[RE-wrenches] State of Charge Meter for Sol-Ark

[Mick Abraham]

~ This is yet another worthwhile topic with the Mechanics ~

Chris Mason wrote:  "If you know someone who can set up a little raspberry
pi with a display, you try this script. It's called solark-modbus."

I did a google for Solark "raspberry pi" & the first link took me to this:
https://solar-assistant.io/explore/solark

For an amateur like me, getting the hardware and software from Solar
Assistant has a lot of appeal, even if it costs more than a home brew
setup. How 'bout that "single source accountability"?

Original poster Jason Szumlanski may appreciate the video that I've linked
below. The video creator connected a touch screen display directly to his
Solar Assistant box:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXOVVMOGfNM

I may try the S-A bundle with an EG4 battery for some off gridders in
crisis. Their old Outback system doesn't even have a TriMetric monitor, but
for about the same price as a TM-2020, we could get the SOC data, etc.
directly from the BMS. I'd use the client's computer instead of a touch
screen to keep the cost down. Acknowledged (to William Miller's point) the
data would be no better than what the BMS can deliver. "Any port in a
storm," however, and my new friends off the grid are in a terrible storm.

As always, "The Wrench List is the Bomb!"

Mick Abraham, Proprietor
www.abrahamsolar.com

Landline: 970-731-4675
Cell phone or for text messaging: 970-946-6584
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