Nice to hear they are working on a DC current sensor. Without that, the e-gauge is of no use to my off-grid clients (for the price). They need to see solar and wind input, too. -- Dan Fink, Executive Director; Otherpower Buckville Energy Consulting Buckville Publications LLC NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers 970.672.4342 (voicemail)
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 4:30 PM, John McNicholas - Key Power Services < keypowerservi...@comcast.net> wrote: > > The eGauge can measure battery voltage now (using L3 input), been running > with it for months, and they are finishing up work on a DC CT to show > amperage too. Fantastic product, and now even more so for the off-grid > crowd. This is the first time we can really see what it happening in remote > sites - when the batteries run down, the generator runs, how loads affect > both; we can get emails and/or text messages to keep track of generator run > time (think failure to auto-stop), etc. > John McNicholas > *From: *Chris Mason <cometenergysyst...@gmail.com> > *Date: *December 27, 2012 4:16:13 PM EST > *To: *RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > *Subject: **Re: [RE-wrenches] Off-grid e-gauge system* > *Reply-To: *RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > > http://egauge2574.egaug.es/ > Now, what do you want to measure. Being an off-grid system, all you can > measure is the output. The normal use for an egauge is to compare load with > output in a grid tied system, or output to utility export/import in a > hybrid system. In the system I just set up, it would only show the power > output of the inverter, as the CTs cannot measure the DC output of the > solar system. > > >
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