Mine are down also since 2pm EDT yesterday
John Blittersdorf.
On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 12:17 PM William Miller via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> Friends:
>
> 100% of our Optics sites are down since 11 AM yesterday. Is it just us?
>
> William Miller
> Miller Solar.com
Nick,
Zonna Energy has replacement boards for Outback inverters. Recently
Outback support started suggesting calling Zonna for out of warranty tech
support.
Zonnaenergy.com
(330) 674-1750
John Blittersdorf
On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 11:17 AM Nicholas Ponzio via RE-wrenches <
William,
I have often installed an iota DLS charger on systems with Fortress
batteries to jump start the battery if it shuts down due to low voltage
when the generator has failed. A small generator such as a Honda 2000 can
get the system running. We even managed to keep an off grid rental
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> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.
t;
>> But you can measure the surge/load and then size the charger
>> accordingly.
>>
>> One feature of going charger is the lights are a lot brighter at night
>> and last longer because they are not at 15v during the day.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
>> On Apr
grind.
>
> Jason Szumlanski
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>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Jason,
I have a customer with the same situation except he already has a 12 V
VFX inverter, He has a sunfrost fridge and other small loads with a very
fancy custom control board
originally set up to handle AC and DC systems. We are adding a lot more
solar and I was considering a dual battery
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> On 4/10/2024 6:01 AM, John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches wrote:
>
> Time will tell where the failure modes are. I still don't like all the
> eggs in one basket. Do you have to send the units back for repair? Had
> en
Time will tell where the failure modes are. I still don't like all the
eggs in one basket. Do you have to send the units back for repair? Had
enough of that with Trace SW series inverters..
For off grid, I'll stick to the tried and true for now. For Grid tie it is
just a financial hit. For
Howie,
I might be interested in taking the Envy off your hands. I haven't
made the move from Outback equipment but have joined the LFP world. I also
like to test
new products on my own off grid system and have 3 e-Flex batteries.
Contact me off list if interested.
John Blittersdorf
I just tried to get Outback tech support and the message was if the product
is under warranty, stay on the line for next available rep. If not
warranty. contact Zonna Energy or NAZ Solar !
On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:14 PM Bradley Bassett via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>
placement
> for the old Bergey XL1 to offer clients.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray Walters
> Remote Solar
> On 2/21/2024 7:20 PM, John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches wrote:
>
> As far as wind is concerned, I recommend SuperWind, made in Germany. It
> is well built and designed to
As far as wind is concerned, I recommend SuperWind, made in Germany. It is
well built and designed to handle high winds. It is rated at 1000 watts
and I have seen data showing over 1kwhr for an hour increment. Typically
it is outputting 100 to 300 watts. My customer found it on line and asked
Ray,
With this batch of posts about lithium batteriem and several mentions of
XW inverters and overcharging, I just have to chime in with my experience
with one I installed and one installed by someone else. Both were charging
48V L16 wet cell batteries. In both cases with charge settings
I agree with Roy and Jay. No failures since exclusively using the auto
cube relay triggered by any of the Outback relays in the inverter or charge
controllers. I'm having good luck
keeping a Magnum based system running remotely and on auto using an old
MX60 I had hanging around it for its aux 12v
Chris, I am doing just what you are contemplating. I have a 6000 watt
Briggs & Stratton Gasoline worksite generator and had the same issue
charging my Fortress Eflex batteries. I was getting 25 amps off one leg
but the genny wasn't happy about it. I ran another line off of leg 2
directly to an
Jason,
I have found that the TriMetric meter is still somewhat useful and as
with lead acid batteries, still recommend not trusting the SOC. My
trimetric with no setting changes is
still reading SOC about as unreliable as with lead acid but I use the
voltage readings combined with a printout of
Thankyou Kirk.
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 6:26 PM Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> use the full URL, meaning www.opticsre.com, not just opticsre.com. It
> works fine for me this way., just discovered this. Somehow related to their
> recent upgrade.
