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MEDWARD
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« on: July 09, 2009, 09:48:14 AM »
Can a plugin monitor be used to see the power output from a Grid Tie Inverter? 

I was wondering if those appliance monitors would work if I plugged the Soladin in to, as I haven't got a Mastervolt soladin PC link cable to see my performance.
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ecogeorge
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« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2009, 11:59:21 AM »
I use an "whole house energy monitor" , but put the clamp around the inverter output wire not the house incomer. Fairly accurate but I don't believe that at night I continuously produce 19w as displayed Grin Grin
For data purposes i record from a dedicated electricity meter -less than a tenner on ebay.
Anyone  know how to run soladin software on a mac ?
rgds George.
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« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2009, 01:54:10 PM »
Quote - "Anyone  know how to run soladin software on a mac ?"


Hi George,

You could always run Windows as a virtual PC on the Mac using something like VMware Fusion??

Also see:

http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/guide/windows
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Ivan
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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2009, 01:09:45 AM »
Yes, you can use a power meter to read generated watts - they don't care which way the power is 'going' (in or out). However, it won't be G83, as it needs to be hard-wired.
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