So do the charge controller and amp hour meter communicate so they agree on
when the batteries are fully charged?
Todd
On Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:02pm, R Ray Walters r...@solarray.com said:
We have a couple out in the field. A bit of hassle to upgrade the firmware at
first, but Apollo
The function described by Todd was not present when I last evaluated the
Apollo unit...and that would represent a major upgrade. Apollo's amp hour
meter is much like the TriMetric...and I believe they have even licensed the
original technology. The Apollo/Tri-Metric also cannot automatically
Esteemed wrenches,
I have been wrestling with this concept about as long as we have been in
business. How to estimate how much a pv system will reduce the demand charge
for a customer.
I know the worst case goes as follows:
(1) Demand is based on measuring the consumption every 15
We have a couple out in the field. A bit of hassle to upgrade the firmware at
first, but Apollo was very helpful, and sent us a free interface to do the
update.
I'm sure that's all cleared up for current versions, by now.
Now a couple of years later, we've had zero trouble, and we are running
wondering if any wrenches have any opinions on the Apollo charge controllers
T80 in particular.
I heard they had some technical issues not to long ago- is that resolved?
thanks,
nick
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One of the technical issues which Nick may recall is not really a flaw in
the controller but a narrow spec for the minimum DC input voltage.
I went off on the Wrench List a couple of years ago because I felt this
aspect should be more prominently explained. My retrofit where the solar
array was
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