# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Power by the Hour: Insights per hour, day, month and year

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-power-by-the-hour-insights-per-hour-day-month-and-year/20535>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Tags:** app, tools\
**Created:** [November 10, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-power-by-the-hour-insights-per-hour-day-month-and-year/20535 "2019-11-10T22:06:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-power-by-the-hour-insights-per-hour-day-month-and-year/20535/2005 "2023-12-28T08:45:45Z")

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> [@Torch1969](#):
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> looks like the strategy wants to discharge completely, before charging?

No, it shouldnt by default. It optimizes profit. Only If profit is higher when discharging first, it will discharge.

> [@Torch1969](#):
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> the battery wouldn’t charge this night, while there were a lot of hours with low price

It also takes the energy losses into account, not just the price difference you set. Actually it is not using the setting as a price difference, but as a cost factor to charge+discharge 1kWh. You should set it a bit lower then what you were used to before. What value did you set?

> [@Torch1969](#):
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> even if battery isn’t completely full/empty.

It should already do that. Again: profit is what is optimized. It will take the actual SoC and minute of the current hour as starting point.

> [@Torch1969](#):
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> strategy only uses the three power levels

As a basis yes. But it can combine these within an hour (e.g. 40 minutes high load, 20 minutes low load). The proposed power will then be a weighted average.

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