☀️ Smart solar battery charging scheduler — for £5/month

Your solar battery.
Wake up to lower energy bills.

SolTicker takes the guesswork out of overnight charging:

  • 🔭A specialist solar forecast that refines itself through the night
  • 🔄Updates your inverter automatically before your low-cost period begins
  • Charges your battery with just enough cheap off-peak electricity, if required - winter
  • ☀️Leaves room for the day's solar, so no free energy goes to waste
  • The perfect charge every morning — no manual adjustments, ever
SolTicker
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🔋 Maximise free solar power!
Everyone in your household is notified the moment your panels generate more power than your home and battery need.

Great time for the washing machine, dishwasher, or EV charger ⚡
⏱️ 10 minutes to set up
🔄 Runs automatically every night
🧠 Zero technical knowledge needed
💳 Cancel any time — no contract

It just works. Every night.

Set it up once. Then SolTicker runs automatically — checking the forecast, charging at the right level, cutting the grid the moment it's done.

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Every evening at 10pm

We check tomorrow's solar forecast

SolTicker reads the live solar forecast for your panel layout and checks tonight's cheap-rate window. It calculates exactly how much grid charge you'll need (if any) — not a penny more.

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Overnight

Your battery charges on cheap electricity

At ≈7.5p/kWh instead of ≈24p peak rate (Octopus). Only to the level you actually need. The moment the target SOC is hit, SolTicker cuts the grid. Charging stops. No waste, ever.

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All day

Solar powers your home for free

Your panels top up the battery and run your appliances. Every morning starts with the exact charge your household needs — automatically before the sun comes up and provides power, every single day.

Everything your battery needs

One flat fee. No hidden extras. Every feature included from day one — for every member of your household.

Smart overnight charging

Never over- or under-charge again. We calculate the exact state of charge you need each night, based on your home's real consumption history.

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Solar forecast integration

Sunshine intensity matched precisely to your panel direction. Two-array support (e.g. NE + SW). Cloud cover baked in. Forecast updated overnight.

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Savings dashboard

See exactly how much you've saved vs paying peak-rate grid. Monthly breakdowns, rolling 30-day view, CO₂ avoided, and trees planted equivalent.

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Free electricity alerts

Instant notification the moment your battery is full and solar is generating surplus. The perfect time to run the washing machine, dishwasher, or charge the EV.

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Nightly plan notification

Know tonight's charge decision before you go to bed. Slot ON or OFF, target SOC, forecast kWh, and when your battery will hit its daily low point.

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Mobile-friendly web app

SolTicker is a web app that works beautifully on any phone. Add it to your home screen for quick access. Live battery SOC chart, day navigation, savings stats — fast and responsive on any device.

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Household member sharing

Add your partner or family members. Per-person notification preferences — everyone stays in the loop without the noise.

Charge complete notification

Know the exact moment overnight charging is done. Telegram or email — your choice. Wake up knowing exactly what the day holds.

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Grid export tracking

See how much electricity you're selling back and what it's worth. Export tariff awareness built in — actual rate, estimated rate, or "not yet paid" clearly flagged.

You'll never have to wonder what your battery's doing

SolTicker sends you friendly, plain-English updates at exactly the right moment — before bed, when charging's done, and the instant free electricity kicks in.

Your whole household gets the same updates. Everyone knows when to run the big appliances. Nobody's left guessing.

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Sample Notifications

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Tonight's plan: Slot ON — charging to 62%
Forecast 14 kWh tomorrow (cloudy). Charging 5.2 kWh at cheap rate to bridge the gap. Cost: ~39p.
Tonight · 22:00
Charging complete — target reached
Battery hit 62%. Grid cut at 03:14. All done for tonight — solar takes over at sunrise.
This morning · 03:14
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Free electricity — battery full, solar surplus 2.8kW
Great time to run the dishwasher, washing machine, or charge the car.
Today · 11:22

How much could you save?

Plug in your numbers. See your estimated monthly saving in seconds.

Where does the saving come from?

On cloudy nights — SolTicker fills your battery using cheap overnight electricity (like Octopus Go at 7.5p). The next day your home runs off that cheap electricity instead of buying it from the grid at 24p. That difference is money in your pocket.

On sunny days — SolTicker doesn't fill the battery all the way overnight. It leaves room so your solar panels can top it up for free the next morning. Without that, the solar energy would just get wasted.

Your setup

Adjust the values to match your tariff and system.

p/kWh
p/kWh
kWh
days

Your estimated savings

Based on your inputs and typical UK usage patterns.

