I also see lots of "load creep" Ray...."oh, forgot to tell you....we need to add some all-night LED area lighting to the system. It won't use much power......"
Dan Fink On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Ray Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > On these small projects, its very important to nail down the exact load, > to keep the pricing sane. I list on the estimate what the system is > designed to do; for instance 18 w load 24 hrs/ day. Then if something goes > wrong and they are running more than they should you just gently point out > that that was not what the system was designed to do. > I learned a long time ago, that you can't take name plate power draw > numbers, or count on the manufacturer to provide those numbers; you've got > to confirm it with your own monitoring equipment. > > R.Ray Walter > CTO, Solarray, Inc > Nabcep Certified PV Installer, > Licensed Master Electrician > Solar Design Engineer303 505-8760 > > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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