Meters, Communications & Site Analysis

After the Installation - System Monitoring and Communication: Once your solar or wind electric system is safely and properly installed, you will want some way to accurately measure performance. After all, you just invested in a clean power system, you want to be sure that it's operating at its peak. Meters can monitor and display important outputs like:

• How much electricity is being produced from the solar array
• How full the battery bank is
• How much current the wind turbine is producing
• Greenhouse gas savings

The Wes Power GreenMeter Hybrid Energy Monitor can actually monitor multiple solar arrays, multiple wind arrays OR a hybrid solar and wind system. Products like the Outback Hub allow the Outback Mate Remote Monitor And Control to control and program multiple Outback inverters and charge controllers. Other products allow you to connect directly to a computer through an RS 232 port. Check out the battery monitoring systems from Bogart and Xantrex; they offer some great products that most renewable energy enthusiasts would not do without. Even something as simple as an Analog Amp Meter 0-30 Amp DC can help detect system problems early. At the very least, they will allow you to take pride in your clean energy producing system!