Has anyone installed the Outback Flexnet DC battery monitor with a Mate controller for the Outback inverter?
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04-28-2011 04:58 PM #1
Outback battery monitor
1977 Hatteras 58' MY, Hull No. 304, 4-stateroom galley up model with 8V71TIs in Knoxville, Tennessee
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Re: Outback battery monitor
Not sure why you'd need it. The Mate monitors almost everything and has multiple display choices to show what it's monitoring. Outback makes lots of monitoring equipment for large windpower battery systems too, but they're not useful on a boat.
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Concur - the Mate is all you would ever need on a boat. FWIW, I had the Outback 3232 installed/operating for over a year before I bought the mate but now can't imagine not having the Mate. IMHO, they should just be purchased at the same time.
Mike P
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Kent Island MD; San Antonio TX
1980 53MY "Brigadoon"
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04-28-2011 05:56 PM #4
Re: Outback battery monitor
If it is anything like other battery monitors like my Magnum and the Brand X Link, it will have a heavy duty shunt in-line which gives you a very accurate view of amperes being consumed and total amp-hours out, with battery state of charge shown as a % of capacity. I am very glad to have mine as we use our inverter a lot.
George
Former Owner: "Incentive" 1981 56MY
2007-2014
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04-28-2011 07:15 PM #5
Re: Outback battery monitor
My understanding is the Mate alone does not calculate battery % of charge or amphours remaining or amphours charging/discharging. I was spoiled with that information on a Xantrex Link 1000 (12 volt) on my last boat.
1977 Hatteras 58' MY, Hull No. 304, 4-stateroom galley up model with 8V71TIs in Knoxville, Tennessee
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You are correct, the mate does not do that. But battery voltage tells you the state of charge. I agree it's nice to have a display essentially say that you have (say) 70% of charge left but reading the voltage at 32.8 (32V system) tells you the same thing though it requires that you have a chart or remember the various voltage/charge numbers.
The following doesn't view as the spreadsheet but the info is there:
State of Charge
Volts per Cell
32V System Total Volts
100%
2.12
33.92
90%
2.08
33.28
80%
2.07
33.12
70%
2.05
32.80
60%
2.03
32.48
50%
2.01
32.16
40%
1.98
31.68
30%
1.96
31.36
20%
1.93
30.88
10%
1.89
30.24
0
1.75
28.00Mike P
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Kent Island MD; San Antonio TX
1980 53MY "Brigadoon"