William, Haven’t had that come up yet. I don’t see why they can’t email the file to you and then you can upload it directly on site.
Michael D Nelson MD Electric & Solar, Inc. 707-684-0064 mobile 707-884-1862 office www.mdelectricsolar.com www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar > On Nov 13, 2020, at 7:54 AM, William Miller <will...@millersolar.com> wrote: > > > Michael: > > What if the site is not connected to the internet? > > William > Miller Solar > 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 > 805-438-5600 > www.millersolar.com > CA Lic. 773985 > > > From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On > Behalf Of MDElectricSolar > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 7:16 AM > To: RE-wrenches > Cc: Jeff Clearwater > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Sol-Ark Gen Exercise Cycle > > Jay, > You need to call Sol Ark tech support and they will push the update through > the Internet directly to your inverter, I had one done yesterday and it went > smoothly. > > Michael D Nelson > MD Electric & Solar, Inc. > 707-684-0064 mobile > 707-884-1862 office > www.mdelectricsolar.com > www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar > > > > On Nov 13, 2020, at 7:03 AM, Jay <jay.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I’m wondering how the firmware is updated? USB or other? I’ve looked on the > website but I couldn’t find any instructions. > > Thx > Jay > > > > > On Nov 12, 2020, at 7:58 PM, Jeff Clearwater <je...@villagepowerdesign.com> > wrote: > > Thanks Dustin for keeping us up to date on Sol-Arks feature progress. > > While you are upgrading your firmware: :) > > So an essential feature for off-grid with a generator is to be able to > program various SOC levels for generator start AND shuf-off after charge. > 90% is way too high for many sunny climes and other configurations. Often > batteries need a boost in the wee morning hours - when they drop below the > preferred recharge point but that's only perhaps a few hours before the sun > comes up - So say you want to start a gen to charge a Lead-acid battery at > 50% or an LFP batter at 20% SOC but you only want to bring it through to the > next often or possibly sunny morning. So you set it to run from 50% to 65% > (or from 20%-40% for LFP) - knowing that the morning sun will take it the > rest of the way. 90% would waste a ton of fuel in this scenario not too > mention unwanted noise and wear and tear on the genny. Depending on the > clients use profile, the climate, and relative size of the array and battery > and gen, these figures could vary anywhere from 20% to 100%. So it's > essential us off-grid installers have that flexibility. > > Also I know that your TOU settings might cover this (though not in all modes > I believe) but another nice feature is to have 2 or 3 time periods with > different start and stop settings (Sunny Island does this nicely). So if the > minimum SOC is reached in the evening you might as well bring it up to a > higher SOC for gen shut down as it needs to get through the entire night > whereas if that minimum SOC start trigger is met after 3 AM it needs to only > bring it to a lower SOC as described above. > > I'm loving the Sol-Ark product so far but it is obvious the software is a > work in progress - the architecture and thought behind it is an excellent > foundation - thanks for your work and openness for input to make it even > better. > > Best, > > Jeff > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jeff Clearwater > Village Power Design > linkedin > www.villagepowerdesign.com > cell - 413-559-9763 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > Dustin Douglas > November 12, 2020 at 11:46 AM > Hi All, > > First and foremost thank you for sharing your experiences the the Sol-Ark > system. We try very hard to have different capabilities and add new features > that make it flexible for the customer. The two-wire start is a feature > however that we want to be seamless. In the instance where the customer is > seeing the system shutdown once the generator shuts off has been addressed > and fixed with a software update. With this update we are able to handle > larger generators that tend to drift from 60hz. Please give our support team > a call so that we can update the customer accordingly. We are also looking at > adding more features including the ability exercise the generator in the near > feature. > > Thank you and have a blessed day, > Dustin Douglas > Sol Ark Engineering Support > (972) 575-8875 x 108 > www.sol-ark.com > > > ---- On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 08:08:51 -0600 Jay <jay.pe...@gmail.com> wrote ---- > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. 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Usually a > relay on the output power wires that opens( disconnects) when the stop signal > is sent works as the frequency doesn’t slowly go down, it drops to 0 > instantly. > I don’t know if it will fix your issue. > > Seems like solark needs to greatly improve their firmware. > > Jay > > Peltz power. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > Bill Hennessy > November 11, 2020 at 10:03 PM > Hi folks--We've also been disappointed with the Sol-Ark two-wire generator > start. The unit starts at the charge set point, but the inverter will shut > down for about a minute every time the generator stops running. After the > minute wait, the inverter restarts and everything is fine. But it is > aggravating for the homeowners to be left wondering in the dark. > > Sol-Ark says that when the generator shuts off, the frequency drops out of > the Sol-Ark range and causes the inverter shut down. > They suggested we find a way to increase the generator speed to avoid the > frequency drop at shutdown. This seems like a lame suggestion, since the > generator has no idea of when the batteries will be satisfied--it only > responds to the on/off signal from the Sol-Ark. I would think that the unit > could be programmed to ignore the frequency drop when it sends the shut off > signal to the generator. The system has an an Ecogen 15kW. > > Not having an exercise function is also a miss. As mentioned below, the time > of use can be used, but one has to go out and play with the programming to > check the generator. > > regards, bill > > Bill Hennessy > Berks Solar, LLC > 371 Centennial Rd > Mertztown, PA 19539 > > o 610 682 4300 > c 484 560 4666 > NABCEP certified installer > PA contractor #44411 > www.berkssolar.com > > > On Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 8:20:57 PM EST, Chris Sparadeo > <sparadeo.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for the suggestion, Jay. > > Yes, the Sol-Ark has a very basic and limited AGS for 2 wire compatible gen > sets. Gen start can be programmed with voltage or SOC, however gen stop is > not a function that can not be readily programmed. Instead, the Sol-Ark is > programmed to charge the battery bank to 90% of the rated Ah capacity of the > battery bank before turning off the generator. You can ultimately adjust this > gen stop parameter to be based on a specific SOC or voltage, but I believe > that doing so requires a call into tech support. The tech I spoke with > updated a setting (having to do with a TOU parameter I believe) that was not > accessible via the system interface. AGS from Schnieder, Outback and even > Magnum are less clunky, but I am hoping that Sol-Ark will eventually come out > with new programming to remediate these minor but nevertheless, important > issues > > -Chris > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 3:58 PM Jay <jay.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > -- > Chris Sparadeo > > > C_802-369-4458 > H_802-728-3059 > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. 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