[RE-wrenches] Adding battery to grid tie

[William Bryce]

I also use Eguage, But for the reasons you mentioned ($$$), I also fully
recommend Emporia If not needing DC. It is really inexpensive and Just
works, has 1 second sample rate. But, it looks like they no longer offer
just the standalone MAINS logger without all the branch circuit CT's.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM Zeke Yewdall via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> That's actually what I prefer doing on most systems, to have exactly the
> monitoring I want, at higher precision than the AIO's give, and also
> independent of the AIO's server, wherever that may be.   And accessible on
> the LAN, with data storage, if their internet blips out too.  But, not all
> customers can take the cost of a good egauge setup, which tends to run at
> least $2k if you start adding DC ct's and voltage transducers to monitor
> the MPPT inputs.  $1k even for a basic AC monitoring setup.
>
> Zeke
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM William Miller <william at millersolar.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I suppose one could add an E-gauge system with CTs in appropriate
>> locations.
>>
>>
>> William Miller
>> Miller Solar.com
>> 805-438-5600
>> www.millersolar.com
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <
>> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I like data. Not being able to measure AC coupled PV input is far from
>>> my ideal in my opinion, but when there is no other practical choice, I
>>> guess I would do it. In fact, I have done ita couple of times.
>>>
>>>
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