I thought I was doing careful research while specifiying my off-grid solar/security camera system but still seem to have been missed something. My system will initially be 12V load only (no inverter) and I intend to monitor it remotely over the internet. This includes monitoring the total 12V load, 5A max initially, and I will probably add an inverter later, connected to the batteries.
I purchased an EPever 5415AN MPPT controller and because I will have 600W panels, I decided to get the 50A version. This is where I missed the fact that the versions above 40A are what they call a "Power Station Controllers" and don't have load connections on the controller. The LED panel still shows load conditions, just like their smaller controllers, as does the MT50 remote panel and the controller has the usual RS485 which will allow me to set up the internet monitoring but it looks like I will have to connect all the load to the batteries. I should be able to monitor everything else that the controller sees but how the heck am I going to monitor the 12V load remotely and why would they remove the load connections? EPever haven' responded to my email yet.
There is probably some kind of separate DC IP/Internet watt meter available but now it is getting complicated.
Any suggestions/comments?
Thanks
Tony
I purchased an EPever 5415AN MPPT controller and because I will have 600W panels, I decided to get the 50A version. This is where I missed the fact that the versions above 40A are what they call a "Power Station Controllers" and don't have load connections on the controller. The LED panel still shows load conditions, just like their smaller controllers, as does the MT50 remote panel and the controller has the usual RS485 which will allow me to set up the internet monitoring but it looks like I will have to connect all the load to the batteries. I should be able to monitor everything else that the controller sees but how the heck am I going to monitor the 12V load remotely and why would they remove the load connections? EPever haven' responded to my email yet.
There is probably some kind of separate DC IP/Internet watt meter available but now it is getting complicated.
Any suggestions/comments?
Thanks
Tony
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