New controller? Looks like it was added today.
Off solar blvd site http://www.solarblvd.com/p2907/Midnite-Solar-The-KID,-30A-MPPT-Charge-Controller,-150V,-Black/product_info.html Hyper-link tab not working for me.
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Ok thanks, a glimmer seen anyway! :) I also had a lot of trouble understanding that the Trimetric does not show the "net" amps, but just what the batteries are getting.
In the afternoon if solar is 8 amps and the Tri shows 3, you can run 5 more for something but the Tri still shows 3. I thought before that the 3 showing was the net of 8-5 until it was explained (I needed to be hit on head with a 2 by 4 a couple times, but it got through) the 3 was all battery and the other 5 just wasn't showing anywhere. (except it would on show on a solar monitor)
So now instead of seeing 8 upstream of the Tri on the solar and 3 on the Tri, so you know the solar is doing another 5 for something, you get 3 on the whizbang going back to the controller that already has the 8, and it does the calculation showing that 3 of the 8 is for battery.
Whew! (unless I got that wrong too! )
I won't try to figure out just now what happens if the battery will accept 3, the solar can do 8 and you turn on a load that needs 10.
(the Tri would show minus 2 I think )
In the afternoon if solar is 8 amps and the Tri shows 3, you can run 5 more for something but the Tri still shows 3. I thought before that the 3 showing was the net of 8-5 until it was explained (I needed to be hit on head with a 2 by 4 a couple times, but it got through) the 3 was all battery and the other 5 just wasn't showing anywhere. (except it would on show on a solar monitor)
So now instead of seeing 8 upstream of the Tri on the solar and 3 on the Tri, so you know the solar is doing another 5 for something, you get 3 on the whizbang going back to the controller that already has the 8, and it does the calculation showing that 3 of the 8 is for battery.
Whew! (unless I got that wrong too! )
I won't try to figure out just now what happens if the battery will accept 3, the solar can do 8 and you turn on a load that needs 10.
(the Tri would show minus 2 I think )
