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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">Hi Don,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">You might want to check with your distributors to see if they have the old Power-One equivalent to the VSN700 data logger. I know that these are available because I just bought one for a new project. The PN is VS701 \u2013 N0 (called Aurora Logger). We\u2019ve installed a few of these with good results (very similar to the Sunny Web Box). The switch from Power-One to ABB has resulted in a very confusing website with hard to find products. This is hard wired only, so you\u2019d need to use either powerline network adapters or some kind of wireless media bridge.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">Contact me offlist and I can put you in touch with a distributor if you\u2019d like.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">Best,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">August</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">Luminalt </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a"> </span></p>
<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> RE-wrenches [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:don@energysolarnow.com">don@energysolarnow.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 26, 2014 6:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] inverter monitoring</span></p></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Looking for an online monitoring solution for a pair of PowerOne (now ABB) 27.6 kW inverters. There is no need for revenue grade, so inverter monitoring will be fine. There is RS485 on board. The manufacturer ABB's website shows several options: Their VSN300 is not shipping and seems to be vaporware; and they do not sell their VSN700 to customers, they want me to go through a distributor, but the ones I know about do not know about or carry this product. So I'm looking for a reasonably priced online monitoring system that will work with these 3-phase inverters. A third-party system will probably not be able to communicate directly with the inverters, and will require current transducers. This is OK; there is a 100 amp combiner panel with a 40 amp breaker for each inverter. WiFi would save the need to run a long wire onsite, as there is a WiFi LAN onsite. </span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Any pointers to such a data logger would be appreciated. </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Don Barch</span></p>
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