Fronius + Beny

What Zerofy can do with Fronius and Beny

In practice

• Zerofy adjusts the charging current of your Beny charger but doesn’t switch phases. On a three-phase connection, solar charging needs at least about 4.1 kW of surplus (6 A × 3 × 230 V); on a single-phase connection about 1.4 kW.
• A typical Fronius home system (3–10 kW) needs a sunny midday to reach the 4.1 kW three-phase minimum. Wired single-phase, the charger starts from about 1.4 kW but charges at no more than about 3.7 kW.
• Zerofy gets new Fronius data every 5 minutes and adjusts accordingly. A minimum runtime and an activation threshold in Autopilot keep passing clouds from interrupting charging.
• Zerofy also shows your Fronius battery, so you can see whether surplus goes into the battery or into the car.
• If your car is connected to Zerofy too, turn on Autopilot for either the car or the charger, not both.
• The standard load-balancing kit is not the same as the Solar DLB box: only the solar version unlocks the PV and Hybrid modes. Via OCPP, Zerofy sets the charging power but not the phases, so on a three-phase BENY charging needs at least 6 A per phase, about 4.1 kW of surplus.

What Fronius and Beny offer on their own

Fronius: Fronius sells its own Wattpilot wallboxes, manufactured by go-e in Austria, a company Fronius holds a stake in. Wattpilot charges on solar surplus from 1.38 kW with automatic 1/3-phase switching, but only with a compatible Fronius inverter (GEN24, Verto, SnapINverter with Datamanager 2.0) and a Fronius Smart Meter at the grid connection point.

Beny: BENY’s own solar charging needs its Solar DLB box with current clamps at the house connection, configured in the Z-BOX app. It offers “PV” mode (keeps grid draw close to 0 A), “Hybrid” mode (solar plus grid within the DLB limit) and “Full speed”; it does not talk to the inverter.

Zerofy connects the two: it reads Fronius production and controls your Beny charger to match, together with your other devices in one app, with dynamic tariffs and forecast-based Smart mode.

Setting up Fronius and Beny in Zerofy

1. Connect Fronius

Zerofy reads your system from Fronius Solar.web through a guest account that you create for Zerofy.

1. Make sure your Fronius inverter is online and shows up in Solar.web.
2. In Solar.web, go to Settings → Permissions and create a new guest account.
3. Add Fronius in Zerofy and log in with the guest account credentials.

Step-by-step guide for Fronius

2. Connect Beny

Zerofy has a dedicated BENY entry in the app, which connects via OCPP; Zerofy can then start, stop and set the charging power.

1. In Zerofy, add a BENY charger and copy the OCPP URL.
2. Paste it into the OCPP settings of your charger’s configuration app.
3. Wait until the charger connects to Zerofy.

Step-by-step guide for Beny

3. Turn on Autopilot

In Zerofy, open your Beny charger, turn on Autopilot and choose Solar – or Smart to also use dynamic tariffs and forecasts. Set the priority, activation threshold and minimum runtime.

Dynamic tariffs

Zerofy can also run your Beny charger on dynamic electricity prices (EPEX Spot or Nord Pool, e.g. Tibber or aWATTar) or on a fixed time-of-use tariff. Smart mode combines those prices with forecasts of your household consumption and your Fronius solar production.

Learn more about Smart Mode

About Fronius and Beny

Fronius – Austrian manufacturer of inverters, welding and battery-charging technology. Homeowners typically have a Primo GEN24 (single-phase, 3–6 kW) or Symo GEN24 (three-phase, 3–10 kW) hybrid inverter, older Primo/Symo SnapINverters, and the Fronius Reserva battery (6.3–15.8 kWh). Monitoring app: Fronius Solar.web.

Beny – BENY is a Chinese maker of low-cost wallboxes with open OCPP 1.6J, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and an optional load-balancing kit. It is sold mainly through regional importers and installers, so availability and support depend on your local partner. Products: BENY BCP smart wallbox (7.4 / 22 kW).

Manufacturer information last checked: October 2026.

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