>
> On
My guess is that the lamp is too sensitive. I find that the cheapest LED
bulb from home depot flicker whether using inverter power or generator
power. All other LEDs in the house work fine. Like a fool, I keep buying
the cheap ones. I totally agree with Andrew " While I can understand the
need
I have noticed on several Magnum Installations that the charge rate is low
compared to the inverter rated output. Typically I would assume the charge
rate should be up to about 70 to 80 % of the inverter capacity, but I am
getting only about 1400 watts (26 amps DC) from it with a 14kw generator.
Chris,
I have a shelf full. Contact me off list.
John Blittersdorf
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™
CV Wind Service (and solar)
200 West Road
N Chittenden, VT 05763
802-770-8625
www.offgridvermont.com
john.blittersd...@gmail.com
On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 4:47 PM Chris Schaefer via
I've only installed one and it is an ongoing nightmare. Almost burned the
customers house down with exploding batteries.
Voltages all set properly but the unit ignored all settings and went up to
67 volts while I watched and who knows how high it would have gone if I had
not shut the system down.
Jay and Roy,
Join me on my crusade to get the PIKA T701 back into production.
It was the best I ever owned but had to sell it to a customer when
PIKA stopped production.
Still lots of their 100 units produced are out there somewhere. I just
found one currently running
in a very poor wind site
On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 2:14 PM Kienan Maxfield via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> Here’s my two cents,
>
> If you do end up putting in two new batteries, and you leave everything
> wired the way it is, you’d better really watch the rest of the batteries
> that are in
Multiple battery banks work well as long as you are consuming. When
charging the charge parameters change. I’m running 8 Interstate L16’s, 1
Fortress e-flex, And 3 Simpliphi 3.8. With big switches between them. I
was using all three but changing charge parameters on
My two controllers and
Kirpal,
Since Bergey stopped making the XL.1 I have been looking as well.
In the affordable range I can
only find a few Chinese models and tried a rated 1000 watt Tumo. It
was well built but with a small rotor diameter I was
not expecting much from it. It managed to put out 550 watts in a 35
Howie,
I use the QO612 small breaker box with two double pole breakers and the
QO2DTI toggle.
John Blittersdorf
On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 8:11 PM Howie Michaelson via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any bypass switch/breaker setup for anything
It all comes back to voltage.Learned that with the TriMetric a long
time ago. I have a dozen eVaults out there, mostly singles but one set up
with 3, all working just fine using voltage control.
John Blittersdorf
On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 8:57 PM Howie Michaelson via RE-wrenches <
I would vote for Outback FX series. FIELD REPAIRABLE. Only down side
is if he is using the multiple relays for a 3 wire start generator.
John
On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 11:42 AM Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches
wrote:
>
> Wrenches, Chris
> I would only look at outback, Date available and easy to
Jay,
I have seen this a few times but usually with a generator that is not
designed for hard wired system. I have a Ryobi
work generator that does this on both of my outback systems. It says
in the instructions that it is not to be used for stationary
applications (ie normally grounded
Todd has the right answer. The AC2 input will not sell to the grid as you
would not want to sell to the generator.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 12:21 PM Foxfire Energy via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> I’m thinking the simple fix is to just make sure the breaker between
Great timely topic. I Have a new installation with 3 eFlex and radian
system. Setting were per Outback and Fortress and we had a series of
mid day hi voltage shut downs when our November sun returned. Luckily
it has Optics and the unattended house is now happy with lowered top
voltages. Ray,
ers. We have water heaters and hot water tanks... Why would we have
> a 'hot water heater'?
>
> -Glenn
> Sent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors.
>
> -- Original message------
> *From: *John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches
> *Date: *Tue, Jun 2
Awhile back there was a thread about a micro inverter that could be used to
connect directly to an electric hot water heater. Can someone steer me to
that thread or the inverter manufacturer?
John Blittersdorf
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Matt, I have several systems with the same mix working ok except that the
low battery cutoff can’t be set high enough to shut down the inverter
before the BMS shuts off the battery. Have had to manually restart the
batteries. Problem only occurs if generator doesn’t start as programmed or
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