u/InfinitumDividatur

I'm trying a *weird* thing, I'm on solar and like to charge my EV only when it's sunny out. My solar charge controller has a charge readout measured in watts, I have a camera pointed at the controller display so I can see how well it's charging for the day. I want to automate turning my car charger on and off depending on the amount of watts the power is currently charging. My idea is to have a tablet running tasker, the camera feed, and the smart home application, periodically screenshot the video feed, pull the number value from the screen and feed that into tasker, if above a set value it'll turn on the charger, if lower it'll stay off.

Is this idea wildly overcomplicated? Is there a better idea?

Appreciate any feedback!