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<div dir="ltr">The Pentametric is great for on site data collection
and monitoring. It can handle up to 3 shunts for anything you
want, and has a simple Windows interface that's good. You then
can use their Excel templates to graph out all the data you want.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">R.Ray Walters
CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
Solar Design Engineer
303 505-8760</pre>
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<div>Another monitoring question I have for wrenches. Does anyone
have any recommendations for a standalone, versatile data
logging device, that I could leave on sites with no internet
connection, and get trends (battery voltage, SOC, battery
currents etc) over time? I like to show people that they are
using more power than they think.</div>
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<div>First, Outback does have a solution: the Flexnet and
Mate 3 stuff; Outback's stuff is pricey though. They're
also a mess to wire IMHO. <br>
Here's 2 others to consider: Pentametric from Bogart
Engineering, and Midnite Solar.<br>
Midnite Solar's monitoring is free when you buy their
controllers. They already come with an Ethernet port
too. (unlike Outback's)<br>
ALso, Midnite has the new Gizmo Jr. which is a single
wire shunt monitor connection, and they should have full
State of Charge monitoring capability soon for it on
their monitoring website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mymidnite.com" target="_blank">mymidnite.com</a>
(also free).<br>
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The Pentametric is my long time go to meter, and it has
a full Ethernet setup, but they don't have a website
like Mymidnite.com, so you have to access the
Pentametric remotely through the local network. That
gets into static DNS addresses, etc.; all that IP stuff
I'm not well versed at.<br>
I've successfully used both monitoring systems.<br>
Also, don't just look at daily production; for off grid,
you need battery state of charge. <br>
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CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:303%20505-8760" value="+13035058760" target="_blank">303 505-8760</a></pre>
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<div class="h5"> On 12/5/2013 2:03 PM, Davis Terrell
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Hi
Wrenches,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">I
am evaluating remote monitoring solutions
for an off-grid project and wanted to get
any feedback people were willing to share.
I see my three main choices as Outback, SMA
Sunny Island, or an XW system, the first two
of which I have a good bit of experience
with. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">It
looks like the only good remote options for
Outback are 3<sup>rd</sup> party which I
couldn’t get much info on, despite emails to
the manufacturers. Anyone have any
experience with GreenHouse Gas and Electric
dataloggers?</span></font></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">A
Sunny Island with a Webbox and Sunny Portal
seems the most straightforward, but doesn’t
have real-time data.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">I
stumbled upon the Connext Combox on the
Schneider site and it looks like a great
product, but I am a little wary. What
comments I did find out about it online
weren’t very favorable. And it looks like
setting it up for remote access is not very
straightforward.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Thanks
for any thoughts/experiences!</span></font></p>
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Earth Energy</span></font></p>
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size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">office:
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