FYI, Aquion just went BK <https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Aquion-the-Bill-Gates-and-Kleiner-Perkins-Funded-Advanced-Battery-Startup> .
- Andrew "Don't get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It's just that I prefer fusion to fission. And it just so happens that there's an enormous fusion reactor safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could ever use in just about 8 minutes. And it's wireless!" ~William McDonough On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 12:57 PM, John Blittersdorf < john.blittersd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Drake, > I just did my first Aquion Install on an off-grid second home. It is > a 24V single VFX3524. 10 Aspen 24 volt stacks. No one has been living > there since I installed it but at least the generator stopped running 2 or > 3 times a day just to maintain the heating system. The generator hasn't run > at all (since the first charge) the 10 days since we installed it. I am > waiting for the owners to come up from NYC in early April to give it the > test. It will get hit hard so we should know right away how it will > respond. I have the system monitored on OpticsRE so we will be able to see > what is happening. So far the batteries have stayed between 24.6 and > 28.6. I, too, am anxious to see what happens when we are running with the > inverter set for the lowest setting which I think is around 39 or 40 > volts. It will be great to have the OpticsRE control to play around with > the AGS settings to find the most efficient settings in regard to generator > run time. Our #1 goal now is to minimize gen time. > > John Blittersdorf > Solar Guru > Rob Stubbins Solar > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Martin Herzfeld <findso...@herzfeld.org> > wrote: > >> Has anyone worked with them with a Sunny Island? Space is not an issue >> for this client. >> >> Martin Herzfeld, IREC Certified Master Trainer ™ for PV Installation >> Professional #IREC 10037 >> California Solar Contractor License #00833782 C46, D56, D31, C-7 >> Solar, Trenching, Pole Installation & Maintenance, Instrumentation >> >> UL Certified PV Installer #17, OSHA 30 >> OSHA-Authorized Construction Trainer #C0068034 >> CompTIA Certified Technical Classroom Trainer (CTT+) #T3NSZCNBBKB4QTQG >> >> Registered NABCEP Continuing Education (CE) Provider >> >> >> On Jul 20, 2016 2:00 PM, "Jerry Shafer" <jerrysgarag...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> We had a customer request them but once we found out how many it would >> take, he decided on the deka unigee instead. l dont like running my OB's at >> such a low voltage as they seem to get hotter due to the higher current. >> Some of our other product lines don't even reccomend aquions due to that >> low voltage, suggest asking your inverter manufacture too. >> >> On Jul 20, 2016 10:52 AM, "Drake" <drake.chamber...@redwoodalliance.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Wrenches, >>> >>> I have a client who is going to take the plunge and buy a set of Aquion >>> Batteries. They look pretty good on paper, but I'm not sure how well an >>> inverter would function at the 40 V minimum. Does anyone have experience to >>> recommend them or warn against using them? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Drake >>> >>> Drake Chamberlin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Athens Electric LLC OH License 44810 CO License 3773 NABCEP Certified >>> Solar PV 740-448-7328 <740-448-7328> *http://athens-electric.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >>> >>> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >>> >>> Change listserver email address & settings: >>> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >>> >>> List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re >>> -wrenc...@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >>> >>> List rules & etiquette: >>> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >>> >>> Check out or update participant bios: >>> www.members.re-wrenches.org >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re >> -wrenc...@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re >> -wrenc...@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches. > org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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