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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hi Todd, Wrenches,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The XW does use an intelligent algorithm taking input</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">data</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">from all charging devices</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">battery</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> voltage</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> to come with an estimate for the battery state of charge.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> This is pretty good, but agree an amp-hour meter would be a n</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">i</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ce addition to get even more accuracy on this</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. Needless to say this has been looked at closely in house</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> all the hooks were designed in to add a system A-h</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">meter</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> module</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">we</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">need to figure out when</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> how we</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">can</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> best add this. N</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">o</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">definite</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> answer yet, but all input appreciated.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Mark</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Mark Edmunds</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Xantrex Technology Inc.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">I wish they would address the question I asked about why they neglected to include an amp hour meter that communicates with their charge controller on a battery based system.<BR>
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Todd</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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