Re: [RE-wrenches] replace part of rolls battery bank

2023-04-04 Thread Ray Walters via RE-wrenches
I highly recommend _against_ the 2v L16s.  You are not going to a better battery, or fewer cells; just the cells are wired internally, making it very difficult to assess each cell independently.  I trouble shot a system of Trojan 2 v L16s, that was only 2 years old, but was trying to run a

Re: [RE-wrenches] replace part of rolls battery bank

2023-04-04 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches
Hurts my head ! Agree that you will have more trips to this house after the next one. This is most likely not going to get you 2 more years. All of the wiring is good, clean, and tight? Who really knows how long it could last? Probably fine thru summer and fall. Much better with the next

Re: [RE-wrenches] replace part of rolls battery bank

2023-04-04 Thread Ray Walters via RE-wrenches
So the 24 batteries are actually 72 individual cells that are trying to charge equally, with essentially no BMS.  Its not just max strings, but max # of cells, and that's double my maximum. You mentioned they use it pretty hard, so that's the other big part of how long L16s will last.  If the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Phased out Schneider Electric SCP

2023-04-04 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches
This just went up on the Schneider website thanks to Eric Bentsen. A complete guide on how to do this with a Samsung tablet https://solar.se.com/us/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/02/Tablet-Setup-for-InsightLocal-e-Guide.pdf It is under the Insight down loads at the bottom of page. Dave

Re: [RE-wrenches] replace part of rolls battery bank

2023-04-04 Thread Daniel Young via RE-wrenches
Thanks all for the advice. I figured it was not worth trying on a different battery brand. I honestly needed to be able to tell them I researched it and asked my peers. The client really uses the 3 x strings they have and did not really want to go down to 3. They are currently choosing to get

Re: [RE-wrenches] Phased out Schneider Electric SCP

2023-04-04 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches
Saying this again, you all should tell Schneider this. BTW, a tablet can wifi station mode connect to a non internet installed "conext home" with a saved password. It also can be set-up as a "user" and no password is required. Neither of these require wifi at the home. It is all in the 3

Re: [RE-wrenches] Phased out Schneider Electric SCP

2023-04-04 Thread Glenn Burt via RE-wrenches
The setup I described is dedicated to the system only, only requires a login once and it on all the time.-GlennSent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors.-- Original message--From: Michael Morningstar via RE-wrenchesDate: Tue, Apr 4, 2023 11:31 AMTo:

Re: [RE-wrenches] Phased out Schneider Electric SCP

2023-04-04 Thread William Miller via RE-wrenches
Chris: Respectfully: it’s not the same thing. Outback is not discontinuing the Mate. If you have an Outback inverter you need a Mate and the Mate accesses the FM100. Sure it would be better if the FM100 had a display, but there is a viable option in the Mate. William On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at

Re: [RE-wrenches] Phased out Schneider Electric SCP

2023-04-04 Thread Chris Schaefer via RE-wrenches
akin to outback and their FM100 charger controller with no display. I use the Midnite classic 200 instead. Christopher On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 11:34 AM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches wrote: > Thanks Glen ! I will ask him on Thursday at a webinar. > > > Register here: > >

Re: [RE-wrenches] Phased out Schneider Electric SCP

2023-04-04 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches
Thanks Glen ! I will ask him on Thursday at a webinar. Register here: https://solar.se.com/us/en/event/webinar-backup-control-switch-launch/ Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 On

Re: [RE-wrenches] Phased out Schneider Electric SCP

2023-04-04 Thread Michael Morningstar via RE-wrenches
Yah, What the heck? The XW Pro/Discover AES pairing makes up 2/3s of our installs. Right now I have a client who's Insight Home is glitching and drops out his smartphone connection. Without the SCP He'd be in the dark. I just purchased an SCP off of Ebay for 700.00 for a system we are building for

Re: [RE-wrenches] Phased out Schneider Electric SCP

2023-04-04 Thread Chris Sparadeo via RE-wrenches
I don’t like the idea of a system being dependent on the functionality of the insight home/facility or the battery life of a smart device / AC output of the inverter to be able to change settings. As limited as the SCP is, I think it serves a very important function in system operation. I’m all