BFL13 wrote:
If all you have is the solar monitor, you have no idea of the AH count for the whole rig except by the "morning voltage" same as with no monitor at all.
Ideally, you could have the total on its monitor and the solar upstream with its own monitor for a more accurate idea of how much of the total is solar
I don't understand what you are saying about "how much of the total is solar". The total AH flow into battery for the day = my total solar harvest for the day. There is nothing else. No shore power that magically appears and disappears when I look the other way. If there is no generator on that day (I don't use a generator), there is nothing else.
This total AH harvest for the day, along with 30 previous days accessible by one button click on Rogue display (and more technical info for those curious), is kind of academic interest to me. What matters is that my batts go into Absorption and Float by certain time. Abs->Fl transition in Rogue 3048 is triggered by current - or timer if so desired, but I prefer current. With Amps for Abs that I have set, and with my loads (that also don't appear and disappear suddenly), I know that batts are 97% full when they start floating.
But, similarly to CJW8, I don't find much fun in checking that display very often.
When night comes, controller makes an entry for the day: total AH and WH in, peak wattage achieved, whether it got to Float or not, and how much time it spend in Abs and Float.
More detailed yet data log is available through laptop and dataport, but I doubt that will ever need it. In fact, I'm thinking of placing Rogue with its nice display out of sight into under-bed storage so that I won't have to even look at it :)
(and replace my porch light with LED - thanks CJW8 for reminding - so that when Mr. Alzheimer comes, I will be prepared)