VRM solar temperature source

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geomz asked Oct 25, '19

VRM solar temperature source

Under “System Status in VRM” in the “Solar Yield” quadrant/box of the dashboard there is a temperature number listed there.

Where is that temp sourced from?

Directly from MPPT controllers? If so, which one if multiple?

Area temperature based on weather reporting and stated location of site in VRM?

Other?

Thanks.

MPPT Controllers solar

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Dave commented · Oct 28, 2019 at 05:42 AM

Strange that you should ask, as I just questioned the same thing.

I am sure that the MPPT unit is warmer than the 1 degree Celsius that is displayed in the image.

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Answer 1 · 2019-11-06T20:50:55Z

mvader (Victron Energy) answered · Nov 06, 2019 at 08:50 PM

Hi all, its the temperature for the configured location; provided by a online weather service

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Answer 2 · 2019-11-09T20:15:53Z

Dave answered · Nov 09, 2019 at 08:15 PM

Thank you mvader

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Answer 3 · 2020-08-03T15:28:11Z

ghostrider answered · Aug 03, 2020 at 03:28 PM

@mvader (Victron Energy) Does that only populate when there is a GPS fix?

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ghostrider commented · Aug 03, 2020 at 04:31 PM

Nevermind! Did a test... Answer is yes! Manually setting the location doesn't work!

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Teun Lassche ♦ ghostrider commented · Aug 04, 2020 at 08:49 AM

@Ghostrider that is not the case. Manually setting the location in VRM should work. Just checked your instance, and it reports the weather OK for me.

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ghostrider Teun Lassche ♦ commented · Aug 04, 2020 at 02:00 PM

hmm..I had the weather previously set manually and it only showed N/A for the first few days ...then I plugged in a GPS I found and the temperature came alive within minutes. Either way, I'll leave the GPS in place since its nice to have anyway.

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