[RE-wrenches] Another SolArk issue, this time re Data Monitoring

[Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar]

Why would you not use a battery?  I get it that this has the grid, but, 
why?

Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On 2025-06-19 11:09 am, Christopher Warfel via RE-wrenches wrote:

> Maybe this is something you all know, but I did not.  I put in a SolArk 
> system w/o batteries for now. I spent so much time trying to understand 
> why the DAS did not record import/export of power. The generations data 
> exactly mimicked the utility data but in reverse, even at night, which 
> led me on a wild goose chase.
> 
> I have been told that because the CTs are dc powered, they cannot do 
> this.......... And I am the first person so passionate about this.
> 
> I told them that this issue was not in the manual, that the CTs would 
> not provide load data w/o batteries, and they agreed.
> 
> I want to ask if anyone can tell me that this is how other inverters 
> similar to SolArk work?  I spent such a large amount of time that 
> appears unnecessary with a better manual.
> 
> Thank you, Chris
> 
> --
> Christopher Warfel, PE
> ENTECH Engineering, Inc.
> PO Box 871, Block Island, RI 02807
> (401) 447-5773
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