TriMetric Remote Battery System Monitor  PentaMetric Remote Battery Monitoring System Pentametric Ethernet/Internet Interface Xantrex Remote Monitors
Remote Battery System Monitors   If your home, R/V or boat depends on batteries for electrical power, here's why a remote battery monitor should be part of your electrical system.      Conservation  Helps save valuable energy by letting you see how much you're using Use "amps" to educate users about how much energy different electrical loads draw. Check that all loads are really off when you think they're off. Check for "phantom loads"-small loads that steal power 24 hours per day. Keep informed about how much energy you have left in your battery system. Reduce generator use by knowing when you can efficiently shut it off because batteries are approaching full charge.   Battery Care Provides information you need to protect your battery investment. Know when to turn on your generator to avoid damage from over discharge. Check that charging systems are charging to correct voltage for longest life. Be reminded not to let batteries go too many days between a full charge.   System Maintenance Helps locate system problems when they occur. Monitor solar arrays and inverter/chargers to be sure they are still charging at proper rates and voltage. Find out if batteries are still holding energy properly. Even if you're not an expert, a dealer or other knowledgeable person can more easily help you "by phone" to locate a problem if you have a monitor on your system.
	TriMetric Remote Battery System Monitor  The TriMetric remote battery monitor is designed to assist in battery care, power conservation and system maintenance with system voltages of 12, 24, or 48 volts. It provides the user with information on battery volts, amps and amp-hours and battery percent full information, based on measuring the amp-hours removed from the battery. Reliability, accuracy and simplicity are key product objectives. The TriMetric meter requires an external shunt located near the batteries, usually in line with the inverter negative cable, to measure amps and amp-hours. The meter may be located hundreds of feet away from batteries and is connected to the shunt with a 4 wire cable (power, signal, ground 1 and ground 2). To really know how much power you're using and how much you're putting back into your batteries you need a meter like the TriMetric battery system monitor. To see with a quick glance at the meter the percentage of power left in your batteries is incredibly useful. To see how many amp hours a day you are using can help you determine where to conserve power if needed. There are other meters out there that do much more than the TriMetric but for the price, you can't go wrong with the TriMetric from Bogart Engineering. For 12, 24 or 48 volt systems (adapter required for 48 volt applications).  Includes displays for Amp-Hours, Amps, Volts and also includes some unique features not available on other AH meters: Settings are not lost when power is disconnected. AH can be reset manually, or when your programmed full charge settings are reached. Charging / Reached Charge LED lights steady to indicate batteries are currently under charge and flashes when batteries have reached a full charge setpoints. Highly visible LED display can easily be turned off to save power. Battery Reminders light can be set to remind customer when equalization or full charge is needed +/or when battery voltage is low. Uses standard 500A/50mV or 100A/100mV shunts (not included). Voltage is displayed to tenths of a volt. Amperage to above 500A, Amp-Hours are displayed to a maximum of 999,000. User settings for full charge parameters, amp-hour capacity, and charge efficiency.
Seven Advanced Features Hours since last full charge Amp-hours removed since last full charge Total amp-hours discharged in life of battery Charge efficiency of last battery cycle Deepest discharge in AH (individual reset) Maximum and minimum battery voltage reached (individual reset) Adjustable smoothing of current charged parameter (improves accuracy for cycling type of charge regulators). No load current <20mA.   The TriMetric TM-1 model comes with a metal box attached to the back with four screws and nuts. The TriMetric TM-2 model is attached to a plate which allows mounting to a standard double electrical box (mounted sideways).   Limited 1 year manufacturer's warranty from Bogart Engineering.
