I think you're right-on Michael,
Bill
Feather River Solar
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Welch"
To: "RE-wrenches"
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] The Genie Lens
Hi gang. If you have any questions about this, please contact me OFF LIST.
Ju
Wrenches,
I installed a grid tied system 6 years ago consisting of 24, Shell 110
watt, 12V PVs ( Vmp = 17.5V, 6.9 amps short circuit), running through an
SMA2500U inverter, one string, very short DC run ala 10 ga. USE-2 wire.
At installation I documented a solar noon output of
Ray,
Sorry I don't have a picture to share but the Ilsco GBL-4DBT lugs
I've used here in the Sierras of NE Ca. are looking good after seven years
on the job. I would rate their appearance as if they were outside in the
weather/sun/rain/snow for about 2-3 months, slight discoloration, z
Gentlemen and Ladies,
I'm designing a 4KW res system which has limited roof space and
would like to use a certain number of panels to satisfy power requirements
and inverter voltage needs. However, this would necessitate placing
2-3-maybe 4 PVs (in one string, of two string total) in a
Hey Benn,
I've been communicating with Paul Hernday the at Solmetric concerning
the PVA-600 and also an issue I'm dealing with concerning a 6 year old array's
output. My impression was that he was the lead person in making this tool
happen. They are fine-tuning some of the software fo
Mark,
It's probably just a brain fart, but it's lead-calcium
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530-284-7849/6544 fax
- Original Message -
From: Mark Frye
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 8:11 AM
Subject: **Possib
Hey Carl,
Li ion batteries are awesome and will be used extensively in the first
generation of electric cars (supposedly) coming to a showroom near you.
However, a pack like the one you've described will only be affordable to those
with the ability to buy a super yacht, not 98 % of th
Hey all,
Marco said: "Makes you appreciate even more those other inverter
manufacturers who get their warranty replacements out the door in days.."
Last month I had a GFI circuit fail in SMA 2500U. SMA had a replacement
inverter to me the next day. Big points in my book.
Sorry can't help w
Lee,
I don't get many complaints from customers about birds. However, I
have personally had to do something about one of my arrays and have found the
owl, with the rotating head, to be very effective in keeping them from landing
along the top of the array.
This particular ar
John,
Besides needing to know a better description of the corr roofing
"profile", what is that roofing mounted on? plywood decking, solid wood,
spaced solid wood (skip sheating),...?
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530-284-7849/6544 fax
- Original Message -
From: Darryl Thayer
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] To insulate a battery bank
I have always been concerned with both high and low temperature. On
case of a battery bank failure it was insulate
Dan,
I recently installed a 4.6 KW system with TIGO "maximizers"
http://www.tigoenergy.com/index.html at each PV, wired in with MC4's. A
Gateway (mounted centrally amidst the PVs) communicates wirelessly with each
maximizer, then relays (via cat5) status, info to the Maximizer Manageme
Joel,
Unrelated, mostly. I got a call from a customer a few weeks ago
that was claiming his inverter had failed working. When I arrived it was in
fact not working and gave a code that the grid voltage was too high. I
called Fronius and they said they sometimes have had to replace a c
Noblest wrenches,
I have come upon the need for 1, Mitsu PV-MF170EB3. I have a customer
here in snow country with a ground mount array. He says he shovels snow out
from the ground in front of the rows of PVs and for 4 years has not been a
problem until he noticed 2 of the PVs have the
I don't know about Solaredge, but Tigo has optional irradiance monitoring to
compliment the module level performance monitoring that comes with their
package (Maximizer at each PV, Gateway wirelessly collects info from
maximizers and sends it to the Management Unit. Info is then sent via
ether
We still have ours (of about 15 years) and other than the clock lighting, it's
working like a champ. It does get used less these days since we installed a
ceramic (electric) cooktop also (we're offgrid) and have found creative ways to
use the electric more and more.
Thanks for the upd
Anybody done any 240 VAC welding (MIG, wire feed) with a Radian? I've
welded with one of those little 120 VAC Miller MIGs but wondering how a
Radian's 240V would run a larger unit. Other comments about other
inverters welcome too, but currently looking at a Radian for this install.
