[RE-wrenches] Trace Meter TM500 questions

[Steve Higgins]

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On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 5:25 PM Sindelar Solar <Allan at sindelarsolar.com>
wrote:

> Esteemed Wrenches, graybeard (used here as a gender-neutral term)
> contingent:
>
> I am putting together a low-cost off grid upgrade package for my nearest
> neighbor out here, who has lived with a most basic system with little
> upgrade since the 80s. She needs a sinewave inverter to run a modern
> washing machine. I'm using good older equipment left over from other
> upgrades: an early narrow FX E-Panel, Outback VFX3524, ProStar 30, circuit
> breakers (!), etc.
>
> I have a 'Trace Meter Battery Monitoring System' that I'd like to include
> for her. It's basically a TriMetric variant that Trace purchased the rights
> to modify and private label from Ralph at Bogart Engineering about 15-20
> years ago. I can easily find the installation and operations manual online.
> But unlike the TriMetric, Trace removed the terminal screw strip on the
> monitor PCB, replacing it with two RJ6 connectors and a plug-in phone
> cable. A matching connector was included with the meter that mounted to the
> kelvin terminals on the 500A/50mv shunt.
>
> I have a (believed to be) working monitor and a bunch of 6-pole RJ6 cables
> (they were also used to parallel DRs for 120/240, and maybe other tasks as
> well) but not the matching shunt board. Does anyone know, or can tell me
> how to determine, which RJ6 terminals are which? The TM2020 on which this
> meter was based had 4: G1, G2, SIG and +. Also, the monitor also has a
> second RJ6 terminal for serving as an on/off switch for (probably) the DR.
> Do you know which terminals are used for this remote switch function, and
> whether it could also serve as an on/off switch on the inverter by
> connecting to the remote switch terminals on the VFX (this works with a
> standard on/off switch in place of the Mate, so it oughtta also work with
> this switch function, no?).
>
> Thank you for any assistance you may provide.
>
> Allan
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