Re: [RE-wrenches] wrenches] Internet-based monitoring -- including battery banks?

[Allan Sindelar]

Dan, You might also wish to investigate the Bogart Engineering PentaMetric. It's not for everyone - too customizable for the average user (and even the manual cautions about this). But three shunt-based inputs, all DC-based. It outputs to proprietary software that can be accessed remotely, I think. I have only installed one in a system, and the homeowner used the data available on site, so I have no experience with remote access. But you can decide for yourself if it will meet your needs at http://www.bogartengineering.com/products/pentametric. Allan Sindelar Allan@positiveenergysolar.com NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer EE98J Journeyman Electrician Positive Energy, Inc. 3201 Calle Marie Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 505 424-1112 www.positiveenergysolar.com On 11/27/2010 5:20 PM, cvso...@aol.com wrote: Dan,   The WattMetrics system I mentioned earlier is set up to work with the output of the Mate in an Outback system.  Not sure how it works with other inverters. On the live sites, Herick &  Magic Mountain are Outback remote transmitter sites and the Solarfest Office is a grid tied Outback.and you will see in the recent data that there have been Grid Outages included.   John CVSolar, -----Original Message----- From: Dan Fink <dan...@hughes.net> To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Sent: Sat, Nov 27, 2010 6:07 pm Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Internet-based monitoring -- including battery banks? In addition to the excellent information being posted here on monitoring grid-tied systems, I would be curious to know what products Wrenches have used and would recommend (or not) -- and why -- for web-based monitoring of systems that include battery banks, whether grid-tied islanding or off-grid. We are still working on getting data from the FlexNetDC on the Herrick site.   DAN FINK  Buckville Energy Consulting LLC  http://www.buckville.com/  IREC / ISPQ accredited Continuing Education Providers  _______________________________________________  List sponsored by Home Power magazine    List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org    Options & settings:  http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org    List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org    List rules & etiquette:  www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm    Check out participant bios:  www.members.re-wrenches.org    _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org

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