Bill
Fea
Dave,
Next to the invoice for the cost of the battery (and new
cables and labor and freight of course), post a large envelope next to
it: "NEXT BATTERY SAVINGS ACCOUNT, If you don't pay attention and ruin
your battery in 2 years, insert $35/week. If you care for your battery
lik
Dave,
I would agree with you regarding the 175 amp main breaker
leaving plenty of headroom for power to a residence. The only exception
I'm aware of around these parts (No. Sierra) is the all electric house
that also has a ground source heat pump with heat strips for back-up. If
Wrenches,
I spoke with tech support at Outback recently and was told
the max output of the Radian at the output terminals is 8KW, even if
there is an external AC source connected to one of the AC IN terminals
of the Radian.
However, on page 18 of the GS8048 manual: "
Jerry,
Metal roof? comp? tile?
Bill
On 3/2/2018 1:23 PM, Jerry Caldwell wrote:
Dear Wrenches,
I have a customer with a low slope roof supported by TJI beams. Does
anyone have experience permitting and installing on TJIs? I'm curious
if jurisdictions are requiring Structural Eng
Jerry,
The only thing I feel compelled to add with your decision
would be dang sure to pre-drill AND I sure wouldn't be putting a 3/8"
lag into a TJI flange, maybe 1/4" Simpson lags? or tech screws?
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
On 3/6/2018 3:57 PM, Jerry Caldwell wrote:
B
Drake,
It would help to knowis this duplex already built? and
considering where you live, is a woodstove being considered for space heat?
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530.284.7849
CA Lic 874049
www.frenergy.net
Jerry,
I've had several 12 amp Bussman fuses fail in a combiner
box serving PVs that SC at 9.9 amps. They always seemed to be the
bussman version that was made in India, labeled SOLAR PV PV-15A10F. I
didn't notice if it was always the negative fuse. I find myself
replacing thos
Nik,
This sounds like a new install. Many times I'll suggest to
a customer to "see how it goes" with something like this. It may turn
out to be a very occasional event that they are willing to accept, and
thus reduce the another failure point factor. Do you have a snow issue
th
Hey folks,
Outback FP2 with Xfrmr shifts power to "other" leg if that
leg needs more than the one FX can provide, right? Say, you need 5.5 KW
on leg 1, the Xfrmr pulls some power from the leg 2 (inverter) to
support that 5.5KW load on leg 1.
My question (assuming above is accura
Many times when we get close to the end of a 'rail run', mounting PVs,
when the rail's end is still far enough away from the second or third
from the last PV, we will measure exactly where the outside edge of the
last PV will land. We then undo 1 or 2 of the bolts attached to feet,
pull the ra
Off-gridders,
Small 24 volt off-grid install.new installation, 3, 285
watt PVs in series, 4, L-16's in series, Midnight "Kid" CC. Problem: I
cannot get more than about 200 watts (8-9 amps battery side) out of the
Kid display in full noon sun, clean PVs. Should be 700 watts plu
I recently stacked 3, SMA SB-40 inverters and combined there outputs for
208 single phase. Their 7.7KW puts out 6,660 watts at 208, 1Ph.
Bill
On 7/16/2018 6:29 PM, August Goers wrote:
Hi Andrew,
Fronius Primo inverters go up to 15 kW 208 v single phase, but are
limited to 13750 VA output i
Do they know what they are asking for? I'm/sure/ they have filled out a
load sheet? Don't waste your time until they have carefully and
thoughtfully listed ALL their loads. I had someone sure they were going
to be off-grid, had an ENORMOUS list of loads including charging 2
Teslas. Next
Jerry,
I serviced a system that (who became my) customer installed
just like that. To me, it doesn't really matter what the NEC thinks
about it. It was great because it showed me what I would *never*
duplicate in my repertoire of installs.
Bill
On 7/28/2018 5:10 PM, Jerry Caldw
Jason,
I'm so glad you brought this up, I'm having a very similar
issue backfeeding a utility (PG&E) meter that we recently started
backfeeding on a small commercial job. Somewhat unique in that its
208/120 SINGLE phase (L-L-N). The inverters are pushing about 3,000
KWhrs/month
Help us with this Benn. Are we talking spray paint, airgun, acrylic,
crayon, lipstick..? Recently, due to not having any rain for 3.5
months in smokey with ash No. California, I referred to the REC website
for cleaning PVs and they didn't suggest anything stronger than a
solution of "/a
suggests but this group is always
worth checking with.
