Battery Fuel Gauge [RE-wrenches]

[Bob-O Schultze, Electron Connection]

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Hiya Wrenches,
I've been beta (well, started with Alpha.2-yikes!) testing the Apollo  
T80 for many months now. As Ezra said, the SOC algorithms are a work  
in progress although there is a new firmware rev that I'm soon to  
download which may allay my reservations about that. Having the  
ability to upgrade the firmware from the web is very cool. Takes a PC  
portable which is a PITA for us Mac freaks, but wadda ya gonna do...  
Hopefully, Apollo is past the major revisions-seems like, but once  
the machine gets out there in lots of different systems and  
situations, there are bound to be tweaks. Haven't seen a product yet  
that didn't.
At this point Apollo has the MPPT controller part of the unit working  
very well. It's harvest is as good as and sometime a bit better than  
the MX-which I love. I'm really looking forward to the wireless  
remote when it becomes available. IF they get the SOC part sorted out  
-and there's no reason to expect they won't- that'll save running  
twisted pairs from the batteries to wherever. That's always worth  
something and sometimes a lot.
Winter is coming. Time for all us northern RE bozos to take a little  
time off and enjoy life a little, eh?
cheers, Bob-O

On Nov 2, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Ezra Auerbach, DragonSun Consulting wrote:

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>
> Hi Todd,
>
> A point of interest to all might be the new Apollo T80 www.apollo- 
> solar.net). They have incorporated a SOC meter into their  
> controller. I've been using one and although the SOC firmware is  
> still a "work in progress" it shows some promise. (I don't work for  
> them).
>
> Ezra


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