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<p class="MsoNormal">The Flex net DC can be used with up to three shunts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It will give individual shunt information as well as overall total of the three.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The actual labels do not matter other than easy identification.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">But if you do want to label them it is done in the Configuration Wizard</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would recommend installing the FNDC on the Mate3/Hub combination used with the inverters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is nice to have SOC, Dc Voltage and Battery Temperature viewed with the inverters.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Do I really need the PV shunt? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes for the FNDC to be accurate all paths into and out of the batteries must go through a shunt.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I can’t seem to find the screen where you label the charge controllers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Mate3 with the charge controllers will label them as Port 1-10.
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can assign a name to a shunt you cannot assign a name to a charge controller.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Each Mate has its own Mac address put both Mates under the same site name.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just to clarify OutBack usually uses a 500 amp 50mv shunt.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">500/ .05 = 10,000 to 1 ratio<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is possible to use a 1000A 100mv shunt <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 10,000 to 1 ratio is the same. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This can help with larger systems.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I apologize for the piece meal response. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are several questions here that had to be dealt with individually.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Take Care<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jay<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 03, 2016 9:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Optics RE with two hubs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You could have 1 shunt or 3. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You just get to monitor the 3 shunts. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The m3 display uses comm from the cc<o:p></o:p></p>
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On May 3, 2016, at 8:44 AM, William Miller <<a href="mailto:william@millersolar.com">william@millersolar.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the reply. I meant label the shunts. Doesn't the FNDC need to differentiate between PV charge and inverter charge?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes you need the shunt for PV the FNDC to read correctly <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm not sure exactly what you mean about labeling the cc?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I am setting up an Optics RE system with a system that has 8 FX inverters and 3 charge controllers. I installed two Mate3s and a Flexnet-DC. I need two shunts for the Inverters
because 4 are connected in one DC1000 and 4 in the other. I installed a third shunt for the PV.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The inverter Mate3 and Flexnet connects into one 10 port hub and the PV Mate3 connects into another hub with the charge controllers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Do I really need the PV shunt? How is the Flexnet processing charge current if it does not know there are charge controllers?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I can’t seem to find the screen where you label the charge controllers. I am used to setting these up with Radians. Am I missing something?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Any help is appreciates. Because when I posed this question to Outback and got the audible equivalent to a blank stare:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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