diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index c33787b98..f92f77f10 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ func checkVersion() {
 
 var teeIsChained bool // controles piping of first channel in teed chain
 
+// tee splits a tee channel from an input channel and starts a goroutine
+// for duplicateing channel values to replacement input and tee channel
 func tee(in chan core.Param) (chan core.Param, <-chan core.Param) {
 	gen := make(chan core.Param)
 	tee := make(chan core.Param)
@@ -205,6 +207,14 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		var teeChan <-chan core.Param
 		valueChan, teeChan = tee(valueChan)
 
+		// eliminate duplicate values
+		dedupe := server.NewDeduplicator(30*time.Minute, "socCharge")
+		teeChan = dedupe.Pipe(teeChan)
+
+		// reduce number of values written to influx
+		limiter := server.NewLimiter(1 * time.Minute)
+		teeChan = limiter.Pipe(teeChan)
+
 		go influx.Run(teeChan)
 	}
 
@@ -214,6 +224,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	var teeChan <-chan core.Param
 	valueChan, teeChan = tee(valueChan)
+
 	go socketHub.Run(teeChan, triggerChan)
 
 	// start all loadpoints
diff --git a/evcc.dist.yaml b/evcc.dist.yaml
index 5c6b01940..55d03729d 100644
--- a/evcc.dist.yaml
+++ b/evcc.dist.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 uri: 0.0.0.0:7070 # uri for ui
 interval: 10s # control cycle interval
 
+# mqtt message broker
 mqtt:
-  broker: localhost:1883 # mqtt broker address
+  broker: localhost:1883
+  # user:
+  # password:
+
+# influx database (v1)
+influx:
+  url: http://localhost:8086
+  database: evcc
   # user:
   # password:
 
diff --git a/server/limiter.go b/server/limiter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1ecafaed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/limiter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/andig/evcc/core"
+)
+
+// Piper is the interface that data flow plugins must implement
+type Piper interface {
+	Pipe(in <-chan core.Param) <-chan core.Param
+}
+
+type cacheItem struct {
+	updated time.Time
+	val     interface{}
+}
+
+// Deduplicator allows filtering of channel data by given criteria
+type Deduplicator struct {
+	interval time.Duration
+	filter   map[string]interface{}
+	cache    map[string]cacheItem
+}
+
+// NewDeduplicator creates Deduplicator
+func NewDeduplicator(interval time.Duration, filter ...string) Piper {
+	l := &Deduplicator{
+		interval: interval,
+		filter:   make(map[string]interface{}),
+		cache:    make(map[string]cacheItem),
+	}
+
+	for _, f := range filter {
+		l.filter[f] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	return l
+}
+
+func (l *Deduplicator) pipe(in <-chan core.Param, out chan<- core.Param) {
+	for p := range in {
+		// use loadpoint + param.Key as lookup key to value cache
+		key := p.LoadPoint + "." + p.Key
+		item, cached := l.cache[key]
+		_, filtered := l.filter[p.Key]
+
+		// forward if not cached
+		if !cached || !filtered || filtered &&
+			(time.Since(item.updated) >= l.interval || p.Val != item.val) {
+			l.cache[key] = cacheItem{updated: time.Now(), val: p.Val}
+			out <- p
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Pipe creates a new filtered output channel for given input channel
+func (l *Deduplicator) Pipe(in <-chan core.Param) <-chan core.Param {
+	out := make(chan core.Param)
+	go l.pipe(in, out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// Limiter allows filtering of channel data by given criteria
+type Limiter struct {
+	interval time.Duration
+	cache    map[string]cacheItem
+}
+
+// NewLimiter creates limiter
+func NewLimiter(interval time.Duration) Piper {
+	l := &Limiter{
+		interval: interval,
+		cache:    make(map[string]cacheItem),
+	}
+
+	return l
+}
+
+func (l *Limiter) pipe(in <-chan core.Param, out chan<- core.Param) {
+	for p := range in {
+		// use loadpoint + param.Key as lookup key to value cache
+		key := p.LoadPoint + "." + p.Key
+		item, cached := l.cache[key]
+
+		// forward if not cached or expired
+		if !cached || time.Since(item.updated) >= l.interval {
+			l.cache[key] = cacheItem{updated: time.Now(), val: p.Val}
+			out <- p
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Pipe creates a new filtered output channel for given input channel
+func (l *Limiter) Pipe(in <-chan core.Param) <-chan core.Param {
+	out := make(chan core.Param)
+	go l.pipe(in, out)
+	return out
+}