Nice to hear they are working on a DC current sensor. Without that, the e-gauge is of no use to my off-grid clients (for the price). They need to see solar and wind input, too.<div>-- <br>Dan Fink,<br>Executive Director;<br>
Otherpower<br>Buckville Energy Consulting<br>Buckville Publications LLC<br>NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers<br>970.672.4342 (voicemail)</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 4:30 PM, John McNicholas - Key Power Services <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:keypowerservices@comcast.net" target="_blank">keypowerservices@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div>The eGauge can measure battery voltage now (using L3 input), been running with it for months, and they are finishing up work on a DC CT to show amperage too. Fantastic product, and now even more so for the off-grid crowd. This is the first time we can really see what it happening in remote sites - when the batteries run down, the generator runs, how loads affect both; we can get emails and/or text messages to keep track of generator run time (think failure to auto-stop), etc. <br>
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</div><div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Helvetica"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">Chris Mason <<a href="mailto:cometenergysystems@gmail.com" target="_blank">cometenergysystems@gmail.com</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Helvetica"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">December 27, 2012 4:16:13 PM EST<br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Helvetica"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Helvetica"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><b>Re: [RE-wrenches] Off-grid e-gauge system</b><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Helvetica"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br>
</span></div><br><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://egauge2574.egaug.es/" target="_blank">http://egauge2574.egaug.es/</a><br><div>Now, what do you want to measure. Being an off-grid system, all you can measure is the output. The normal use for an egauge is to compare load with output in a grid tied system, or output to utility export/import in a hybrid system. In the system I just set up, it would only show the power output of the inverter, as the CTs cannot measure the DC output of the solar system.</div>
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