Re: [RE-wrenches] My .02 - 12/24v garage door opener.....

2018-02-01 Thread Darryl Thayer
I took a look at one my customer's garage usage, I was not there, but Egauge said total load when opening or closing the garage door, was 650 watts for about 30 seconds. meaning 5.6 Wh for a single operation. twice a day 22.4 Wh daily use two open and close cycles. but I see a background load

Re: [RE-wrenches] My .02 - 12/24v garage door opener.....

2018-02-01 Thread jay
So why not use one of the garage doors that has a built in backup battery and just charge the built in battery directly? Its got all the internals already done? Install a CC and PV module and you are all done? Jay peltz power > On Feb 1, 2018, at 12:18 PM, Jerry Shafer

Re: [RE-wrenches] My .02 - 12/24v garage door opener.....

2018-02-01 Thread Jerry Shafer
John Samlex makes small pure sine wave inverters from 12 to 48 volts and down to 150 watts Jerry On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 5:23 AM, Dana wrote: > Wow, this is flash from the past… I had almost forgotten about running DC > in a house or garage. > > With todays inverter

Re: [RE-wrenches] My .02 - 12/24v garage door opener.....

2018-01-31 Thread John
Message- From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2018 7:42 a.m. To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] My .02 - 12/24v garage door opener. Not even going to mention building code and running

Re: [RE-wrenches] My .02 - 12/24v garage door opener.....

2018-01-31 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
Not even going to mention building code and running DC wiring outside of the area (battery/inverter/chargers location) an inspector would allow. Even some of the very rural/extreme remote counties I work in know that they are ill-equipped to inspect DC wiring. Some will tell you there is no

[RE-wrenches] My .02 - 12/24v garage door opener.....

2018-01-31 Thread Dana
Wow, this is flash from the past… I had almost forgotten about running DC in a house or garage. With todays inverter efficiency’s & costs VS. the cost of proper DC wire sizing, garage lighting?, & having to modify a reliable lift system, etc. Is there really a cost savings in the longs run?