[RE-wrenches] PV step-up transformer design

2015-04-02 Thread Kelly Keilwitz, Whidbey Sun Wind
Wrenches, We have issues with a 1-1/2 year old 25 kW grid-tied PV system utilizing 2 step up transformers from the array to grid. Actually it’s two identical, 12.5 kW systems (for incentive and financing reasons) on each transformer. Note that the inverter size and voltage selection was also

Re: [RE-wrenches] Load testing Lithium battery bank

2015-04-02 Thread Chris Schaefer
From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Shafer Sent: Wednesday, 18 March, 2015 21:57 To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Load testing Lithium battery bank We use elite batteries with BMS no problems, the BMS sensor does seem to run

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV step-up transformer design

2015-04-02 Thread Jarmo . Venalainen
Hi: You've run into one of the reasons why single phase inverters which are operated as a 3-phase cluster, are supposed to have built in circuits/comm wires which send a shutdown signal from one to the others so that if one stops, they all do. The Xantrex GT / Conext TX have an RJ-11 wire

Re: [RE-wrenches] Gen preheat in cold climates

2015-04-02 Thread Mac Lewis
Hi Gary, We have implemented a preheat strategy that has really worked well at a site using dual sunny islands. They have a load shed function built in with the control relays. We are using that function to add the block heater load. When a generator start is likely (~50% SOC) it triggers a

[RE-wrenches] Gen preheat in cold climates

2015-04-02 Thread Gary Higbee
Wrenches, I'm curious what strategies you use to preheat a propane gen in cold climates. This is a large off-grid design in a sub-zero winter climate and ideal would be to turn on a block heater an hour or two in advance, then run the gen cycle. We plan to use either a Schneider XW or Outback

Re: [RE-wrenches] Gen preheat in cold climates

2015-04-02 Thread Allan Sindelar
Gary, Mac's approach is intelligent and will work well, as an automated system with the right hardware. We took a quite different approach on a somewhat similar scenario in 2009. This was a Kohler 8.5REZ, with the electric carb heater and AC charter for the