Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback manuals in German or French

2010-02-02 Thread Steve Higgins
=archive We are currently working this avenue, I hate to say it but,... it's coming soon. Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineer. Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems.  19009 62nd Ave Ne Arlington Wa 98223 360-618-4313 -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun

Re: [RE-wrenches] SW Control Board Request

2010-03-09 Thread Steve Higgins
via phone is a bit touchy... Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineer. Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems. 19009 62nd Ave Ne Arlington Wa 98223 360-618-4313 From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Grid Problems

2010-04-04 Thread Steve Higgins
Authority is IEEE the inverter can disconnect prematurely. Changing this to User will open up the disconnect windows a bit so you don't disconnect prematurely. Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineer. Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems. 19009 62nd Ave Ne Arlington Wa

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Grid Problems

2010-04-04 Thread Steve Higgins
what the disconnect, or stop sell reason is... it would give us a better understanding of what is going on. Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineer. Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems.  19009 62nd Ave Ne Arlington Wa 98223 360-618-4313 -Original Message- From

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Outback Grid Problems

2010-04-05 Thread Steve Higgins
Solar Engineer Begin forwarded message: From: Steve Higgins shigg...@outbackpower.com x-msg://341/shigg...@outbackpower.com Date: April 4, 2010 10:02:43 AM MDT To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org x-msg://341/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Outback Grid Problems

2010-04-05 Thread Steve Higgins
refloat and rebulk? For the purpose of the GT units, it's really the same. Just when Refloat, is triggered it's basically going into a Re-bulk mode. Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineer. Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems. 19009 62nd Ave Ne Arlington Wa

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Outback Grid Problems

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Higgins
Sorry Jay... Missed your post. From what I understand we changed this between 75 and 76 because of popping in and out of sell. Ignoring the Temp compensation for Selling allows the inverter to be a bit more predictable. Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineer. Sub-Saharan

Re: [RE-wrenches] Off-Grid Diesel Generators

2010-04-12 Thread Steve Higgins
of a $600 dollar tank circuit that helped but didn't really fix the problem. The customer ended replacing the Regulator with an electronic control that finally fixed the issue. Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineer. Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems. 19009 62nd

Re: [RE-wrenches] Portable Solar Trailer w/ intermittent Ground Fault

2010-06-01 Thread Steve Higgins
) to approve a GT inverter on a mobile trailer? Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineering Mgr Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems. 19009 62nd Ave Ne Arlington Wa 98223 360-618-4313 From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re

Re: [RE-wrenches] Gen set problems

2010-06-15 Thread Steve Higgins
minutes just to let the genset cool off before shutting off. Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineering Mgr Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems. 19009 62nd Ave Ne Arlington Wa 98223 360-618-4313 From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches

Re: [RE-wrenches] Gen set problems

2010-06-15 Thread Steve Higgins
into the ADV/FX/GRID set points. When I visit sites I will usually program both GEN and GRID equal. Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineering Mgr Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems. 19009 62nd Ave Ne Arlington Wa 98223 360-618-4313 From: re-wrenches-boun

Re: [RE-wrenches] RETURN AMP SETTING

2010-07-26 Thread Steve Higgins
. This “Maintenance current” usually is between 2,3,4,5 percent of the overall battery bank capasity. With the Return amps setting you can get the batteries close to that charged setting. Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineering Mgr Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems

Re: [RE-wrenches] RETURN AMP SETTING

2010-07-26 Thread Steve Higgins
The only way for Outback gear to measure return amps is to incorporate an FNDC in the installation. Otherwise then yes you are correct. Steve Higgins. Sr Application Engineering Mgr Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Outback Power Systems. 19009 62nd Ave Ne Arlington Wa

Re: [RE-wrenches] generator surge on outback system

2010-08-12 Thread Steve Higgins
Kirk I am currently in Namibia, so email or phone calls are a bit of a pain... I have asked Sandra In tech support to call you and help you with this if that ok with you? Steve Higgins Sr Application Engineering Mgr Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Direct: 360-618-4314 OutBack

Re: [RE-wrenches] paralleling FM-60's

2010-10-20 Thread Steve Higgins
. Steve Higgins Sr Application Engineering Mgr Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Direct: 360-618-4313 OutBack Power Technologies 19009 62nd Ave NE, Arlington, WA 98223 USA Tel: 360.435.6030 Fax: 360.435.6019 www.outbackpower.com -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re

