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Other Notes & Recommendations
It is advisable to plan to have your weather transmitter relatively close to the kWh you are reading. Remember that the transmitter must physically connect to your load or power producer, just as you would a ammeter. We have tested a wire length of 100', but I am not sure of the limits. Shielded wire is recommended, but most any wire should work.
To calibrate more exactly, it would be useful to have a kWh meter such as the KILL-A-WATT unit from P3 International to verify.
The closer you determine the frequency that will suit you for the Wattnode, the more precise your readout will be. On a small turbine I believe that the standard Wattnode would work(under 2 kW)
This entire design should be applicable to any load or generator, whether it is PV, wind, gas, diesel, etc. The wattnode will read 110 or 220v and I believe they have models that will read 3 phase. So, in theory, it can be upsized or downsized to any application.