Solar meter

[Hank Kivett]

I have 2 - 100 watt panels and for some unknown reason they do not run thru the Link 10 shunt. (actually have looked and cant find it anywhere). What i want to know is ...is there a meter that I can install either prior to the controller or just after it that will tell me what my panels are putting out...please use the KISS principle with talking to me..."Keep It Simple Stupid".

[902bouy]

Hello,

I've installed two 50w panels on my boat last year. I believe the brand was Renogy. So far the seem good (got them off of Amazon)

I know with my set up there was an option to plug in lcd displace screen into the MPPT charge controller. You can use the screen to see how much your battery's are charged. How much power is being put out my your solar panels. And I do believe if you set it up right you can total all your power use age on the boat. (I didn't set mine up to tally it yet, to to get the charge reading)

Here are a few pictures of my set up and the screen with information it shows.
The charge controller is the silver box on the right by the radar. And the lcd screen is on then left by the radio.



If I can help in any other way let me know,
Brandon.

[Crew of Turning]

We have a 130W panel on our boat and the Link10 monitor. We wired the solar source through the charge controller and direct to the battery bank. The Link10 can see the inputs from solar and wind sources.

[hobopacket]

Do you have a good mppt controller? Like above, the indicator screen should give you this info.

[SailFastTri]

The Link shunt should be installed on the negative side of your batteries without any other connections between the shunt and battery bank. If it's not it's installed wrong. I recommend you move it.

[Hank Kivett]

I have a link 10 but we unable to find the shunt. It is suppose to be somewhere around the battery bank but as of yet we have not located it...I was hoping that maybe a separate meter would be easier to install.

[Privilege]

Based on the info you have supplied, I suspect that the negative on the panels has been wired directly to the batteries. The shunt from the Link 10 should be the first thing that comes off the negative lead from the battery. The shunt is just a small metal plate connecting two terminals and measures the current flowing across the metal plate. Therefore, everything that is happening downstream of the shunt gets measured by the monitor. If the negative side of the panels is wired directly to the battery, it bypasses the shunt and does not get recorded by the Link 10. It should be a fairly simple job to follow your negative lead from the battery until you find the shunt and then connect the solar negative to the downstream side of the shunt or any other common bus bar in the system. (P.S I'm no electrician so stand to be corrected on this)!

[fallingeggs]

The shunt is one way, but let toss out another option.

The Victron 75/15 MPPT will handle those panels. It is only $90 on Ebay in the US. Get a cable or Bluetooth for between $25 and $50, and run Victron's Connect app (free) from your phone or computer. It will give you real time and historical data of your panels. Sell your current charge controller.

[SailFastTri]

Originally Posted by Crew of Turning

We have a 130W panel on our boat and the Link10 monitor. We wired the solar source through the charge controller and direct to the battery bank. The Link10 can see the inputs from solar and wind sources.

Impossible. The shunt is connected between the battery bank and the charge controllers, if it weren't the solar and wind would not register on the Link 10

[smac999]

fix the link 10 first

[BriaF]

If what you want is to monitor the state of charge of you batteries ?
If so then I suggest you look at (Smartgauge) have a look on panbo.
It connects direct to the battery + - terminals.

NO SHUNT -ACCURATE readings - NO TUNNING ( as batteries age you need to adjust peurkets law ratio to maintain accurate readings therefore most gauges are inaccurate because peurkets is out of adjustment.( shunt type)

Smart gauge is accurate
Self tuning
Simple to install
Have had mine for 18 months changed battery bank & solar panels no problems
It just takes a few days to learn again.
I now can adjust the solar regulator to achieve 100% charge 90%of the time because I have battery data I can trust.

I have no interest financial or otherwise with the manufacturer I am just a satisfied customer

[ruples]

Originally Posted by 902bouy

Hello,

I've installed two 50w panels on my boat last year. I believe the brand was Renogy. So far the seem good (got them off of Amazon)

I know with my set up there was an option to plug in lcd displace screen into the MPPT charge controller. You can use the screen to see how much your battery's are charged. How much power is being put out my your solar panels. And I do believe if you set it up right you can total all your power use age on the boat. (I didn't set mine up to tally it yet, to to get the charge reading)

Here are a few pictures of my set up and the screen with information it shows. Attachment 141222
The charge controller is the silver box on the right by the radar. And the lcd screen is on then left by the radio.
Attachment 141224
Attachment 141225

If I can help in any other way let me know,
Brandon.

Hi Brandon, came across this post and was wondering if you could help me. I am helping set up a solar powered electric boat and am using Mastervolt products. With the mastervolt chargemaster(controller) (Mastervolt SCM25 MPPT Solar ChargeMaster - 131902500) when I switch to state 5 (connected to the mastervolt MLi battery) the SOC icon disappears. Everything has been properly connected--just wondering if you have had any issues with SOC displays as well.

Thanks in advance!
Rebecca