Re: [RE-wrenches] FX 2000 inverter, crackling sounds

2010-10-22 Thread Steve Higgins
Bob, What's the serial number? There was something long ago before I even arrived at Outback that we pretty much swapped did full board swaps on all pre 500 serial numbered inverters because of all the firmware changes. You can email me off list: shigg...@outbackpower.com Steve

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Mate Controller Issues

2010-12-09 Thread Steve Higgins
this. Steve Higgins Sr Application Engineering Mgr Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Direct: 360-618-4313 OutBack Power Technologies 19009 62nd Ave NE, Arlington, WA 98223 USA Tel: 360.435.6030 Fax: 360.435.6019 www.outbackpower.com From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re

Re: [RE-wrenches] 2 SW inverters on three phase

2011-07-28 Thread Steve Higgins
Yea... we called it Magic Stacking back in the trace days. Steve Higgins Sales Application Engineering Mgr African Business Development Mgr. Direct 360-631-7120 Outback Power Technologies 5917 195th Street NE Arlington, Washington 98223 From: re-wrenches-boun

Re: [RE-wrenches] MATE3 Controller RE: Re-configuring expanded array

2011-10-03 Thread Steve Higgins
minute start voltage. This case is easily resolved by programming the LBCO below the 2 minute start voltage. Even if you have hit LBCO and the inverter has shut off the AGS function still works and will engage the relay (via the aux port) to start the Generator. Steve Higgins Outback Power

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Breaker Problem and looking towards 2012

2011-12-29 Thread Steve Higgins
a better one, at least to what I've seen. Regards. Steve Higgins Sales Application Engineering Mgr African Business Development Mgr. Direct 360-618-4313 Outback Power Technologies 5917 195th Street NE Arlington, Washington 98223 -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re

Re: [RE-wrenches] Abysmally low production from FLEXpowerTWO GVFX3648 system

2012-04-09 Thread Steve Higgins
Bob, I would agree that you should be getting more. I'm assuming you are in Eastern Washington? I see Maverick has posted a lot of good information. One thing I didn't see was did you enable GT mode on the controller? Steve Higgins Sales Application Engineering Mgr African Business

Re: [RE-wrenches] Finding ground faults

2012-05-23 Thread Steve Higgins
From what I understand, future controllers from Outback Power will incorporate the Ground Fault detection into the controller. Steve Higgins Sales Application Engineering Mgr Direct 360-618-4313 Outback Power Technologies 5917 195th Street NE Arlington, Washington 98223

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC Coupling

2012-06-01 Thread Steve Higgins
Dana, Please contact me off list and I'll get you a couple of drawings... They are too big for the list. If anyone else wants them I'll send them to you to. Also keep and eye on Solar Pro, we just finished a good article on ac coupling. Steve Higgins Sales Application Engineering Mgr African

Re: [RE-wrenches] outback power wrench support?

2012-06-21 Thread Steve Higgins
Todd, You should have received a new units at an absolute minimum. When it comes to compensation that's a bit of a sticky situation that is usually handled on a case by case basis. I will be talking to the Mgr of this group to get this squared away today. Thanks. Steve Higgins Sales

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Trays and the NEC

2013-01-12 Thread Steve Higgins
The only chance of leakage is if the customer overfills the batteries. As they are dual container any internal issue you will see the excess fluid accumulate in the bottom of the outside shell. I will see if I can dig up some documentation for you. Regards, Steve Higgins Technical

Re: [RE-wrenches] 24V Rolls Charging Parameters?

2013-04-30 Thread Steve Higgins
100% state on the batteries. Many battery guys know that when they first install them they are usually only at 60-80% SOC. This will cause incorrect measurements of SOC from day one. Hope this helps. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette

Re: [RE-wrenches] 24V Rolls Charging Parameters?

2013-04-30 Thread Steve Higgins
!? Is this just during the initial charge during commissioning? to set the Flexnet DC calibration? Thanks for the clarification... Cheers, Kirpal Khalsa Renewable Energy Systems LLC -- Forwarded message -- From: Steve Higgins st...@surrette.commailto:st...@surrette.com Date: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

Re: [RE-wrenches] SolarEdge Optimizer - Was: Tigo and SMA AFCI - Was: AC coupled, grid-tied Sunny Island - contactor bypass

2013-06-05 Thread Steve Higgins
Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer of [cid:rolls600f99]http://www.rollsbattery.com From: Richard L Ratico Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 6:44 PM To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Reply To: RE-wrenches

Re: [RE-wrenches] outback fx service work

2013-06-13 Thread Steve Higgins
is use the 12volt flashlight batteries, or even in a pinch a 10 amp inline fuse to test the inverter. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer of [cid:rollsab2216]http://www.rollsbattery.com From: re-wrenches

Re: [RE-wrenches] Sw4024

2013-06-21 Thread Steve Higgins
What failed on the sw? If the control board is okay you can get the Mc version and swap the control card to convert the Mc version to the normal version. Sent with my mobile device Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback AC coupling Sunpower?

