Touch Screen & Solar DC charge voltage

Newbie and just learning PICED.
I was wanting to see if there was a simple way to show a voltage of my solar battery bank on the BW Mark II ?
Instead of me going to the garage and checking the Solar controller I could just look at the C-Bus in the AC controlled living room.

 

Hi,

You could bring the voltage into c-bus via a General analog/digital input unit 5504GI

http://www2.clipsal.com/cis/__data/page/428/5504GI series data sheet2.pdf

HTH

 

YES
That was my next component to the puzzle.

However , how would you program it in PICED....
I may have to re-post on the PICED area


Regards

 

Thanks Guys

Do I attach the 12V DC Battery wires direct to one of the inputs on the General Input Unit?

This seems to simple......

I need to get my hands on a General Input Unit then try.

Regards
Alan Dobbs

 

Pretty much, Yes.

A few things to watch out for though:
The max voltage you can feed into the GIU is 20v, so if your battery bank is 24v or 48v, then change my yes above to a NO. (Yes, I have noticed you said 12v DC above, but thought I should mention it anyway).
If you can't place the GIU within close proximity to the battery bank, then make sure you size the cable appropriately to minimise voltage drop.
Also, make sure you place the smallest rated fuse you can as close to the battery as possible, to protect against one of those unpredictable issues that may arrise in the future.

 

What are the options for if I have a 24 VDC or a 48VDC bank...In the future I will have a 24VDC aling with the present 12VDC.

since the batterys are in series to achieve 24VDC can 2 inputs across each plus / minus be wired then some logic inside to add the sum value for the total value to be displayed.


Regards
Alan Dobbs