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

[Christopher Warfel]

because the owner does not have the money now to install batteries

On 6/19/2025 2:39 PM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar wrote:
>
> Why would you not use a battery?  I get it that this has the grid, 
> but, why?
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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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Christopher Warfel, PE
ENTECH Engineering, Inc.
PO Box 871, Block Island, RI 02807
(401) 447-5773
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