2013-07-31 Thread Steve Higgins
The deltrol model 375s work well. Send me a request offline and I can send you a spec sheet. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer of [cid:rolls3c17ab]http://www.rollsbattery.com From: Ray Walters Sent

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan L-16s

2013-08-08 Thread Steve Higgins
and, if necessary, sell a refractometer to all of my battery customers. I don't leave this to chance. They also get a copy of a white paper I wrote about battery maintenance. WM Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fw: Ever seen flooded battery charging parameters like this?

2013-10-01 Thread Steve Higgins
Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer of [cid:rolls0f462c]http://www.rollsbattery.com This email and its attachments have been scanned by iConnection E-Mail Firewall for viruses, spam, and malicious content

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trace 2548 intermittent power problem

2013-10-17 Thread Steve Higgins
.Off the top of my head, Tekris Power Electronics in New Jersey, or Inverter Sales and Service from Tennessee. Hope this helps. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer of [cid:rolls959cd7]http

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trace 2548 intermittent power problem...55 not 25

2013-10-17 Thread Steve Higgins
If it's not in search mode, then it sounds like the relay it failing. The SW5548 has two relays, on for grid and one for gen, Does the delay happen using Grid and the Generator? Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive

Re: [RE-wrenches] interchangeability of battery temp sensors

2014-01-15 Thread Steve Higgins
. The pins look the same. A quick internet search was not conclusive. I just found an old box jammed in a closet of the bts/15 and want to put them to use. Thanks in advance -- Mac Lewis Yo solo sé que no sé nada. -Sócrates Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-11 Thread Steve Higgins
, as the higher you go the thinner the air the less efficiently the fuel burns. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: 800.681.9914 M: 206.790.5840 F: 902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company http://www.rollsbattery.com Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447

Re: [RE-wrenches] Arcing from inside Trace DR2412

2014-03-27 Thread Steve Higgins
www.positiveenergysolar.comhttp://www.positiveenergysolar.com/ Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer of [cid:rolls62721f]http://www.rollsbattery.com On 3/27/2014 4:36 PM, Benn Kilburn wrote: Wrenches, An off-gridded (system

Re: [RE-wrenches] Batteries in a dwelling - Venting Concorde AGMs

2014-07-29 Thread Steve Higgins
/cell. When the battery is charged above 2.4V/cell, the amount of the gas generated will be approx. 0.0366 cc/hr/AH/cell. 1cc (Cubic Centimeter) is equivalent to 0.353146665722 Cubic Foot. 1 Cubic Meter is equal to 1,000,000 cc or 35.3146665722 Cubic Feet. Steve Higgins Technical

Re: [RE-wrenches] High specific gravity

2014-08-15 Thread Steve Higgins
voltage from the charge process. This will cause a rise in SG's. A couple weeks at normal charge voltages and good cells the SG's should fall.. If they don't then the problem is either #1, or #3. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery

Re: [RE-wrenches] trace SW plus fan

2014-09-08 Thread Steve Higgins
Jay, If I remember correctly the fan in the SW Plus is the same from the SW... Also the current fan in the Outback should also fit. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xanthrax XW BTS

2014-09-12 Thread Steve Higgins
12, 2014 5:55 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Xanthrax XW BTS Wrenches, I just replaced a failed XW. is the XW BTS compatible with an FM60? Thanks in advance, Bill [cid:C4D249199CAB46158E27F168A7A4AB9B@D8XG8YH1] Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P

Re: [RE-wrenches] Passive Battery Venting

2014-10-31 Thread Steve Higgins
source things tend to go bang and most people don't like that. In most cases this will cause the top of the battery to blow off. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer

Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum System - Discharged Battery Bank

2014-12-17 Thread Steve Higgins
familiar with modes of failure, but our distributor suggested that an internal short could be a possibility - what might have triggered this? Clearly I am fishing for potential leads here, so any suggestions are welcome. Thanks! -- Corey Shalanski Joule Energy New Orleans, LA Steve Higgins

Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum System - Discharged Battery Bank

2014-12-19 Thread Steve Higgins
: Friday, December 19, 2014 7:16 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum System - Discharged Battery Bank First time I ever saw one of the bank of 80 cells are just about put me in a panic Had no idea they could do that either Bob Ellison Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback AGS eq

2015-02-12 Thread Steve Higgins
thereafter, as it was a feature that was unintended. If you have the most recent Mate firmware revision (Mate2, Mate) it’ll work this way. I do not know about the Mate3 as I left Outback shortly after the Mate 3 was released. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex C-40 Drifting

2015-05-18 Thread Steve Higgins
... it's still charging for a short period of time even though you have removed the source. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer of [cid:rolls17a5ec]http://www.rollsbattery.com From: RE

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex C-40 Drifting

2015-05-19 Thread Steve Higgins
banks. Best way to explain it is when the battery bank is charging and you remove the charge, the battery is a chemical reaction... it's still charging for a short period of time even though you have removed the source. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M

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

2015-05-25 Thread Steve Higgins
they would reach 95F+ you would probably lose about 25-30% of your life cycles... One of the ways to combat this if you can is vault them...it's a lot of work, but the earth even in those environments will keep them cooler. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M

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

2015-05-22 Thread Steve Higgins
from which batt temp would rise from. Here in the Sierra, ambients are not very high 95% of the time. Just curious, how does the wiz bang account for all loads...2 shunts? Thanks, Bill Feather River Solar Electric Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M

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

2015-05-26 Thread Steve Higgins
with larger arrays HI Steve, Can you explain the difference between plate temperature and over all battery temperature? What sort of temperature difference are you seeing? IE post is hotter or cooler and by how much. thanks jay On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Steve Higgins st

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

2015-05-26 Thread Steve Higgins
cycling during high temperatures is more damaging than just being stored at high temperatures. Thanks, Jason On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Steve Higgins st...@surrette.commailto:st...@surrette.com wrote: Typically you want the BTS installed and any and every case… The BTS should be installed

Re: [RE-wrenches] Frozen T-105s

2015-12-03 Thread Steve Higgins
the batteries on to the scrap yard... If cell temps stay within 3-5 degrees of each other you're probably fine and they may recover. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer

Re: [RE-wrenches] Surrette L-16 batteries

2015-12-16 Thread Steve Higgins
complaints in our systems but couldn't find an associated ticket to the claims. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer of Rolls Battery Engineering **We will be closed the 24th to the 29th o

Re: [RE-wrenches] 48 volt battery charger.

2016-06-10 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Drop mode: who needs it?

2016-02-05 Thread Steve Higgins
. As for the drop mode, I’ve never has much of a use for it… But when mixing firmware revs normally using the most current version is best… this may be something that wasn’t tested as Outback has a lot of software mods. Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Charge Settings.

2016-01-19 Thread Steve Higgins
, Steve Higgins <st...@surrette.com<mailto:st...@surrette.com>> wrote: Good Morning Wrenches… I’d like to take the recent Trojan thread to throw this out there! With the IEC certification, many battery manufactures are being forced to recommend higher settings to charge the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Winter Battery Maintenance

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Higgins
them outside on the porch! Steve Higgins Technical Services Manager P: +1.902.597.4020 M: +1.206.790.5840 F: +1.902.597.8447 Surrette Battery Company Exclusive manufacturer of [cid:rollsebaad9] From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Starlight Solar

Re: [RE-wrenches] Winter Battery Maintenance

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Higgins
Maintenance Hi Steve Thanks I would only add that those self discharge rates are for good condition batteries. As they age, it increases. Question. How does the self discharge rates vary between, VRLA and flooded, or do they? Thx Jay Peltz power On May 3, 2016, at 7:09 AM, Steve Higgins <

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hydrometer tube lost in a battery cell..

2016-08-01 Thread Steve Higgins
Hey Jeremy, A plastic/rubber tube won't be an issue... Best thing to do is get them a refractometer that way the only thing you're putting into the battery is a pipette to remove just a drop or two of electrolyte... The Extech RF40 or RF41 are available on amazon and are generally priced well.

