[RE-wrenches] Wiley Asset

[Skip Towne]

I checked out this instrument when it came out a couple years ago. In my
opinion, there were two fatal flaws with it.

   1. It only evaluates azimuths +/- 45 degrees of true south...
   2. It required too many steps. I.e. Shoot at least 7 images; Download to
   your computer; Stitch the images together into a single file; Run the
   analysis; Generate the report...

I discussed these issues with the Wiley folks and they pretty much didn't
think any of this was a problem... Don't know if they have addressed these
issues or not. From reading the manual again, it looks like they have not.

Compared to the Solmetric SunEye, it's too limited, too complicated, and has
too many chances for errors. The SunEye is a professional tool. The ASSET is
not.

$0.02001

-Matt Lafferty

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:46 PM, benn kilburn <benn at daystarsolar.ca> wrote:

>  Wrenches,
>
> I'm looking at trying out another 'solar site evaluation tool', the ASSET
> (Acme Solar Site Evaluation Tool) from Wiley Electronics.  I'm looking for
> feedback on its performance and user-ability.
> I have been using the pathfinder which is great, but not the pathfinder
> software.
>
> Any comments on the ASSET or Pathfinder software would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> benn
>
> DayStar Renewable Energy Inc.
> benn at daystarsolar.ca
> 780-906-7807
> HAVE A SUNNY DAY
>
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