IMG_3152.JPG
Benn Kilburn
SkyFire Energy
780-906-7807
On Sep 9, 2018, at 9:32 AM, frenergy <mailto:frene...@psln.com>> wrote:
Help us with this Benn. Are we talking spray paint, airgun, acrylic,
crayon, lipstick..? Recently, d
Drake,
How many amphrs are you looking for?
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530.284.7849
CA Lic 874049
www.frenergy.net
On 10/27/2018 8:43 AM, Mac Lewis wrote:
Hi Drake,
There are quite a few.
Here are some links:
htt
Hey folks,
I've been asked to inter-tie a system to a 600 amp 480V
delta panel. Do all the same rules apply (Backfeed max 20%, keep
inter-tie breaker farthest from panel grid feeders, anything else??).
Proposed system size is about 35-40KW. Its actually a bazillionaire's
reside
Sierra wrenches,
My 30 years of installation has never included comm sites
on mountain tops but I took the job.
I am proposing mounting PVs vertically towards the top of the south wall
of a 2 story block building to avoid snow build-up. I assume a
pole-mount would be next in
When I've purchased shunts from AEE, they've been the "good " ones,
solid base, they look like Deltecs.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530.284.7849
CA Lic 874049
www.frenergy.net
On 12/4/2018 2:13 PM, James Jefferson Jarvis wrote
How or can a Harris DC microhydro (<.6 KW) work with existing PV
charged Outback FP2 (or Radian for that matter), whilst charging a ~16KW
L-ion "24" volt battery ? I think that's a real word. The output of
the hydro varies over time from .6KW to .1KW
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill
William,
I recently did a GT with PG&E where they allowed me to
backfeed 18KW into their 208 /single/ phase (L-L-N). So even though just
2 hots and a neutral were pulled unto this service panel, no doubt the
PG&E source (transformer across the street) had 3 phase availableyet
If you download the Discover Installation manual, page 6 and 7, they
state the cables should also be the same length.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530.284.7849
CA Lic 874049
www.frenergy.net
On 3/29/2019 9:11 AM, Jay wrote:
Hi H
William,
Our typical battery support : Start with concrete slab
which should be the foundation for the shed the power system is in, next
pressure treated wood of various dimensions depending on battery height,
next 3/4" plywood, next 40 mil PVC shower pan liner on bottom and runs
Wrenches,
I'm tackling a huge residential system that requires
back-feeding the grid at 480 volts, delta (no neutral, right?). We're
going to GT 30-50 KW. The SMA SB3TL-US-10 is one of the few
inverters (apparently) that can do this, which I'm planning to use. The
inverter c
Jay,
I would think this might be pretty riskyI think of the
difficulty in being sure all the cells were uniformly warmed. I guess
if they were in an enclosure and the ambient in there was held at some
determined temp for ? (many) hours then one could assume? all the cells
wer
Besides all the good info from Mac, there may be something to gain from
following OB's sequence procedure for a proper complete system (all
devices) shutdown and reboot.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530.284.7849
CA Lic 874049
www
Any suggestions for cutting rail with a Sawzall? Many times at the end
of a run of PVs there could be 5-6" of rail (in this case DPW P8). I
like to use a circular saw but sometimes I don't have enough clearance
once the rail and panels are installed. The sawzall works but I'm
looking for a b
ed...but I would add...get the
saw blade with 10 teeth per inchwill not clog up with the
soft aluminum. You will love the saw for cutting conduit too.
All done relatively quietly without all the jarring.
Kirpal
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 9:32 PM frenergy mailto:frene...@psln.com&g
Here's the dealone year old system, 5KW string inverter with AFCI, 2
strings. About 3-4 times now when there is lightening in the area (not
real close), I get a fault that the the AFCI has shut down the
inverter. I've accessed the inverter brains and reset it, all is
goodfor awhile.
