Mark

Also check and make sure your get the minimum ah bank for the 3k24V. Cheers Mark

You must have a battery bank connected!! regards Mark

Bug Jim may have a nice roller box that would fit 2x 12V batteries and all the bits... I like this solution. http://toolguyd.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ridgid-Pro-Tool-Box-Cart.jpg

Not very complicated. All main circuits (charging and solar) are connected directly to battery. All others go through a block with fuses for each of the 12V and Hella sockets. The Grey BH is so I don't plug the Red BH into this socket. I have an extension cable from socket in bakkie load bay for NL dual battery connection (Red BH to Red BH). I run my fridge off a hella and lights are off 12V sockets. Regards Mark Regards Mark

Hi All I have finally had the time to post some pics of my portable battery box for camping, etc. Consists of: Big Jim Toolbox (heavy duty) 102aH Deep Cycle 12V Various fuses 2x Hella Sockets 2x 12V sockets 2x BH Sockets (Red) - for NL dual battery connection to bakkie. 1x BH Socket (Grey) - for connection to solar panels (2x 100W) 20A Solar Controller (Built in) 1x NL battery monitor - recessed in lid. Works very well with NL freezer or inverter (used for grinder/drill etc on farm) Comments and suggestions Mark

Wow thanks Chris. What electronic shop do you go to in EL? M

Very Very Nice!!

Hi All I am not monitoring (manually the mid point voltages of the batteries. What are acceptable levels or ranges and when should I start worrying? Any tables on the Internet I can download? Thanks Mark

What do you think your payback period is going to be...? Wonderful result on your part - 150kwh wow!!

I think its great. Especially its community team functionality... also they are open source so happy with ideas and suggestions...

Very nice Ed... getting excited. ..

R700 vs R50... wow... Can you send me the instructions Edmund. Regards Mark

Hi Edmund Did you ever get midpoint voltage working from the 702. I see mine hovers between 0.01% (often close to this) and 3.5% (very seldom) Cheers Mark

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http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/signup.asp I think is the link... to register a PWS... Your then use your station ID. eg IEASTERN41 is mine for PVOutput.org Cheers Mark

Hi C, When you register on wunderground they have an option that gives you the key that you need. Regards Mark

Your panel orientation looks interesting... can you publish some orientation angles. Great setup... I could run my whole local farming community M

Ed: What did you do at 19:30 is a question PVoutput allows us all to ask... kettle I guess...

Edmund: Very nice... Its great to see the graphs etc working and I like the different views. I see you also have a weather station running and so can feed that info into PVOutput. Very nice...I think between the console view on the PC itself and PVoutput you will get a very nice view on what is happening Beta versions please... please... Regards Mark

Just tried (again x3) to update my inverter firmware. ... watchpower sees it using same cable but the update software does not... Anyone have ideas... .doc help file says must be Com1 but I cant see this being detected in device manager. Can I use the usb cable for the firmware update ? Ie same cable that works for watchpower... Frustrated[emoji15] Thanks Mark

Hi Edmund Looking great!! Like Chris I: - Have the BMV702 (USB) for mid point voltages (so would like that). - Have one Axpert 5kv(48V) - For me PVoutput would be great even with Limitations... Is the DB easily installed and managed? Many Thanks for the work... Nice to see development like this happening by more than one person!! Jaco has different needs and that gives us all options! Regards Mark VE.Direct-Protocol.pdf Manual-BMV-700-700H-702-EN-NL-FR-DE-ES-SE-PT-IT.pdf

I'm the same Chris... no true serial and the usb isn't lekker. May have to build an old pic with serial ports for this... even my BMV 702 usb is a pain...Sent from my SM-P605 using Tapatalk

I think it gives me what I would need... especially the history and zoom etc but more the internet availablity from remote locations... i like not having to worry about a server and other bits... 5 mins is real time enough for me... M

Nice EdmundKeen for a beta test when you are ready. What does pv output look like to you as a cloud publishing option? Cheers Mark Sent from my SM-P605 using Tapatalk

Thanks for the update. Was going to ask this question this morning but time ran away with me. Feel for you guys up there... Having a very mild spring so far in the Eastern Cape. M