# Negative energy

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/negative-energy/153358>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [April 4, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/negative-energy/153358 "2026-04-04T07:45:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Soren\_Grunberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/soren_grunberg/32/123014_2.png) [@Soren\_Grunberg](https://community.homey.app/u/Soren_Grunberg)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/negative-energy/153358/1 "2026-04-04T07:45:59Z")

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Hi, I would recommend a possibility to set energy to negative. Reason for this: my Shelly realises not the exact input from the solar hybrid converter so I use an Eve energy plug in device to measure the input energy from the hybrid converter, but it’s counted as positive and it would be nice if it would be counted as negative

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**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/negative-energy/153358/2 "2026-04-04T08:19:50Z")

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You can do that by an Advanced Virtual Device.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/negative-energy/153358/3 "2026-04-04T08:27:53Z")

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From what I know this should be sufficient:  
In Device Settings, at “Plugged in”, select “Solar Panel”;  
This way Homey knows that plug measures generated energy instead of grid energy:

 ![Screenshot_20260404_102325_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/4/344a41e703afecb08984317abbbdee32356a01e2.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot_20260404_102250_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/e/3edf0bf40cc032f73a6a36e59470790f3ea721d9.jpeg)