I've got a customer that is pushing me to lower the bottom edge of a
multipole rack array to make it less visible from his house (which is .6
miles away!). Its 4 PVs in landscape, I currently have it designed with
the lower edge at 3.5 feet off the ground which is actually questionable
with th
Wrenches,
Is the only a way to back feed 128 amps (240v, split PH)
onto a 200 amp panel is to tap the conductors between the meter and the
main CB, assuming I can pull it off in the "customer section" of the
panel. Of course with the requisite AC disco within 10 feet. Or, has
an
Hey Marco,
I hear you, we have installed many SMA-40's and we're not
at the same point as you may be but we've definitely had a fair number
of arc fault shut-downs which take a site visit to rectify. One
location had been experiencing lightening over a year and a half which
seeme
Interestingly, the problems I've had with the SMA -40 AFCI faults have
been on Comp roofs. When I've gone "inside" a -40 with my laptop, I'm
pretty sure I've seen where you can disable it?
Bill
On 9/2/2019 7:12 AM, drake.chamber...@redwoodalliance.org wrote:
At least with the TL-22s, the AFCI
I've only had the "tapping" method work on SB-22 inverters, not on -40
inverters. You gotta log on to the machine which I think you can only
do onsite. Has anyone ever done a reset of the 8206 from the portal?
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsvill
Drake,
After having 2 Stabers in the last 25 years, we were having
too many problems with the second one (mechanically was OK but the
brains were not working correctly and board replacements are pretty
spendy. So we ended up with an LG model # WM3500CW as of 3 months ago.
Made
I'm going to have to remove the cells from 4 HUP Solar1 battery cases to
change-out the pack (no option, bad access). Anyone ever had problems
come-a-longing from above the first cell and if so, what's the
solution?...and what are you doing tomorrow?
Thx,
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
B
nt dancing that evening.
Allan
> On Nov 4, 2019, at 9:46 PM, frenergy mailto:frene...@psln.com>> wrote:
>
> I'm going to have to remove the cells from 4 HUP Solar1
battery cases to change-out the pack (no option, bad access).
Anyone ever had problems
Probably is not the cause but hard not to notice the big ding in the
cardboard at about the right spot to cause your "deflection" from just
the right whack with the fork lift. Did it affect all the mods?
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 9
Wrenchers,
This particular install requires 6 Gauge for the AC output
from a few SB7.7..-41 inverters (for voltage drop). Pretty tight for
the 3/4" knock-outs in that inverter. Any harm in using a step-drill to
open it up to a 1" KO? Any experiences with this? I'm trying to
There was a period of time when we were installing Mitsubishi PVs. Now
we are seeing issues with installs where we were using Mitsubishi
MF170EB3 panels, bubbling backsheets, occasional bad solder joints, many
with half the label's VOC voltage. We actually just discovered one
panel that was p
Hey Folks,
I'm coming into a least a couple small load 200 Amp/240 Vac
single phase commercial jobs that need a Meter/main panel change-out
that I can backfeed ~96 amps of solar onto. Been using a Sq. D 'Solar
Ready' panel for residential jobs but can't find equivalent for this
t
...and we were told at Intersolar 2.5 years ago that the B17 was
comingstill waiting.
Bill
On 2/22/2020 6:56 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote:
Jeff, according to Midnite’s website, their B-17 inverter can be up to
40 kW in 2 kW increments.
Allan
On Feb 22, 2020, at 8:05 PM, Jeff Clearwater
Mark,
OR, you change-out your inverter to an SMA with Secure
Power Supply and during grid power outage, while there is some sun on
the panels, you would have up to 2KW of 120VAC power on the SPS circuit
by just flipping a switch. We usually install a 4X outdoor box with a
120 VAC
Of course then there is the "bottom line", final say approval determined
by the AHJ which might be hard for this inspector to refuse your
clearances when he/she is asked to operate that switch and see that
there is zero issue with its safe and easy operation. AHJ's are allowed
to use common se
Wrenchers,
I seem to continue to have my foot stuck in the past
regarding off-grid. Off -grid seems to have more of an element of a
need for reliability, redundancy, klugability. Believe me L-ion
batteries and especially the "total units" like the:
https://simpliphipower.com/pr
Awhile back there was some discussion about walking the talk regarding
recycling old, damaged, 'golf-balled",heritage PVs. I just wanted to
share my recent experience with Recycle PV solar.
We had quite a variety of damaged, out of spec,
freight-forked PVs that needed to be gone t
Hey Folks,
I need some clarification, I'm getting conflicting views.
