[RE-wrenches] Photocom inverter

2015-05-26 Thread Jeremy Rodriguez
Does anyone have any contact info for a former Photocom rep? I've got a client with one that's acting up. Regards, Jeremy Rodriguez Solar Installation And Design Expert All Solar, Inc. 1463 M Penrose Colorado 81240 Sent by Jeremy's iPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand!

Re: [RE-wrenches] Lithium batteries for Polaris

2015-05-26 Thread jay peltz
Hi All, I've got a call about lithium batteries for the battery powered polaris EV ranger. I've looked but can't find any. Anybody know of a supplier for this? Sorry in advance if this is supposed to go to marketing. jay peltz power ___ List

Re: [RE-wrenches] Design Class Recommendations

2015-05-26 Thread Bill Hoffer
Howie I am biased to SEI. Full disclosure I do teach for them. Great instructors and a solid curriculum. Options for online, in person and hands on. Great thing about SEI is most instructors are part time teachers working full time in the industry, so students get a good industry perspective.

Re: [RE-wrenches] Photocom inverter

2015-05-26 Thread Allan Sindelar
This is a real long shot, Jeremy, but Chris Pinelli was manager of Photocomm in Denver, before Photocomm became Golden Genesis (Coors Beer family) and then Kyocera. I googled his name, and as of 2008 he still worked for Kyocera. So try Email:chris.pine...@kyocera.com

[RE-wrenches] Design Class Recommendations

2015-05-26 Thread Howie Michaelson
Hi, We are hiring a new person to begin to take on generating our residential installation packets for the field crews. We looked for someone with experience, but have had to go with someone with lots of PV field project management experience, reasonably good computer program skills, but not a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Water Heater Heat Pumps

2015-05-26 Thread Bill Hennessy
Hi folks,I'm a little confused. Is the heat pump water heater used w radiant floor heating to also heat the house? If so, 4338W/240v=18A.  Pretty good for dhw and house heating. If we convert 4338W to btuh, it's about 14,000 btuh and at 1800 sqft, about  8 btuh/sqft, again a good number for a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Water Heater Heat Pumps

2015-05-26 Thread Bill Loesch
Friends, Are we confusing two distinct technologies? Water Heater Heat Pumps are _not_ Water Source Heat Pumps. Thanks, Bill Loesch Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar 314 631 1094 On 26-May-15 11:35 AM, William Dorsett wrote: Dan was this a mini-split? The one's I've installed (typically not for

Re: [RE-wrenches] Water Heater Heat Pumps

2015-05-26 Thread William Dorsett
Dan was this a mini-split? The one's I've installed (typically not for 1800sqft house) spec AWG 14 or 12 so the full power draw on these can't be anywhere near that. In fact, there are two or three which are PV direct i.e.: http://www.hotspotenergy.com/solar-air-conditioner/HotSpot-ACDC12b.pdf

Re: [RE-wrenches] Water Heater Heat Pumps

2015-05-26 Thread frenergy
Dana, I am no expert with ground source heat pumps, but I suspect that the measurement you took was when the resistance heat strips were on, which will only be used very infrequently in a properly designed and operated GSHP system. Despite that, GSHP can be used off-grid with the heat

Re: [RE-wrenches] ConnectDER

2015-05-26 Thread Jason Szumlanski
My understanding is that this needs to be approved by each individual utility like any collar device (i.e. surge suppression). The process is not extremely simple, but the manufacturer is looking to establish more utility relationships. I put them in contact with our two local utilities, but no

Re: [RE-wrenches] Water Heater Heat Pumps

2015-05-26 Thread wmdorsett
At 14,000 btus,  It is in easy range of even a small a mini-split. While the output is dumped into a large room, usually the living/dining, its heat or cool will in reasonable time get to the rest of the house. Bill Dorsett Manhattan.Ks Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

Re: [RE-wrenches] FLA battery set points with larger arrays

2015-05-26 Thread Steve Higgins
There are many things that can affect that post temperature, so to get the overall temperature of the battery on the side of the battery tends to be more accurate. When I take temp measurements on a flooded battery it’s primarily the electrolyte temp via the well. If I suspect a shorted

Re: [RE-wrenches] Water Heater Heat Pumps

2015-05-26 Thread Dana
The unit I clamped was a ground sourced heat pump. Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc - NABCEP # 051112-136 E - d...@solarwork.com - Web - solarwork.com O - 970.626.5253 C - 208.721.7003 Responsible

Re: [RE-wrenches] Water Heater Heat Pumps

2015-05-26 Thread Dana
What kind of power draw do you see on this unit? what kind of duty cycle do you see for 2 people or 4 people? I amp clamped a 1800 sqft house heat pump for DHW house heat in full power and measured 4338 watts have a rough time recommending heat pumps for off grid.

Re: [RE-wrenches] FLA battery set points with larger arrays

2015-05-26 Thread Steve Higgins
Jason, Even a battery stored in a warehouse at say 35C before even put into service can/will degrade. It won’t degrade much over such a short period of time of storage, but even batteries that sit for years if they are not boosted properly and kept in that 77F range (25C) can develop issues.

Re: [RE-wrenches] ConnectDER

2015-05-26 Thread Rebekah Hren
Relevant article in HP includes good commentary: http://www.homepower.com/articles/solar-electricity/design-installation/methods-streamlined-supply-side-interconnection On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Dave Click davecl...@fsec.ucf.edu wrote: I have had two of these on my house (I upgraded

Re: [RE-wrenches] ConnectDER

2015-05-26 Thread Dave Click
I have had two of these on my house (I upgraded my system, so had to get a larger model) and I really like them. Great guys at the company and great product. Major issue is that most utilities don't have a blanket allowance for meter collars like this one, so you may end up spending a fair

[RE-wrenches] Hot water heater heat pumps

2015-05-26 Thread Tom Lane
The water heater heat pump tanks , I am referring to are ONLY FOR HEATING DOMESTIC HOT WATER for washing clothes , showers , baths , and dish washing . On April 15 the Feds mandated all new standards for water heaters , ALL ELECTRIC AND GAS HOT WATER HEATERS ARE NOW ABOUT TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot water heater heat pumps

2015-05-26 Thread Phil Forest
Wrenches, My take so far on this great discussion about heat pump hot water heaters (HPHW's) for domestic hot water: A HPHW powered by off-grid PV could be very effective, if there was a timer which controlled it to only operate during daylight, so it doesn't load the batteries at night. And

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot water heater heat pumps

2015-05-26 Thread MDElectricSolar .
Just installed one. A little noisy (like a small refrigerator running) but installed on a 15A/240V breaker. Sonoma County, coastal, but it's working fine so far. Challenge was enough airspace, definitely puts out cold, conditioned air. Mike On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Phil Forest