Re: [RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark

2024-02-05 Thread William Miller via RE-wrenches
Jason: EVs apparently have their own problems with metering: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44754199/tesla-range-display-estimate-tested/ William Miller Solar 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 805-438-5600 www.millersolar.com CA Lic. 773985 *From:* Jason Szumlanski [mailt

Re: [RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark

2024-02-05 Thread Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches
This isn't an acceptable response that I can give to people spending tens of thousands of dollars on batteries. These clients roll into their garage and their EV tells them how many miles are left (state of charge, effectively). If it can be done in an EV, it's unacceptable to resign ourselves as s

[RE-wrenches] Schneider Insight Home and Insight Cloud

2024-02-05 Thread Lou Russo via RE-wrenches
Aloha All, I recently installed 2 new off-grid systems using all Scneider products, Discover 7.4 batteries and the Insight Home all setup in Insight Cloud. Both systems are experiencing communications issues with Insight Cloud and a bit on the Xanbus. Though each in a different way. Before I go i

Re: [RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark

2024-02-05 Thread William Miller via RE-wrenches
Jason: I am careful about getting my clients too dependent on SOC readings. SOC is a calculated value based on changing variables and is notoriously inaccurate. Below is a screenshot of the Optics reporting for a client. The graph line that begins as the lower of the two is the SOC, the oth

Re: [RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark

2024-02-05 Thread Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches
I have done the cheap tablet route in the same application. Just install a browser extension to auto refresh the So-ark app screen at an interval of your choosing. All browsers have add-ons which do it. On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 9:33 AM Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches

Re: [RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark

2024-02-05 Thread Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches
I don't want to add a device that provides a separate (different) state of charge than what is reported by the BMS itself. That is just going to lead to confusion and complaints from the homeowner. I was hoping the Sol-Ark could feed SOC and voltage information to a simple external display. I'm lea

Re: [RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark

2024-02-05 Thread John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches
Jason, I have found that the TriMetric meter is still somewhat useful and as with lead acid batteries, still recommend not trusting the SOC. My trimetric with no setting changes is still reading SOC about as unreliable as with lead acid but I use the voltage readings combined with a printout of

Re: [RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark

2024-02-05 Thread Chris Schaefer via RE-wrenches
Why not revert to the tried, trued and tested Trimetric 2030 from Bogart engineering? I miss the old 2020 units that we installed on every off grid system back in the day. Christopher On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 11:38 AM Glenn Burt via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Cheap t