Sunny Island Battery Monitoring [RE-wrenches]

[Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services]

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What I really want is a charge controller that is also a state of charge 
meter (or at least talks to one). I am not sure why the Outback MX60 
cannot also keep track of battery state of charge with some additional 
software and connection to a battery shunt.

It really irks me that every winter, the amp hour meter (pick your 
brand) inevitably gets out of sync with the charge controller. The 
customer gets anxious when they see their meter saying the batteries 
need charging while the charge controller says they are full.

With all the fancy, high tech stuff we have these days, you'd think we 
could have a decent, reliable battery SOC meter.

Todd

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