battery shoot-off [RE-wrenches]

[John Blittersdorf, Cent. VT Solar & Wind]

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In a message dated 1/5/05 2:41:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
wrmiller at slonet.org writes:


> At 06:46 AM 1/5/2005, you wrote:
> >  By
> >the way,  I would like a 3 or 4 channel meter so I can record wind input,
> >solar input, house consumption and net battery... all for about $300... any
> >takers?
> >
> >John Blittersdorf
> 
> 
> http://www.dataq.com/products/startkit/di158.htm
> 
> $199.00.  However, you add your own computer.  Doesn't require an expensive 
> one, maybe one you've outgrown and is sitting on the shelf in the garage 
> anyway.  Can run on a serial or USB port.  Write off-line if you need help 
> interfacing.
> 
> William Miller 
> 

William,
     The computer solution looks good except for the 24 hour a day load a CPU 
puts on the system.  I am assuming that the computer has to be on all the 
time to log data.  If there were some low draw storage and the computer only 
retrieves the information, I would be very interested.  

John Blittersdorf

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