When running DC in metal conduit from the roof array to the exterior
wall mounted string Inverter and the attic is the way to go (for various
reasons, usually snow), how far below the roof does that conduit have
We've charged both a 2012 RAV4EV (many times) and a 2018 Tesla Model 3
(couple dozen times) on OB VFX3524s. I wouldn't think the sign wave was
much cleaner than the older SWs?, if that was what you were referring to.
Bill
On 6/5/2020 3:57 PM, Ray wrote:
I don't know about a Bolt, but we've su
Hey Corey,
We almost always use the labels and placards from PV-Labels
and have had about the same result as it appears you did in your test.
Of course they last much longer when out of the sun. There are a
variety of "label-maker" tapes (Brady brand), we mostly use vinyl the
fe
Randy,
I'm a small time installer but have installed a system at a sewer
pumping plant, the contents of which are open to the atmosphere. The system
is only some three years old so does not represent much of a test case.
However, before one would be too concerned about the problems you
Your also going to have to consider what's going to happen to your high temp
voltages in 5-10-15 years as the PVs derate with age plus add in dirt/dust
etc. You'll be losing more and more of those summer hours as time goes on.
Seems like an extremely narrow voltage window on the inverter and/or
For all of the rest of us Bozos that still manually water cells, try using
a set-up used by those who have made their own beer. It's called a bottle
filler in beer making, this is connected to a "racking cane" via 4-6 feet of
3/8" clear tubing. I hang a one gallon jug of distilled water 2-3
Maybe one way to express it would be hydrocaps are great if you use the the
same charging parameters no matter what the age, condition of the battery is.
This seems to be critical to sizing the HCs properly. And you (or the "always
attentive and willing" customer) don't (doesn't) mind removing
Lee,
It possibly sounds like two inverters to me.
You also need to factor in whether or not the PVs will benefit from the
reflection of that bright sun you're enjoying there from snow. So, is it
ground mount or roof mount, angle of PVs (the shallower the angle, the less
benfit from s
Don,
Seems the benefit of using % charge would go out the window if your
batteries were sulphatedjust when you would need the voltage based/temp
comp logic the most. No experience with your proposal though.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
- Original Message -
From:
Erika,
Check out:
http://www.enphaseenergy.com/downloads/EnphaseAppNote_RackingCompatibility.pdf
from Enphase's website.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
4291 Nekson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
- Original Message -
From: Erika M. Weliczko
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Sent
Luke,
Direct Power and Water has an optional mounting foot with five holes in
it for what I think Jeff Randall there referred to as 'Tech' screws to use in
the field between rafters. They are referred to as 'easy feet'. It is designed
to only attach into the roof decking, which I'm pre
Alan,
Thanks for the correction, I did in fact use the blue 'roof grip
screws' with neopreme washers provided by DP&W for use in OSB. I better go
chug more Ginko.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
- Original Message -
From: Allan Si
Nik,
Is your concern the dielectric action between the copper roofing and a
conventional galvanized roof jack?
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
- Original Message -
From: Nik Ponzio
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Monday, February 01,
...and there it went again. gotta love it
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
- Original Message -
From: robert ellison
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Entertec service manual
OOPS this was not intended to go to the grou
I hate to up you guys on this but you know the emails we get from our friends
over there in PV, China?? They had 159,354 solar powered calculators that the
"+" button didn't work. OOOHH, what a deal we got on those little amorphous
cells for the system we're installing at the local Building De
Alan,
Thanks for sharing all that, pretty similiar to my take on offgrid batt
pack install. Though I really like the idea of sloping the top to keep folks
from putting stuff on it and thus avoiding that maintenance we all love to do.
I know I've been caught a couple times with my pant
Bob,
Do everyone a favor and dump the modules. They can be used in
classroom demos, power a greenhouse fan, an inspirational birthday present for
the nephew/niece . esp because you want to re-rack! Although you haven't
told us if they are ground or roof or pole mount. Geez, eithe
Don,
AEE has been good to me over the years. They have several flavors of
PVs, though I believe no Kyo.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
- Original Message -
From: i2p
To: List for complaining about anything RE.
