Monitoring PV for public education [RE-wrenches]

[Electrical Energy]

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At 05:36 PM 9/29/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Drake and all,
>
>Thought I'd chip in here.  Have any of you considered using data loggers 
>for doing this work?  They're designed to sit by themselves for weeks or 
>months at a time, using almost no power, and storing all the data until 
>you can get around to hooking up a computer to download the data.  I find 
>them a lot cleaner to work with than setting up a system that requires 
>connection to a computer at all times in order to collect data.  Computers 
>crash regularly as we all know, and they also present a serious power 
>burden if you're not grid tied.


The B & B systems don't need to be tied to a computer.  They operate on low 
voltage DC, and deliver their data over a modem at preset times.  They dial 
up an ISP and send an email.

Drake

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