[RE-wrenches] low cost DAS systems

[Jeff Irish]

The Locus system is less than $1,000 for single phase.
Jeff

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I think the big this here is Low cost? Maybe we should define the price
range so we can get a better fell of the product range?


Logan


> Chris,
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> Locus Energy has a low cost, revenue grade system that will work with
> all inverters.  We have several dozen deployed and they're working
well.
> Customer needs to have a high speed internet connection.
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> www.locusenergy.com <http://www.locusenergy.com/>
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> I've tried the TED and found it to be more of a toy than a serious
> contractor product, although it may meet some user's needs.  The Locus
> system is more accurate and robust, with much greater data storage.
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> Jeff Irish
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> Hudson Valley Clean Energy
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> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 1:12 PM
> To: chris at solarandwindfx.com; 'RE-wrenches'
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] low cost DAS systems
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> Chris,
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> I've had one of my guys research this same question a while ago and
the
> conclusion was the as far as low-cost DAS systems, Fat Spaniel was the
> big winner, as in under $1,000 which includes a year's worth of
> monitoring.
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> Cheers,
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> marco
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> Good Day Wrenches,
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>             I'm looking for suggestions for a low cost DAS system for
> home/small commercial use. It just seems to be such a useful basic
tool
> to verify performance other than just the Kwh meter. I'd like to add
> this to all of our clients quotes and projects. Looking for the basics
> like module temperature and irradiance and it would be nice if it
would
> tie into the existing inverters DAS like an Enphase, Fronius or SMA to
> name a few since they already have inverter and PV in/output
> information. Or is Fat Spaniel and Helitronics my only options
> otherwise? Thanks for the help ahead of time.
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> Christopher
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