[QUOTE=mapmaker;117351]The purpose of the "Remote battery voltage sensor port" is NOT for you to measure voltage at that location. It is for a pair of wires to run to the battery so the controller knows the battery voltage through a means other than the power cable.
--mapmaker
Oops, a case of split focus by me - very busy at moment clearing up after a once in 60 year storm, 510mm (just over 20") of rain in three days, gale force winds, non stop rain for five days, already had a lot of rain earlier in the month, ground sodden and the gales uprooted six large trees, one of which landed on my house. Two other large trees snapped off about head level. We live on a hillside 150metres above sea level, but many parts of the region suffered major flooding. We were cut off several days with washouts and slips on our road, and telephone service out for 7 days. The region without grid power for ten days. Have had 8 days of fine weather since, so very busy clearing up. Have large stack of wood from only two trees to split up for firewood, and still six trees to go!
Plus I should now be building the deck and installing French doors on the sunny side of my house ready for summer, and having the distraction of the new battery bank and controller not performing, has been getting in the way.
So, I made an assumption that the remote voltage port was for the voltage meter, just had a close look, and the cables for the voltage meter are in fact wired into the controller sharing the outlets from controller to battery.
Sorry to alarm you! Just had another read of the controller operation manual, and apart from saying there is an optional cable available for connecting to the remote battery voltage port, nowhere does it say what it is for! Which raises the question, should I have one?
--mapmaker
Oops, a case of split focus by me - very busy at moment clearing up after a once in 60 year storm, 510mm (just over 20") of rain in three days, gale force winds, non stop rain for five days, already had a lot of rain earlier in the month, ground sodden and the gales uprooted six large trees, one of which landed on my house. Two other large trees snapped off about head level. We live on a hillside 150metres above sea level, but many parts of the region suffered major flooding. We were cut off several days with washouts and slips on our road, and telephone service out for 7 days. The region without grid power for ten days. Have had 8 days of fine weather since, so very busy clearing up. Have large stack of wood from only two trees to split up for firewood, and still six trees to go!
Plus I should now be building the deck and installing French doors on the sunny side of my house ready for summer, and having the distraction of the new battery bank and controller not performing, has been getting in the way.
So, I made an assumption that the remote voltage port was for the voltage meter, just had a close look, and the cables for the voltage meter are in fact wired into the controller sharing the outlets from controller to battery.
Sorry to alarm you! Just had another read of the controller operation manual, and apart from saying there is an optional cable available for connecting to the remote battery voltage port, nowhere does it say what it is for! Which raises the question, should I have one?
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