Remote Monitoring of Solar Charger
Remote Monitoring of Solar Charger by rdpecken on Sep.25, 2014, under Electrical Over the labor day weekend, I installed a new add-on for my solar power charge controller. It is called a Whizbang Jr. Basically, this allows the charge controller to measure the actual current directly into and out of the battery bank , without worrying about what loads I might have turned on at any point in time. This allows the charge controller to make better decisions on when to stop charging on any given day, putting less strain on the batteries. It also will allow me to more effectively monitor the actual state of charge of the batteries, rather than guessing based on battery voltage. But that part hasn’t been added to the software, yet. I haven’t grabbed any photos of my install yet, but here is a generic one that I’ve borrowed from the manufacturer… Whizbang Jr. I also did some work to allow me to remotely monitor the charge controller operation. This way, I can bring up a di
