Esteemed Wrenches;
We are replacing a venerable but zorched Trace U-series with a Magnum for
an off-grid client. He has a "power shed" type install 100 feet from the
house, and wants to be able to control and monitor the inverter from the
house.
The Magnum remote uses standard telephone cable, s
Check out SnapNrack ground mounts
David
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On Apr 26, 2013, at 4:25 PM, "jay peltz" wrote:
> HI All,
>
> Wondering if anyone has recommendations of the following ground mounts.
>
>
> Unirac ULA
> vs
> Iron Ridge ground mount.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> jay
>
> peltz power
HI All,
Wondering if anyone has recommendations of the following ground mounts.
Unirac ULA
vs
Iron Ridge ground mount.
Thanks in advance,
jay
peltz power
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Thanks
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On Apr 26, 2013, at 2:24 PM, "Chris Daum"
mailto:ch...@oasismontana.com>> wrote:
Dear people:
A fellow called today, looking to replace his piece-of-crap amorphous 43W 70V
solar module. Anybody have something like that lying around? Please contact
me off list.
T
The Ecogen is an excellent unit, but it is not cheap. For the price of the
Ecogen, you can get a 20KW Guardian packaged unit with ATS and not buy all
the batteries and inverters and switchgear.
If you only get very rare outages, how does it make sense?
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Gary Wille
Dear people:
A fellow called today, looking to replace his piece-of-crap amorphous 43W
70V solar module. Anybody have something like that lying around? Please
contact me off list.
TGIF,
Chris Daum
Oasis Montana Inc.
406-777-4309
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Chris, et al:
The EcoGen (6kw) was designed by Generac & the Propane Council
from the ground up to run on LP, and to be used in an off-grid
application. I've owned one for about 3 years now and I am very
pleased with it. My home PV system is a 5.5 kW array
my biggest issue with bbgt systems is the inefficiency. my 4.3 kW (stc) array
typically sells 2.8 kW.
5 years of tracking dc input versus ac output shows the obfx inverter runs
around 87% efficiency. add battery maintenance and the extra wiring to split
off "backed up loads" and the economics
I agree that this is an incorrect myth, when referring to lead-acid
batteries. The fewer times you cycle them, the longer they last. At this
time, we don't have any other options in the real world, though.
Dan Fink,
Executive Director;
Otherpower
Buckville Energy Consulting
Buckville Publications
this is an incorrect myth.
todd
On Friday, April 26, 2013 12:30pm, "Bill Turberville"
said:
Batteries actually do better if they are cycled than if they just sit there.
He may actually extend his battery life. What kind of batteries is he using?
From: [mailto:re-wrenches-boun.
Should've mentioned that, sealed AGM. And his loads, the ones he wants to run
on his CLP, are such that the batts would be cycling daily at least, with a
D.O.D. yet to be determined (we're trying to stay above 49%).
Eric
- Original Message -
From: Bill Turberville
To: RE-wrenches
Batteries actually do better if they are cycled than if they just sit
there. He may actually extend his battery life. What kind of batteries is
he using?
*From:* re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:
re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *SunHarvest
*Sent:* Frid
I have a crazy...I mean creative customer who wants a BB system so that he can
run off-grid during peak and partial-peak rate hours: 1 to 7pm is peak, 7 to
9pm is partial from PG&E. He got this great idea from a tech at a reputable
power optimizer manufacturer, whom I will not name here, who sai
our power outages generally come from bad weather too... and of course when the
weather is bad the pv does next to nothing. so for emergency backup, i
recommend a generator.
todd
On Friday, April 26, 2013 10:33am, "Bill Turberville"
said:
Not very often, and usually for no more
The Generac Guardian are field convertible to propane. I imagine you can
install a propane tank as we do here.
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Bill Turberville wrote:
> I have done that with several customers, but those generators were natural
> gas, and their concern is if we have an earth qua
I have done that with several customers, but those generators were natural
gas, and their concern is if we have an earth quake and lose natural gas,
since we are on the New Madrid fault.
*From:* re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:
re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Beh
For the price that you would spend on batteries and a Sunny Island system,
you could buy and install a generator. I would go that route.
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Bill Turberville wrote:
> Not very often, and usually for no more than an hour or two, although it
> has been down as long as
I'm curious to learn more about this. We have a few Skystreams out there. They
have been working well, but it would be nice to have some options if repairs
are needed. Of course there is no warranty support for them!
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On Apr 26, 2013, at 8
Not very often, and usually for no more than an hour or two, although it
has been down as long as 5 days, either during tornado season, or ice
taking down power lines. What these people are looking for is Just In Case
a big event happens. They do not want to have all those panels just
sitting the
Hi bill
Just how often is your grid down?
Jay
Peltz power
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On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Bill Turberville wrote:
> I live in a TVA area where there is a Feed In Tariff. Everything that is
> generated by the PV array feeds into the grid through a Generation Meter that
> t
I live in a TVA area where there is a Feed In Tariff. Everything that is
generated by the PV array feeds into the grid through a Generation Meter
that ties-in ahead of the house meter. I have started getting calls from
customers who hate having a solar array that does not generate when the
grid i
As most people probably know Southwest Windpower is no longer but I have
had some people call me about repairing the Skystream.
We never installed any but are looking into the retrofit repair kits using
Power One's Aurora inverters and Wind Interface kit.
It looks pretty good as it takes all the
As an electrician, I see a lot of black plastic
cable ties that fall apart. I'm not sure I've
seen that on PV systems, specifically, but it is common.
At 11:06 AM 4/25/2013, you wrote:
I too share the concern about standard plastic
zip ties. However, I started in the industry in
1997 and ha
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