Thursday, January 31, 2013

Remote Monitoring

Just started getting the remote monitoring set up on one of our PV installations, using Apollo electronics and monitoring. The information is really useful. Here is just one of the parameters:

The graph below shows the battery bank voltage from 12 am onward. You can see the solar input jump up at 9 AM, then the battery bank does an absorption charge, and then finally a float charge.


I love the way the alternative energy technology gets better every day.

2 comments:

  1. That is really interesting!

    What are the values that are on the left side of the chart? Current?

    -Brad

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    1. Battery bank voltage is on the left. It is a 48V bank, and before the sun came out it was at 90% charged. This location does not have any major power draws yet, as the owner has not moved in.

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