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

2024-02-10 Thread Kent via RE-wrenches
William This comment PS:  I am curious as to what you meant by: “At least with lithium batteries the SOC meter doesn't need to account for the return current dropping down as is required with lead-acid batteries.” is regarding the two plus hours lead-acid batteries need for absorption

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

2024-02-09 Thread Bruce Erickson via RE-wrenches
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Re: [RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark

2024-02-09 Thread Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches
adero, CA 93422 805-438-5600 www.millersolar.com [1] CA Lic. 773985 From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 7:30 AM To: RE-wrenches Cc: Jason Szumlanski Subject: [RE-wrenches] State of Charge

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

2024-02-06 Thread Mick Abraham via RE-wrenches
Me again, Mechanics, with some corrections to my recent post. Solar Assistant may not be a US based provider. They publish pricing in US dollars but I was unable to log in or create an account. Watts247.com claims to be the only authorized US distributor. https://watts247.com/product/solar-assist

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

2024-02-06 Thread Mick Abraham via RE-wrenches
~ This is yet another worthwhile topic with the Mechanics ~ Chris Mason wrote: "If you know someone who can set up a little raspberry pi with a display, you try this script. It's called solark-modbus." I did a google for Solark "raspberry pi" & the first link took me to this: https://solar-assis

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

2024-02-05 Thread William Miller via RE-wrenches
[mailto:ja...@floridasolardesigngroup.com] *Sent:* Monday, February 5, 2024 9:52 AM *To:* William Miller *Cc:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark This isn't an acceptable response that I can give to people spending tens of thousands of dollars on batt

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

2024-02-05 Thread Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches
; > CA Lic. 773985 > > > > > > *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On > Behalf Of *Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches > *Sent:* Sunday, February 4, 2024 7:30 AM > *To:* RE-wrenches > *Cc:* Jason Szumlanski > *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] St

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

2024-02-05 Thread William Miller via RE-wrenches
] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark Are there any off the shelf solutions to view battery SOC via a wired meter mounted remotely on a property? I have a client with a simple voltage based meter for lead acid batteries that they are accustomed to using as a quick and approximate gauge of SOC. They

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

2024-02-05 Thread Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches
gt;>> >>> -Glenn >>> Sent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors. >>> >>> -- Original message-- >>> *From: *Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches >>> *Date: *Sun, Feb 4, 2024 10:30 AM >>> *To:

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

2024-02-05 Thread Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches
- >> *From: *Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches >> *Date: *Sun, Feb 4, 2024 10:30 AM >> *To: *RE-wrenches; >> *Cc: *Jason Szumlanski; >> *Subject:*[RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark >> >> Are there any off the shelf solutions to view battery SOC

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
c: *Jason Szumlanski; > *Subject:*[RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark > > Are there any off the shelf solutions to view battery SOC via a wired > meter mounted remotely on a property? I have a client with a simple voltage > based meter for lead acid batteries that they are

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

2024-02-04 Thread Glenn Burt via RE-wrenches
Cheap tablet mounted to the wall?-GlennSent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors.-- Original message--From: Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenchesDate: Sun, Feb 4, 2024 10:30 AMTo: RE-wrenches;Cc: Jason Szumlanski;Subject:[RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-

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

2024-02-04 Thread Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches
Are there any off the shelf solutions to view battery SOC via a wired meter mounted remotely on a property? I have a client with a simple voltage based meter for lead acid batteries that they are accustomed to using as a quick and approximate gauge of SOC. They want something similar for their new