Re: [RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures

I am about to order AGMs for two backup power systems, help, they will be in float all the time (except for emergencies. I have a set of C pure lead that was installed in 2003 and are still serving, the Last cycle was last July for a two-day outage, What batteries do you recommend? On Fri, Jan

Re: [RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures

Friends: I had a similar experience with Trojan vented L-16s about two years ago: all of a sudden the product would not perform as it used to. A vendor let slip that plate chemistry had been modified. I was later told that charge voltages needed to be higher than ever recommended

Re: [RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures

Same here! We use mostly SunExtender and have had the same issue. As far as I know, they are the same battery with different labels. I have had some success in being a LOT more aggressive with voltages & times and sometimes going above FLA settings to get banks to recover and perform closer to

Re: [RE-wrenches] Air X Turbine with Positive Ground

On 1/19/2018 4:33 PM, Ray wrote: Great,  I had no idea you all added a wind turbine to your line up. I'm still waiting to hear back from Primus, but it doesn't look good.  Even though they advertise it works for telecomm,  another wrench contacted me privately, and said that the previous owner

Re: [RE-wrenches] Air X Turbine with Positive Ground

The MidNite Chinook 200 is 100% isolated from ground and therefore would work well on a positive ground system. It has no up tower electronics other than a rectifier. These are currently in production and available. Thanks, boB On 1/19/2018 11:32 AM, Ray wrote: Hi All; I am doing a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Air X Turbine with Positive Ground

Great,  I had no idea you all added a wind turbine to your line up. I'm still waiting to hear back from Primus, but it doesn't look good.  Even though they advertise it works for telecomm,  another wrench contacted me privately, and said that the previous owner Southwest Wind Power told him it

Re: [RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures

Hi fellow Wrenches, I had to ask this question a few times about the difference between the Lifeline GPL-L16T and SunXtender PVX4050HT batteries from Concorde with our sales rep before I received a quasi-answer; The lifeline batteries are for RV and MARINE applications Constant cycling up

Re: [RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures

As far as I know, they are the same battery with different label. -James Jarvis APRS World, LLC +1-507-454-2727 http://www.aprsworld.com/ On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:10 AM, Glenn Burt wrote: > So the Lifeline models, not the SunXtender models? > >

Re: [RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures

We stopped installing them when they would not honor a warranty issue. We felt thattheir warranty was not commensurate with the risk we and our customer's faced. On 1/19/2018 11:59 AM, Starlight Solar Power Systems wrote: Drake, We have at least a dozen systems that failed early from lost

[RE-wrenches] Air X Turbine with Positive Ground

Hi All; I am doing a Primus Air 30 (same as old Air X) installation in a couple of days.  This is for a telecomm system that is Positive grounded 48 v.  I had assumed these had been used for many years in Telecomm systems over the years, but as I perused the manual last night, it said that

Re: [RE-wrenches] automatic transfer switch

HI Dave and Chris, Good points, however. I’ve had radian board failures which shut it all down. You are correct if a power module goes down then it will still continue working. This project doesn’t need telecomm redundancy but close. And if the inverter shuts down then the AGS won’t

Re: [RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures

So the Lifeline models, not the SunXtender models? GlennSent from my 'smart' phone so please excuse spelling and typographical errors. -- Original message--From: Starlight Solar Power SystemsDate: Fri, Jan 19, 2018 12:02 PMTo: RE-wrenches;Cc: Subject:[RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline

Re: [RE-wrenches] 1,000V combiners

Shoals Technology Group makes 1000V combiner/disconnects, but may be oversized for what you are looking for. GlennSent from my 'smart' phone so please excuse spelling and typographical errors. -- Original message--From: Chris MasonDate: Fri, Jan 19, 2018 8:13 AMTo: RE-wrenches;Cc:

[RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures

Drake, We have at least a dozen systems that failed early from lost capacity over the last 2 years with 2-4 year old battery banks. The AGM failures are all Lifeline battery made by Concorde. Lifeline and my distributor both told me I was “the only one” with failures. I dropped Lifeline

Re: [RE-wrenches] Schneider 600volt Charge Controller

Probably the first firmware change and they knew it was coming. Just a guess. They have been bullet proof except the addition of Combox made them susceptible to an issue that was fixed in the combox. Anyone with combox should do the update as it really can make the system recover from issues such

Re: [RE-wrenches] Schneider 600volt Charge Controller

Of the ten or so I've put in, only one failure so far, and Schneider was QUICK to replace it with little question (leaving me with a faint impression there was an issue they identified, but didn't want to fess up to) otherwise, I am quite pleased with the large voltage window. Joe Nelson

Re: [RE-wrenches] automatic transfer switch

I think so also for the same reason Chris! So I guess I don't understand why you need the external transfer switch Jay? Is not the internal radian transfer switch the less is more for offgrid? --Dave > I think Radians are redundant anyway, if you parallel the output they will > keep going when

Re: [RE-wrenches] 1,000V combiners

Chris, Although we've primarily used it only for fusing strings and not for combining strings OnSite Energy has had success with the Midnite Solar MNPV10 1000V. Our electricians liked the size and weight of the box and if you're already familiar with Midnite combiners such as the PV6 it's very

Re: [RE-wrenches] 1,000V combiners

Chris - Two ideas: One, call Fronius to see what they recommend. We haven't used this particular inverter, but we've used lots of the smaller Symos and Pirmos and with some of them you can fit fuse holders right in the wire box onto a din rail. Otherwise, I've had good results working with

Re: [RE-wrenches] automatic transfer switch

Hi Jay, I've been using the ASCO Series 185 for years with the Radian, single or dual. With some fine tuning I've gotten the transfer time down to around 1 second. The have a manual switch built inside of it. They also offer a service rated (with CB) or not. Zero failures to date. Christopher

Re: [RE-wrenches] automatic transfer switch

I think Radians are redundant anyway, if you parallel the output they will keep going when one fails. Also, the 8KW are two x 4KW modules, both can function independently. I know this because we lost one at home and kept going until a replacement arrived. On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 7:03 PM, jay

[RE-wrenches] 1,000V combiners

We are looking at Fronius Symo 24.0-3 480 for a 120KW rooftop project but I am having problems identifying a 1,000V fused disco combiner for the six strings. I'm looking for suggestions for suitable products. -- Chris Mason NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™ Solar Design Engineer Generac