[RE-wrenches] Alternatives to Fortress guardian?

[Kirk Herander]

That’s what I’m leaning towards. I’m just not sure if I can somehow keep
the touchscreen turned on. I don’t have the manual in front of me and it
may not tell us anyway if there’s a setting for it.


*Kirk Herander / **kirkh at vermont.solar <kirkh at vermont.solar>*

*Owner|Principal, VT Solar, LLC*

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On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM Chris Sparadeo via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> I had a customer place a ring camera in front of their eVault’s screen to
> be able to monitor from out of state. I thought that was a clever approach.
> I know that some versions auto dim, but values are still visible.
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM Jay via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>> Jason has talked about solar assistant.  Have you checked that out?
>>
>> On Oct 8, 2025, at 3:38 PM, Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches <
>> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> I’d like to find a less expensive way than the Guardian to monitor a
>> Fortress Evault battery. (No Envy inverter, open loop w/ Magnum.)Third
>> party something?
>> My cost on the guardian is now close to $500. It was a little over $300
>> years ago at this time. Tariffs possibly.
>>
>> All the customer really needs is battery SOC
>> So he can go to the site and manually start the generator if necessary.
>> He lives a few miles away and doesn’t trust remote auto-start given the
>> generator’s condition.
>>
>> I could just park a cheap security camera right in front of the E vault
>> display since we’ll have Wi-Fi there, if the evault display can be set to
>> illuminate constantly, as it is a touchscreen.
>>
>>
>> *Kirk Herander / **kirkh at vermont.solar <kirkh at vermont.solar>*
>>
>> *Owner|Principal, VT Solar, LLC*
>>
>> *Celebrating our 34st Anniversary 1991-2025!!*
>>
>> dba Vermont Solar Engineering
>>
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