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I have had a 5.8kW system up and running for nearly 3 years with no problems. Installer was great. System uses LeadSolar LS-600 inverters. System was monitored by LeadSolar until they went out of sight late 2021.
Leadsolar monitored each inverter with more data than I need - V (DC & AC), A, Temp, Time and a lot of other stuff. But I liked that it did let me know which inverters were working at full capacity.
Now I need a monitoring system but cannot find anything that works with LeadSolar. I suspect there is no system that will interface with the LeadSolar inverter output which was done by an XBee Gateway - ZB, Wi-Fi.
Really I guess I'll have to settle for a simple system with CT clamps on the solar AC output and CT clamps on the mains from the meter. I've searched Google, finding info on nearly every monitor -Sense, Shelly EM, Neurio Smappee, Efergy, Curb and dozens more.
I liked the Eyedro system, so bought Eyedro's monitor (Eyefi-2) but even with phone help from their tech support we could not get it to connect to our wi-fi system. I looked at Openenergy, but that is beyond my technical knowledge with Arduinos and Raspberry Pi, etc!
To complicate matters, my solar output connects to a breaker panel in the garage, about 50 feet from the house input breaker panel.
Does anyone have any suggestions where to look? And how to make this work?
I have had a 5.8kW system up and running for nearly 3 years with no problems. Installer was great. System uses LeadSolar LS-600 inverters. System was monitored by LeadSolar until they went out of sight late 2021.
Leadsolar monitored each inverter with more data than I need - V (DC & AC), A, Temp, Time and a lot of other stuff. But I liked that it did let me know which inverters were working at full capacity.
Now I need a monitoring system but cannot find anything that works with LeadSolar. I suspect there is no system that will interface with the LeadSolar inverter output which was done by an XBee Gateway - ZB, Wi-Fi.
Really I guess I'll have to settle for a simple system with CT clamps on the solar AC output and CT clamps on the mains from the meter. I've searched Google, finding info on nearly every monitor -Sense, Shelly EM, Neurio Smappee, Efergy, Curb and dozens more.
I liked the Eyedro system, so bought Eyedro's monitor (Eyefi-2) but even with phone help from their tech support we could not get it to connect to our wi-fi system. I looked at Openenergy, but that is beyond my technical knowledge with Arduinos and Raspberry Pi, etc!
To complicate matters, my solar output connects to a breaker panel in the garage, about 50 feet from the house input breaker panel.
Does anyone have any suggestions where to look? And how to make this work?