Cc: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
Sent: Monday
Joel,
For me, I'd say rather than necessarily power, it would be power
densitythough it's certainly more convenient to install 10, 205's, vs 17,
120's. Yes, we're all somewhat chained to price, cuz if we're not, the guy
down the road will likely get the job. On the other hand, one
Chris,
I've seen a bladder tank modulate the "shut-down" process in a
up-the-hill gravity feed tank when using a (IMO) more reliable float valve
rather than a float switch. Watts model number 1250 is an example of a toilet
tank method of stopping/starting flow to a tank. With the blad
Along these "AC noise" lines...
About 6-7 years ago I installed 2, SMA 2500U inverters at a friend's
(most dangerous situation, installing for a friend...like selling a friend
your used car!) place. This guy is a Ham radio operator AND the inverters
are on the wall opposite all of
e of months of fresh clean well water
straight into the septic. Our customer's electric bill was in the hundreds of
dollars.
I wouldn't quite say they're bomb proof.
R. Walters
r...@solarray.com
Solar Engineer
On Jun 16, 2010, at 10:32 PM, frenergy wrote:
I have also had a great experience using "Easy Feet" from Direct Power. You
use four of their screws per foot and Jeff Randall there can give you pull out
specs in roof decking, as I recall they match or exceed that of the Lag/rafter
combo.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
4291 Nelson St.
Ta
Wrenches,
I am looking for an Evergreen EC-120-GL to replace the one dinged by
the rock flung by my client "weeding" aroung the ground mounted array with a
lawn mower. It may take me a couple days to respond as I'm on the road.
Thanks in advance for any responses off-list.
Bill
Feathe
Alan,
I have always defaulted to that advice also. Just last week, after I
had told a customer a 30% ITC is still available and told him to confirm that
with his tax advisor to be sure he could take full advantage of it (some folks
have to take the 30% over a couple years), he came back
Here's a third for 2V Surrette's... However you should discuss details
with this list or someone at Surrette regarding your application. For an
example, Solar Power source? C/rate? Are you replacing a set of golf cart
batts or batteries with similar charging needs as these large cells? The
Wrenches,
We installed 12 Evergreen EC-110's on a 16PV top-of-pole rack 9
years ago for a customer. They just bought a Nissan Leaf and wants to
charge it with his off-grid system! (I warned them). The 2 Outbacks and HUP
pack should be able to keep up somewhat but I'm looking for 4 mor
I asked a dealer friend of mine in Southern British Columbia of his experience
with Sundanzer and got this response:
I have sold only 7 of the 8cuFt. SunDanzers and know of two other owned by an
electrician. No complaints from anyone and I have no experience with
manufacturer support other than
William,
We've had a 2012 RAV4EV for the last 8 months. On average we are
consuming 13.5 KWhrs/day driving it. This translates to about 46 mi/day,
average. For what it's worth the RAV is Tesla inside (battery, motor,
controller...) though is the 'small' 42 KW battery. Tesla was putti
Off-grid Wrenches,
I'm working on a load sheet and am having a hard time finding standby
and while firing electrical usage for a propane-fired on demand water heater.
Do they some/all have standing pilots, glow bars, something else? I'm guessing
the standby power needs are very low bu
"If my calculations are correct, with a gallon of gasoline containing around 40
kW/Hours of energy,
that would give Bill's RAV4EV an equivalent of 136 MPG and David's Leaf an
MPG of 112 MPG
boB"
boB,
Your numbers look good. David should be doing better than I, however he is
afflicted wi
Dan,
I am with you on that onestandby power consumption makes me think
of battery sulphation. The 30 watts Ray mentioned for the Rennai would be a
deal breaker for me.
Hopefully I'll hear from a few others regarding standby
losses...doesn't seem very important what consum
Yes, the 14 gauge I found was USE-2.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Allan Sindelar
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 10:48 PM
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Oddball wire request
Wrenches,
I do a fair amount of work on ancient systems, just because there's been
William, Billfrom another Bill,
Two things: For the rest of us (maybe it's just me?!) that's still
trying to figure out how (or why) to stuff a MC4 connector into conduit and my
hesitation in using SS wire ties for fear of the sharp edges cutting or
chaffing into cables, I'm open f
Wrenches,
too many to list that have offered insights and suggestions, thanks
for all your input regarding wire management. I'm going to order some of the
suggestions given and also go back to more of my old installs and see how my
past wiring methods are holding up. Apparently th
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