Monthly Archives: March 2020

Solar Monitor II

Installed and working. I designed and printed the case. Installed and started monitoring via Adafruit IO I have a few software enhancements in mind. Ability to turn the boost charger on from the web for example. Also there is a strange phenomenon happening each morning. The voltage goes low enough to trigger the boost charger. […]

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Solar Panel Monitor

It’s been cloudy enough this winter that the solar plant charging has not been able to keep up with demand. Short days and new consuming devices contribute to the problem. I have had to use a trickle charger to keep up. I’d like to automate this process so that the back-up charger comes on when […]

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