[RE-wrenches] Monitoring large PV systems

[Mark Frye]

I do remember Fat Spaniel. I remember the day they came to our office to 
show us their product. It was an enclosure full of power strips, wall 
warts and wires going everywhere.

Origins.

On 4/10/2021 2:52 PM, Jerry Shafer wrote:
> Wrenches
> I have used many of the monitoring platforms, many of which are either 
> out or bought out and consolidated. Anybody remember "Fat Spaniel" 
> they were one of the first. We had sites with full motion cameras to 
> string level monitoring. Now if its up to me I go simple with eguage, 
> they have whats needed and have a better chance of being around in a 
> few years.
> Jerry
> NABCEP PV inspector
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 1:38 PM William Miller <william at millersolar.com 
> <mailto:william at millersolar.com>> wrote:
>
>     Friends:
>
>     We are starting to work on larger grid-tied systems (500kW) and I
>     am trying to school myself on some of the aspects.  Monitoring is
>     the subject at hand.
>
>     One such system uses AlsoEnergy hardware on the PowerTrack online
>     platform.  There is also a VistaWatt service that is involved that
>     looks like it is simply an analytics service.
>
>     Have I correctly categorized the above entities?  Does anyone have
>     experience with any of the above that might offer some insight as
>     to the pros and cons of these services?  Anyone have any
>     documentation on the hardware?
>
>     Thanks in advance!
>
>     William Miller
>
>     Miller Solar
>
>     17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422
>
>     805-438-5600
>
>     www.millersolar.com <http://www.millersolar.com/>
>
>     CA Lic. 773985
>
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