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full_mosey
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Apr 24, 2017

MorningStar TriStar-45 PWM and Raspberry Pi 3 data project

I am working my way through the MS MODBUS Specification specs to capture data onto the RPi3. The plan is to avoid fixed control panels, and instead, run a web server on the RPi3 and then view info ...
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full_mosey
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Jun 28, 2017
This graph will confirm that the 15L does indeed measure battery draw at the load terminals. I believe the measurements are within the 2% of 15A spec.

Per the 3A rated DROK USB meter, I added a draw of 0.55A to the USB adapter. You can see that increase at ~21:30.



My best guess is that I was drawing ~0.88A, but the graph never exceeded 0.45A.

HTH;
John

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