Re: [RE-wrenches] for all you Aquion installers

2018-01-31 Thread Bradley Bassett
To clarify what Darryl is saying, that is to separate them electrically only. To loosen the main nut holding the stack together is to destroy them permanently. I inherited five stacks that had been in service with good results. I had actually been working the system hard remotely using OpticsRE,

Re: [RE-wrenches] for all you Aquion installers

2018-01-31 Thread Tom Duffy
Thanks Darryl I’m going to have the installer bring the offending battery here We’ll see how it goes Kind regards Tom Duffy Senior Solar Design Engineer [Solar-Biz-new-logo-800X300] Your 5-star rating really matters to us. Click to rate! Solar Biz™ team works hard to

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

2018-01-31 Thread John
Hi all, perhaps a bit of clarification might help.1) the location of the garage is in a block of flats/units where all the garages are at the end of the row and it is not possible to get a.c. into the end unit of 4 garages without having to obtain permission of all the other 3 garage

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

2018-01-31 Thread Glenn Burt
I put a couple of a.c. powered garage door openers in my garage a couple of years ago. They both had an onboard 12v battery as backup that allowed a few operations when the grid was down. I used them for a couple of months that way before I got power run out from the house. I charged them with

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?

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

2018-01-31 Thread John
Hi all, any recommendations where to find 12 or 24v garage door openers. Can't remember this coming up on the list beforehand. It is just for a single car garage door.Don't want to use an inverter, usually better to go direct to a dc motor. Once I have a suitable opener, I can design the