RCT Power
weltenwort/home-assistant-rct-power-integration · vv0.14.2
A Home Assistant custom component to integrate with RCT Power inverters.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
sensor | Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…) |
What people report
RCT Power inverters are read locally over TCP 8899. Entities stay available with stale data when the inverter is unreachable.
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCT Power inverter | Partly works Local | Local TCP polling works; entities do not go unavailable on repeated failuresSaved copyOne word to "data fetching fails". I using a python script to read data continuously in 10 minutes interval from the inverter unit (on local network). For testing purpose i configured the RCT Power Portal (cloud), that reads along the same TCP 8899 the data too. Then i'm facing massive data read failures on my local script. Only the deletion of the Power Portal account leds again to an error-free execution of the local script. However - The Power Portal and a local script don't work in parallel. I know, that's not the problem here, but can help. Maybe the TCP Stack on the inverter unit is … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #360 · 2024-01 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 455 (0.06%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 111 |
| Latest version | v0.14.2 (2026-10-19) |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @weltenwort |
| License | MIT |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
