Re: [RE-wrenches] Charging a HUP

2014-02-10 Thread Chris Mason
What apparent power readings are you getting? On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 3:11 AM, br...@willpowerelect.com wrote: We dialed the inverters back to 3.6 kw charge and got a full bulk and EQ with no breaker trip today. Finally got the SG back up to 1.275 - 1.285 after 4 hours @ 61.5. It had me real

Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Island Battery Disconnects

2014-02-10 Thread Jason Szrom
Hi William, I don't have a lot of experience with battery OCPD, but I did have a project where we used a Square D heavy duty safety switch to protect a negative grounded 600VDC battery string. All of the heavy duty switches are AC and DC rated (H363, H364, H365...). For DC applications, go

Re: [RE-wrenches] 208 V 240 in residential applications

2014-02-10 Thread William Korthof
Every residential electric ranges I've ever checked is dual-marked for 208V and 240V. At 208 volt supply, the resistive elements pull fewer amps, so with lower amps and volts, you get noticeably less output power (takes and extra minute to boil a pot of water). But everything still works.

Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Island Battery Disconnects

2014-02-10 Thread Kirpal Khalsa
Jason.those switches are not over current protection devices unless outfitted with fusesyou would have to use a big disconnect with big fuses in order to work with a battery bankas the current to and from the batteries could be quite significantAdditionally the bulletin you

Re: [RE-wrenches] 208 V 240 in residential applications

2014-02-10 Thread Bill Brooks
WK, Marco, and William, Agreed that 208V versus 240V is not an issue for 240V single phase loads. Phase angle is not an issue for single phase loads--same reason that a single-phase inverter can work with 208/240/277V. In the case of the inverter, typically it is simply a winding count difference

Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Island Battery Disconnects

2014-02-10 Thread Ray Walters
Hi All; SOme of you contacted me off list for more info. I tried to send the spec sheet and contact info on the 3 pole Class T disco, but got rejected because the file size was too big. Here's a link to bolt switch: http://www.boltswitch.com/products.html CLick on Open switches, then pick

[RE-wrenches] Sunny Island battery OCP

2014-02-10 Thread william
Friends: Thanks for all of the replies. Here is what I have learned so far 1. The SMA fuse blocks are not UL listed for installation in the USofA. 2. The Square D switches are not high enough in amperage for battery circuits. 3. The bolt-switch idea is great if you

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-10 Thread bruce
Matt,I don't have a lot of experience with undersized generators for the application, but I will share some thoughts about my recent experience.Having 3 VFX 3648 on a 12 kw Kohler, the math said I shouldn't have difficulty getting 7 kw total charge current which would put 135 amps into the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-10 Thread Exeltech
Bruce, The capacitors may or may not help, and could make things worse. If you've already encountered and solved this exact issue on other identical systems .. carry on. If not ... Switching power supplies have a double-whammy of being non-linear AND reactive. The reactive component is

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-10 Thread toddcory
i would love to see a spectrum analyzer's view of the fx's harmonics. does anyone have this available? interesting (and sad) how silent outback is on this list now. todd On Monday, February 10, 2014 9:37pm, Exeltech exelt...@yahoo.com said: Bruce, The capacitors may or may not