One plan. Everything included.

No setup fee. No contracts. No tiers. Just £5 a month and everything works.

Everything included
£5
per month
Smart charging · Maximum savings · Zero faff
  • Automatic nightly charge planning
  • Real-time solar forecast integration
  • Free electricity alerts
  • Full savings dashboard & monthly history
  • Grid export tracking
  • Household member sharing
  • Mobile-friendly web app (add to home screen)
  • Telegram & email notifications
  • Nightly plan summary at 10pm
  • Charge complete notification

Cancel any time from your account. No setup fee. No long-term contract. No hidden extras.

Built for Growatt inverters

SolTicker is built from the ground up for Growatt — the SPH, MIN, and MAX series that power hundreds of thousands of UK homes. If you've got a Growatt, you're ready to go today.

SPH series
MIN series
MAX series
AC-coupled
DC-coupled
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Got a different inverter brand?

We're working on SolarEdge, SMA, Sungrow, and more. Join the waitlist — we'll email you the moment your inverter is supported. The more people who request a brand, the higher it moves up our list. New brands typically take around 5 days to add — though please note that not all inverters are suitable, especially older models.

Join the waitlist
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ARK · Growatt · Pylon
Compatible battery brands
Works with all major cheap-rate tariffs
Octopus Go Intelligent Go E.ON Drive OVO Charge Anytime EDF GoElectric British Gas Electric Driver

We've got answers

Everything you need to know before you sign up. Still unsure? Drop us a message.

Not at all. You sign up, enter your inverter cloud account username and password, tell us about your panels and tariff, and you're done. SolTicker handles everything from there — no wiring, no configuration files, no command lines.

SolTicker currently supports Growatt inverters — the SPH, MIN, and MAX series. These cover the vast majority of UK residential solar+battery installations. If you have a different brand, you can join the waitlist and we'll email you when your inverter is supported. We can usually add a new brand within 5 days.

Your inverter credentials are encrypted using AES-256 before being stored — the same standard used by banks. All data is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). We never store your password in plain text. You can read our full privacy policy for the complete picture.

Yes, absolutely. No contract, no minimum term, no cancellation fees. Cancel from your billing page and your subscription ends immediately. No fuss, no questions asked.

SolTicker retries automatically on the next cycle. You'll get a notification if we can't reach your inverter, so you're always in the loop. On the rare occasion the API is unavailable for a prolonged period, your inverter simply stays on the last settings applied.

Yes — any tariff with a cheaper overnight window works perfectly. Octopus Go and Intelligent Go are the most popular, but E.ON Drive, OVO Charge Anytime, EDF GoElectric, British Gas Electric Driver, and any other time-of-use tariff all work.

Very. SolTicker uses Open-Meteo's Global Tilted Irradiance (GTI) data — it models the exact irradiance hitting your tilted panels, accounting for orientation, tilt angle, sun position, and cloud cover. We run separate forecasts for each array (e.g. NE and SW-facing). Far more accurate than simple cloud-cover estimates.

It's the moment your battery is full and your solar is generating more than your home is using. Surplus power is going back to the grid for pennies — far better to run the washing machine, dishwasher, or charge the EV right now. SolTicker spots this instantly and pings everyone in your household.

Solar households who've made the switch

Real people with real solar systems, saving real money — every single night.

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Ken F.
Epsom, Surrey · Growatt SPH5000 + ARK 10kWh
★★★★★

"I used to spend Sunday evenings fiddling with the Growatt app, guessing whether to charge. Now I get a notification before bed — slot OFF tonight, panels will cover it. That's it. Done."

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Sarah M.
Customer since launch · Octopus Go tariff
★★★★★

"The free electricity alerts are brilliant. My dishwasher and washing machine now run on sunshine. My kids think I've become obsessed with the weather app — really it's just SolTicker."

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James T.
Growatt SPH5000 · 9.2kWh battery
★★★★★

"Setup took less than 10 minutes. It just... works. Every morning the battery is at exactly the right level. I've saved over £300 in four months. Five pounds a month is ridiculous value."

🔒 AES-256 encrypted credentials
☁️ AWS hosted, 99.9% uptime
🇬🇧 UK company, GDPR compliant
💳 Cancel any time — no contract
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The best time was when you got solar.
The second best time is now.

Every night you're not using SolTicker, you're either over-charging your battery, under-charging it, or paying peak rate for electricity you could have bought at 7.5p.

Start saving tonight — £5/month →

No contract · Cancel any time · Growatt inverters supported at launch