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All the components used in your emonPi are subject to manufacturing tolerances. The calibration settings are calculated to give the correct readings provided every component is exactly on the specified value. Normally we expect the variations of individual components to cancel each other out to some extent. In your case, the difference is apparently about 10% but it's confused by the standing generation.

The 300 W standing PV generation is worrying, we don't expect to see anything like that much normally, and it represents about 7.2 kWh over a day. That puts the scale error something like 20 - 25%, and that's way out. I think you need to find out where the 300 W is coming from before you change any scale factors. The first step will be to take the CT off the cable (don't unplug it) and leave it in mid-air as far from any magnetic fields as possible, and see what you get. If possible, assuming it's on the line cable, try it on the neutral instead - facing the other way of course. Do the same to the other CT just to see if the same thing is going on there.

The easiest place to make the adjustment for scale factor is in emonhub.conf file (accessible via your browser), and change the value for the PV input from node 5 (" [[5]]  " - the order of the values corresponds with the list of names a couple of lines above) -  from 1 to something like 0.91.  But don't do this until you've investigated the standing value.

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