Re: [RE-wrenches] lithium batteries

2013-01-25 Thread John Berdner
Jay: There are several lithium chemistries out there. The exact voltages will depend on the chemistry but in general Lithium is around 3 V/cell. I am liking LiFePO4 (China Aviation Lithium Battery - CALB) these days and they need: Vnom = 3.2 V/Cell Vcharge_max = 3.6 V/Cell (but this will

Re: [RE-wrenches] 24V Module Query

2013-01-25 Thread John Berdner
Ray: I believe either a MPPT or PWM charge controller will work. I say I believe because IndOp is new and we actually designed it to work with MPPT inverters. It should work with PWM as well but I have only tried it with one PWM charge controller (Morningstar) and that worked fine. Until we get

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bonding bushings?

2013-01-25 Thread Alex Cozine
Just ran in to that. two foot EMT raceway from a production meter into the grid panel. we had to take it out of the emt and run it on the outside to make the inspector happy, I mean, to meet code. On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:22 AM, August Goers aug...@luminalt.com wrote: Jesse, Any metallic

Re: [RE-wrenches] Best racking systems (was Awkward Mid-clamps jigs for installing or removing modules?)

2013-01-25 Thread Andrew Truitt
Jason - This is from Nate Colman, PE and Director of Technical Development at Zep: Zep Solar will be providing updated span tables and compliance letters based on ASCE-10 in the next few weeks. Regarding removal of modules for service - it is common practice to remove up roof modules in order to

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bonding bushings?

2013-01-25 Thread Jesse Dahl
Thanks for the info, I figured as much. So according to 250.64(E) if we enter and exit a gutter on our way from the AC Combiner to the utility disco and then to the CT cabinet outside we will need to bond in the gutter and in the utility disco. I can then run in PVC from the utility disco to