening model, then build it, and suggest it.

You are straying into paid Solcast territory of offering forecast adjustment based on lay-of-the-land.

I personally do not have the will to support such an advancement. It would be "next level" complex.

You get solar forecasts for free. Get them. And live with a most advanced auto-dampen feature, which does not do things at a fixed time-of-day, rather is adaptive.

We do this for free.

I am immediately closing this.

[autoSteve]

Or maybe you didn't read the readme, @yaroslav-khomyak.

Auto-dampening is now a thing...

[BJReplay]

if the system allowed defining dampening profiles depending on the sun’s altitude above the horizon

How many?

• 1?
• 2?
• 4?
• 6?
• 12?
• 365?

Yeah, Nah

Just turn on automated dampening.