Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring large PV systems

2021-04-12 Thread William Miller
tascadero, CA 93422 805-438-5600 www.millersolar.com CA Lic. 773985 *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Hall *Sent:* Saturday, April 10, 2021 10:59 PM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring large PV systems AlsoEne

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring large PV systems

2021-04-12 Thread Steven Lawrence
William, I've used a lot of services from Fat Spaniel, SolarMagic, Draker, Noveda, AlsoEnergy, Locus, Qantum, Powerfactors, and Green Power Monitoring. Which one is the best is highly dependent upon your preferences and what services you require. I prefer AlsoEnergy for numerous reasons, one bein

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring large PV systems

2021-04-11 Thread Chris Mason
I've used Solar-Log for larger systems, they work with a number of inverter systems. On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 4:38 PM William Miller wrote: > Friends: > > > > We are starting to work on larger grid-tied systems (500kW) and I am > trying to school myself on some of the aspects. Monitoring is the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring large PV systems

2021-04-10 Thread Thomas Hall
AlsoEnergy bought a company called Locus Energy, Locus NOC, and bought a company called Deck Monitoring. All good platforms. I have worked with both of those and they work well for commercial revenue grade monitoring and weather reporting equipment integration. Also Energy also bought Draker La

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring large PV systems

2021-04-10 Thread Jerry Shafer
Wrenches Yes, fat spaniel was an early adaptor with lots of hardware Jerry On Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 7:42 PM Mark Frye wrote: > I do remember Fat Spaniel. I remember the day they came to our office to > show us their product. It was an enclosure full of power strips, wall warts > and wires going eve

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring large PV systems

2021-04-10 Thread Mark Frye
I do remember Fat Spaniel. I remember the day they came to our office to show us their product. It was an enclosure full of power strips, wall warts and wires going everywhere. Origins. On 4/10/2021 2:52 PM, Jerry Shafer wrote: Wrenches I have used many of the monitoring platforms, many of wh

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring large PV systems

2021-04-10 Thread Jerry Shafer
Wrenches I have used many of the monitoring platforms, many of which are either out or bought out and consolidated. Anybody remember "Fat Spaniel" they were one of the first. We had sites with full motion cameras to string level monitoring. Now if its up to me I go simple with eguage, they have wha

[RE-wrenches] Monitoring large PV systems

2021-04-10 Thread William Miller
Friends: We are starting to work on larger grid-tied systems (500kW) and I am trying to school myself on some of the aspects. Monitoring is the subject at hand. One such system uses AlsoEnergy hardware on the PowerTrack online platform. There is also a VistaWatt service that is involved tha