It turns out that Midnite has been discussing quite a bit in their own forum and website.
I am as surprised as you are that such an "obvious" positive step has taken so long.
The other approach to dealing with battery current is clearly the fully-integrated system approach like the one Xantrex/Schneider is now taking, in which the CC, the Inverter(s) and hybrid Inverter/Charger all share their own current information so that the system master can sort out what the battery current is indirectly. But even that fails if you have DC loads in the system.
Truly, capturing the battery shunt information is the way to go.
One of the neat things about the WhizBang Jr. is that it uses only ground/CC negative to the shunt and a single additional wire to read out the shunt information at the Classic.
I am as surprised as you are that such an "obvious" positive step has taken so long.
The other approach to dealing with battery current is clearly the fully-integrated system approach like the one Xantrex/Schneider is now taking, in which the CC, the Inverter(s) and hybrid Inverter/Charger all share their own current information so that the system master can sort out what the battery current is indirectly. But even that fails if you have DC loads in the system.
Truly, capturing the battery shunt information is the way to go.
One of the neat things about the WhizBang Jr. is that it uses only ground/CC negative to the shunt and a single additional wire to read out the shunt information at the Classic.
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