Horsefly
Solar Wizard
I searched the board and found a few mentions of the Thornwave Powermon-5s, but not many detailed comments.
The device is much like the Victron Smart Shunt. It monitors the Ah going into and out of a battery, and provides lots of information via Bluetooth to an app on a cell phone or tablet.
I bought a Victron Smart Shunt thinking it would satisfy my needs, but after plugging it in I realized that its ability to log information is on the App, not in the device. That would mean that the app (and the phone it was running on) would have to stay active and nearby for however long you wanted to log information. That's not at all what I'm looking for, as I've got a remote cabin and co-owners of the cabin (siblings of mine) that use the system but can't be expected to monitor how it is doing.
The Powermon-5s is more explicit in its definition of logging, saying that it will log information for up to three years. So I am considering selling my Victron smart shunt and buying the Powermon-5s. Before I do so I wanted to hear from someone with the Powermon-5s about how well it works, and hopefully specifically about the data logging.
Anyone what to share their experience with this device?
The device is much like the Victron Smart Shunt. It monitors the Ah going into and out of a battery, and provides lots of information via Bluetooth to an app on a cell phone or tablet.
I bought a Victron Smart Shunt thinking it would satisfy my needs, but after plugging it in I realized that its ability to log information is on the App, not in the device. That would mean that the app (and the phone it was running on) would have to stay active and nearby for however long you wanted to log information. That's not at all what I'm looking for, as I've got a remote cabin and co-owners of the cabin (siblings of mine) that use the system but can't be expected to monitor how it is doing.
The Powermon-5s is more explicit in its definition of logging, saying that it will log information for up to three years. So I am considering selling my Victron smart shunt and buying the Powermon-5s. Before I do so I wanted to hear from someone with the Powermon-5s about how well it works, and hopefully specifically about the data logging.
Anyone what to share their experience with this device?