[RE-wrenches] Need some help

2021-06-06 Thread pgiroux
Good morning fellow wrenchers, need some help from those of you that have a bit more tenure than I do. Was called to look at a site yesterday that is down due to renovations. It is a gas station that has 20 KW worth of solar on the canopy, two Trace PV-10208's and two transformers, one on the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Small, non-Tesla GTBB system design

2021-03-03 Thread pgiroux
Good morning all. We have installed numerous Sol-Arks for this type of application over the last 2 years and they perform so very well. While they do a great job with FLA’s they really shine with LI’s or maybe it is my bias about only having to install 1 or 2 large batteries. Technology has

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback AC Backfeed Error

2020-12-12 Thread pgiroux
Recently had this on a project. Turns out it was two things, the cat 5 cables needed to be shielded so I went to Cat7 and the firmware upgrades did not take on one of the radians. Had to do it 3 times. System works fine now. Peter Giroux American Solar From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Jon

[RE-wrenches] Looking for an installer in Hampton Falls NH

2020-11-10 Thread pgiroux
Hi fellow wrenchers. Not sure if this is allowed and if it is not my sincere apologies. Have a client locally that has asked me about an installer in the Hampton Falls NH area. They have a family member buying a home and moving there that will want solar. Any and all help appreciated. Thx

Re: [RE-wrenches] Microgrid... Outback or SMA or other?

2020-09-08 Thread pgiroux
I also suggest the Sol-Ark 12’s. Extremely efficient, simple to program, does a wonderful job in either ac coupling, stand alone or pure off grid and terrific customer support. Peter Giroux ASAE From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Bryan Norkunas Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 1:50 PM To:

Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA SB#000US LCD Displays

2020-08-11 Thread pgiroux
Jason I replaced one a little over a year ago on a sunny island, just within the warranty ( just ). They sent me a new one. It was just the display and it took 15 minutes to change, no new cover suggested or needed. I suspect they have plenty of them as they seem to fail. Press them. With

Re: [RE-wrenches] Engineer Needed for Large Off-Grid System

2020-07-17 Thread pgiroux
Jason Try reaching out to Nwene Ogwu. Met her at a trade show, is a PE, numerous projects under her belt and has recently gone out on her own. 770 376 0707 or 615 720 3407 From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Will White Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:11 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re:

Re: [RE-wrenches] Wind Turbine

2020-07-08 Thread pgiroux
Morning fellow wrenchers. There is a newer Wind turbine company based in the North East called Kohilo Wind. Link below http://kohilowind.com/about-kohilo-wind/ thx peter Giroux From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Roy Butler Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 8:33 AM To:

[RE-wrenches] LI Batteries

2020-06-11 Thread pgiroux
Hello Fellow wrenchers. Has anyone purchased and used any batteries from Electric Car Parts out of Utah. They have a 48 volt, 5, 7.5 and 10 KW Lipo battery made by Energetech ( China ) . I have a customer that would like to use the product ( low cost ) but it is tough getting any actual info from

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fronius IG4, State 417 error

2020-02-11 Thread pgiroux
Wallace I had an IG10's power supply get wonky two years ago. It would never get past the first stage. Couple trips to the customers house and Fronius tech support on the phone ( they were great by the way ) and they shipped me a new one. The tough part was swapping it out, a bit heavy.

Re: [RE-wrenches] Real World Sol-Ark experience

2020-02-01 Thread pgiroux
Maverick Good morning, you are welcome to call me. 678 525 0468. peter From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Maverick Brown Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 5:55 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Real World Sol-Ark experience Peter, I would be interested in knowing

Re: [RE-wrenches] Real World Sol-Ark experience

2020-01-31 Thread pgiroux
Maverick We have a customer with a Sol-Ark and Tesla car batteries. The system, once the fine tuning was finished has performed great. Sol -Ark was very helpful even though this was not a traditional out of the box application. They were great with us as well as the customer ( who kept

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread pgiroux
Carl Oh the joy of Fla’s. I looked at the battery list. Several are only available in Europe and some are no longer in business. Take a look at Fortress Batteries. Great LI tech, warrantee, price point, several models and a long service life ( 6000 full cycles ) in the meantime you might

[RE-wrenches] Aftermarket monitoring

2019-12-09 Thread pgiroux
Good morning fellow wrenchers. Looking for recommendations on an aftermarket monitoring system. Commercial site, 208 and customer is putting back 3 times as much as they are using. They want to know when they are putting back, when they are buying and how much so we can design the right battery

Re: [RE-wrenches] Use roof rock as Ballast for Solar Racking

2019-10-21 Thread pgiroux
Al I believe they are history. Not sure if anyone has any product left. We did a project for a Marine base in Montgomery several years ago and they had those trays left over. Not sure who owns them now, will try and find out. Peter Giroux American Solar 678 525 0468 From:

Re: [RE-wrenches] Flex panels?

2019-09-22 Thread pgiroux
Might look at Hanergy, they have them as well. Believe there is a reseller is south florida. peter From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Tump Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:16 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Flex panels? Contact Joe Marieno @Mia Sole 707-331-4030 On

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC/DC coupling on conext

2019-06-24 Thread pgiroux
Yes, they do LI's. Yes they sell their own batteries but we are in the process of using one with Tesla car batteries ( harvested from damaged Tesla's ). They helped by modifying some the factory settings for us. peter From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Andrew Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC/DC coupling on conext

2019-06-24 Thread pgiroux
Andrew Take a look at the Sol-Ark product. Far more robust than the SE and probably the best hybrid on the market. Can take up to 11 kw worth of solar, 8 kw AC of output with high peak levels. Easy to wire and the customer support is great. Does work with rapid shut down from a few vendors.

Re: [RE-wrenches] Curved solar mounting

2019-02-07 Thread pgiroux
Jason Last year we installed a system on a quonset hut structure. Used a clamp from S-5 ( Protea bracket I believe ) and Iron ridge x-100 rails. Between the brackets, self-tapping screws from Tringle and the rail it was amazingly strong. peter From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of