morningstar meter hub ?'s

mike95490
mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
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So,i'm going to be adding another array this summer, enlarging my battery bank and since I already have a Tristar MPPT controller, I'm considering getting another one. So putting 2 controllers on one bank generally works, one just lags the other.

To sync the controllers, so they can both charge, instead of one thinking it's hit float first, does the morningstar meter hub slave 2 charge controllers together, or is it only for meter reading ease ?
Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

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  • Solar Guppy
    Solar Guppy Solar Expert Posts: 1,989 ✭✭✭
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    Re: morningstar meter hub ?'s

    No slaving, just the ability for a single meter to monitor both chargers and have other devices like a relay module interconnected
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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Any known way for the 2 MPPT's to share the same "brain" so they work together, instead as 2? I think I've discovered a flaw in my scheme to rule the world :cry:

    Julie - does your sw do any control management of the MS MPPT's ?
    Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
    || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
    || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

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    gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,

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  • Cariboocoot
    Cariboocoot Banned Posts: 17,615 ✭✭✭
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    Re: morningstar meter hub ?'s
    mike90045 wrote: »
    Any known way for the 2 MPPT's to share the same "brain" so they work together, instead as 2? I think I've discovered a flaw in my scheme to rule the world :cry:

    Julie - does your sw do any control management of the MS MPPT's ?

    Shoulda bought Outback. :p
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  • Dave Angelini
    Dave Angelini Solar Expert Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    Re: morningstar meter hub ?'s

    Plug one RJ-45 in the CC connector and the other one in a CC connector. You can even plug the next RJ 45 into your inverter/charger. Oh yea, you don't have xw cc's... That extra one or two percent of efficiency is really not worth it offgrid when you lose the ability to network multiple cc's. Having all that data on the SCP. I don't get it Mike.
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