Buy for the future. A little money spent now will prevent a LOT of rework later. Nice thing about MPPT controllers is that you don't need to match the panels to get best performance, you can just add what is the best $/performance panel later. But you can't if you are out of amps on your controller. Also KISS with fewer add on boxes.
On 8/1/17 8:00 AM, Jan-OOLLC wrote: > This sounds more like a solution. I can't believe there are no charge > controllers with built-in ethernet. Just seems like a natural fit. > All the mppt charge manufacturers waqnt to imitate the other guy > instead of building what's needed. (Strange how all the controllers > even look alike)(OEM?) suspect there is only one or two real > manufacturers and the rest are just labels? > > I only need 4-5 radios, do I need a 60 amp service for for under 30 > watts usage? > > Jan V > > On 07/31/2017 03:47 PM, Robert Andrews wrote: >> I have some c code that I hacked together that lets you pull all the >> modbus info from the ethernet interface from the morningstar 60-mppt. >> It lets you plot anything through mrtg. Free for me so free to you as >> long as there are no critiques or responsibilities. The operative word >> is _hacked_... If someone finds another charge controller that is mppt >> and ethernet I would love to hear about it. Single vendor solutions >> make me nervous... >> >> On 7/31/17 11:26 AM, Mimbres Communications wrote: >>> The EMC-1 >>> <https://www.morningstarcorp.com/products/ethernet-meterbus-converter/> >>> does >>> support 100baseTX. >>> >>> There are quite a few third party ModBus to Ethernet converters out >>> there. Not sure how that would work, but might be a possibility. >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 11:56 AM, <mike.l...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:mike.l...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Doh! My bad! I posted the wrong one! I have their mppt-60 one. >>> >>> On Jul 31, 2017, at 09:41, Mimbres Communications >>> <mim...@sw-ei.com >>> <mailto:mim...@sw-ei.com>> wrote: >>> >>>> The MPPT version is more like $600 -- and only the 60A includes >>>> onboard Ethernet. >>>> >>>> Their smaller MPPT controllers can be paired with a MeterBus to >>>> Ethernet converter (EMC-1) >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 9:13 AM, <mike.l...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:mike.l...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.solar-electric.com/tr60amp12244.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlISgm-ez1QIVC2p-Ch0ZNwITEAQYASABEgLmRPD_BwE >>>> <https://www.solar-electric.com/tr60amp12244.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlISgm-ez1QIVC2p-Ch0ZNwITEAQYASABEgLmRPD_BwE> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 31, 2017, at 08:09, James Wilson <ja...@ridgecomms.com >>>> <mailto:ja...@ridgecomms.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> We use Morningstar for this... >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 31, 2017 11:05 AM, "Jan-OOLLC" >>>>> <j.vank...@oregononline.net >>>>> <mailto:j.vank...@oregononline.net>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> looking for a source to acquire mppt charge controller >>>>> w/IP addressable >>>>> LAN port for panel/battery monitoring >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Jan V >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org <mailto:Ubnt_users@wispa.org> >>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>> <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org <mailto:Ubnt_users@wispa.org> >>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>> <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org <mailto:Ubnt_users@wispa.org> >>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>> <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kurt Albershardt | Mimbres Communications, LLC |575-342-0042 >>>> <tel:(575)%20342-0042> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org <mailto:Ubnt_users@wispa.org> >>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>> <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org <mailto:Ubnt_users@wispa.org> >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>> <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Kurt Albershardt | Mimbres Communications, LLC | 575-342-0042 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ubnt_users mailing list >> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >> > _______________________________________________ Ubnt_users mailing list Ubnt_users@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users