	PentaMetric Remote Battery Monitoring System   Real Time Measurement Capability!   The PentaMetric Remote Battery Monitoring System by Bogart Engineering offers much greater capability than their TriMetric monitor.  If you're looking for a more advanced battery system monitor, the PentaMetric is the perfect choice. Complete system consists of 3 parts: Input unit (near batteries), display unit (shown at left) and computer interface unit Monitor up to 3 shunts -- For example: measure total solar input and wind input independently in addition to monitoring battery "state of charge" Access the data with display unit (shown above) with LCD display and buttons up to 1000 feet from batteries. Optional computer interface with (Windows) software to control and read out all data. Extensive system logged data Relay output to control generator or external alarm Audible and visual alarms for high and low battery conditions
PentaMetric Basic Measurements   Volts (2 channels) 8-100 volts. For example you can monitor volts from two battery systems. Or battery voltage, plus the solar array voltage if you have a peak power point tracking controller.   Amps, (3 channels) ±.01-200 Amps (with 100A/100mV shunt).± 0.1-1000 Amps (with 500A/50mV shunt) Each of these requires a separate shunt. There are many different ways these can be used. For example one channel can be used to keep track of battery system energy content and the two remaining ones can be used for separate measurement of two charging sources, such as total solar or wind production. Or two battery systems can be separately monitored if they share a common negative connection--and in addition one charging source could be separately monitored. Temperature -20 to +65 degrees C.     PentaMetric Secondary Measurements Derived from Basic Measurements   Amp hour (3 channels) to ±83,000 Amp-hours   Cumulative (negative) battery amp hours. (2 channels) to -1,000,000 amp-hours   This measures accumulated amp hours (usually from a battery) only when the amps value is negative. Its purpose is to measure the total cumulative 'wear' of batteries during their lifetime.   Smoothed (time filtered) Amps, with time constants of 0.5, 2 or 8 minutes (3 channels)  ±.01-200 Amps (100A/100mV shunt).± 0.1-1000 Amps (500A/50mV shunt) For example, this can be used to show a more accurate estimate of wind charging input when the wind source is varying in speed.    Smoothed (time filtered) Volts (2 channels) 0-100 Volts. The smoothed values for both Amps and Volts are used for triggering "alarm" and relay functions so very short term anomolies will be ignored.    Watts (2 channels) ±.01- 20,000 watts  Watt-hours (2 channels) ±21,000 kilowatt hours  Battery %full (2 channels) 0-100%  Days since batteries charged (2 channels) .01-250 days  Days since batteries equalized (2 channels) .01-250 days     PentaMetric Data Logging Functions   The PentaMetric meter offers 3 types of data logging functions. With the computer interface all 3 types can be output to spreadsheet file.   1.   "Periodically logged data" can record any or all of the following at regular intervals: once per day to up to once per minute:  Amp hours (3 channels) Watt hours (2 channels)   Temperature max/min (1 channel) Volts (2 channels) Amps (1 channel) Batt%Full (2 channels) 2.   "Battery discharge voltage profile" data logs volts and amps every time charge level changes by 5% (or 10%) for 1 or 2 battery systems. This checks that battery capacity is still OK--.by observing that battery voltage does not decline excessively as charge level drops.   3.   "Battery cycle efficiency data" documents system efficiency for up to 2 battery systems. For each 'charge/discharge' cycle it records: cycle length (hours), total amp hours charged, total amp hours discharged, computed average 'self discharge' current and charge (amp hour) efficiency.     PentaMetric Controls and Alarms   Relay output Control external relay to go on and off at specified voltage levels and/or %battery state of charge levels. "On" and "off" levels can be independently set.   Audible and Visual Alarms Has audible or visual signal for 'Low voltage or low state of charge', 'High voltage', 'battery is charged', 'too many days since charged', and 'too many days since equalized'.
NEW! Pentametric Ethernet/Internet Interface for Wireless Battery System Monitoring The PentaMetric PM-100-CE Ethernet/Interface connects the PentaMetric remote battery system monitor to a router or computer by an Ethernet cable. It allows you to program all PentaMetric functions and read all data (including the logged data) via the internet from a remote location. The PMComm program allows simultaneous viewing of up to six items of data on the screen. System requirements: Local static internet address Windows operating system PMComm software (available as a free download from our web site) on the remote computer. PentaMetric unit version 2.0 or greater. If you do not this version your unit can be upgraded for a small charge.(Version number can be identified by removing the cover from the Input unit and looking for the chip that has the white label that shows, for example, "V. 2.0F".)
Description Price TriMetric Meter 2020 Battery System Monitor $152.00 TriMetric 48 volt adapter for TriMetric Meter $24.00 500 A/50 MV Shunt  $24.00 100 amp/100mV shunt     $20.95 Double gang box for TriMetric 2020  $12.75 Pentametric "Input Unit" $186.00 Pentametric LCD Display $165.00 Pentametric PM-100-CE Ethernet/Interface Please Call 250 Amp Shunt $23.00 Temperature Sensor $28.00 Order Toll Free 1-877-230-7710