HI Jason, My only thing to add is the smaller the system the more care I take in design. And on most of my systems I install a KwH meter. Makes it very easy to see what they really use a month etc.
Good luck, jay peltz power On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Jason Szumlanski wrote: > I'm well aware of load creep. After installing a 6kW off-grid system I went > out to a site to diagnose performance issues. The owner had purchased a > six-seat electric golf cart and was charging it off the inverter. I had to > bite my lip to avoid hysterical laughter over this "small" unmentioned load. > > The golf cart had eight T-105's and the house battery was sixteen S-530's. > The owner didn't believe that the golf cart battery had over 25% of the house > battery capacity. > > That was an expensive mistake (for him). > > I like the idea of listing estimated consumption somewhere, but I don't want > to become contractually bound to supply or store a certain amount of energy. > Performance guarantees are tough, especially when you are not the operator. > > > Jason Szumlanski > Fafco Solar > > > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Dan Fink <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
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