[RE-wrenches] Off-grid e-gauge system

[Dan Fink]

Nice to hear they are working on a DC current sensor. Without that, the
e-gauge is of no use to my off-grid clients (for the price). They need to
see solar and wind input, too.
-- 
Dan Fink,
Executive Director;
Otherpower
Buckville Energy Consulting
Buckville Publications LLC
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On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 4:30 PM, John McNicholas - Key Power Services <
keypowerservices at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> The eGauge can measure battery voltage now (using L3 input), been running
> with it for months, and they are finishing up work on a DC CT to show
> amperage too. Fantastic product, and now even more so for the off-grid
> crowd. This is the first time we can really see what it happening in remote
> sites - when the batteries run down, the generator runs, how loads affect
> both; we can get emails and/or text messages to keep track of generator run
> time (think failure to auto-stop), etc.
> John McNicholas
>  *From: *Chris Mason <cometenergysystems at gmail.com>
> *Date: *December 27, 2012 4:16:13 PM EST
> *To: *RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> *Subject: **Re: [RE-wrenches] Off-grid e-gauge system*
> *Reply-To: *RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>
> http://egauge2574.egaug.es/
> Now, what do you want to measure. Being an off-grid system, all you can
> measure is the output. The normal use for an egauge is to compare load with
> output in a grid tied system, or output to utility export/import in a
> hybrid system. In the system I just set up, it would only show the power
> output of the inverter, as the CTs cannot measure the DC output of the
> solar system.
>
>
>
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