Re: [RE-wrenches] New Washer - Old Inverter

2017-02-08 Thread Steve Higgins
The old SW's used to be called "sinewave" but they weren't really full sinewave outputs. The outputs had steps or "shorts' in them and the amount of steps depended on what the battery voltage on the input was. Generally these steps ranged between 32 and 60 steps, if I remember correctly... the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Over voltage error message

2017-07-19 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery load tester purchase advice?

2017-08-06 Thread Steve Higgins
Since Surrette was mentioned, even if you used the house loads and monitored the load current on the batteries with a DC current clamp... That would work for us... there is a webinar on the procedure on our YouTube channel. On Aug 6, 2017 5:40 PM, "Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar"

Re: [RE-wrenches] EMP - Faraday Cages

2017-09-08 Thread Steve Higgins
Hey Guys... This is a question that when ever it came into the warranty area or tech support issues, there were a lot of eye rolls, and often you really didn't want to talk about it... At Trace we got to the point of telling people (Y2K Days) that if we are still here well fix it! In theory, I

Re: [RE-wrenches] Off grid in Florida

2017-11-02 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Off grid in Florida

2017-11-02 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bar stock

2017-12-03 Thread Steve Higgins
Hey Jay, From my understanding the OCPD needs to be within 18 inches from the positive terminals... some will use class T fuses instead of breakers for cost... On Dec 3, 2017 7:10 PM, "jay" wrote: > So I”m curious about the location of your breakers. Can you elaborate >

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fullriver Battery meltdown

2018-05-10 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Fullriver Battery meltdown

2018-05-11 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] GS battery use?

2018-01-04 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] GS battery use?

2018-01-04 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Older iCel System Lithium Ion Batteries

2018-02-10 Thread Steve Higgins
That's probably what I would try also... but be really careful with Li, there may be an issue with the BMS already, doing this could cause thermal runaway... I would probably do so away from any structures, and I would be using an thermal camera to monitor for hot spots. I've done this with Li Po

Re: [RE-wrenches] Batteries in 4' tall crawl space

2018-07-31 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] battery temp sensors for older Trace/Xantrex inverters

2018-08-04 Thread Steve Higgins
Bill the BTS are generally different. You definitely don't want interchange BTS's... If you use a Midnite sensor with an Outback itll appear as a very hot battery and the charger won't charge. There are just differance between the varistor that is potted for most companies. On Sat, Aug 4, 2018,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Altitude and controllers

2018-08-20 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] CC Temp Comp value

2018-08-24 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery "event"

2018-07-20 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Electrolyte Dilution vs Voltage

2018-07-19 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] 5 battery strings

2018-07-23 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan L16RE-2V set-points

2018-09-12 Thread Steve Higgins
I have to agree that the voltage is pretty aggressive for that system. With, absob timers they are typically based on how much current is going into the battery bank when in Bulk. The inverter current realistically would be around 130 to 140 amps... at that rate 3.5 to 5 hours at the most...

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Need battery advise want to float batteries

2019-02-18 Thread Steve Higgins
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[RE-wrenches] Large Scale / HV Battery Based Systems.

2019-01-25 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] High altitude off-grid systems

2019-04-12 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Altitude affects batteries

2019-04-30 Thread Steve Higgins
Sorry for the short response... For electrochemical batteries, it would be temperatures or air cooling maybe ventilation. For Lithium batteries, there is electronics internally, high altitudes would affect cooling, and the components.. On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 2:54 PM Darryl Thayer wrote: > I

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bus bar battery jumpers

2019-04-30 Thread Steve Higgins
Many I have spoken with will order these thru Storm Power Componets, you just have to have the measurements, so they can make them up. On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 3:44 PM Starlight Solar Power Systems < la...@starlightsolar.com> wrote: > Hi Drake, > > The way I wire them is to place them side by

Re: [RE-wrenches] Recycling of LI vs Pb

2019-09-27 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Conext SW Mystery

2019-11-18 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan Reliant L16 AMG

2020-02-18 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan Reliant L16 AMG

2020-02-18 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Radian Question

2020-01-04 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Surrette/Rolls contact info?

2020-03-12 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Stand alone battery charger

2020-04-21 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback EQ not holding voltage

2020-04-28 Thread Steve Higgins
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[RE-wrenches] SMA Sunny Island Repair.

2020-03-18 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Puzzle: Dryer does not work during FXR battery charging

2020-08-17 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Sound Equipment Inverter

2020-10-22 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Best Battery

2020-08-11 Thread Steve Higgins
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Re: [RE-wrenches] FLA question

2020-06-11 Thread Steve Higgins
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