Total energy reads a much bigger number than the inverter display. Is the template wrong?

Growatt energy registers are uint32 spanning two consecutive addresses. If decoded as uint16, the low word shows huge values. Confirm data type is uint32 in the ModbusCloud template. The default template handles this correctly.

Grid output power per phase is in kVA, not kW. Why?

Growatt publishes apparent power per phase rather than real power. For most residential installs kVA is close to kW because the inverter operates near unity power factor. If you need precise real power per phase, use a separate energy meter on each phase.

Free Modbus template: Growatt Inverter

This ModbusCloud template reads inverter status, output power, daily and total generated energy, and grid output power per phase from Growatt inverters over Modbus RTU at 9600 baud. Output power and energy registers are uint32 or int32 spanning two consecutive Modbus addresses. Aimed at residential and small commercial Growatt PV installations where a local data logger exposes Modbus RTU.

Name	Address	Function	Type	Unit	Access
Inverter status 0-waiting, 1-normal, 2-fault	0	FC04	uint16		R
Output power	35	FC04	uint32	kWh	R
Today generated energy	53	FC04	uint32	kWh	R
Total generated energy	55	FC04	uint32	kWh	R
Grid output power L1	40	FC04	int32	kVA	R
Grid output power L2	44	FC04	int32	kVA	R
Grid output power L3	48	FC04	int32	kVA	R